More "Rock Band 3" Details

Some details about the upcoming "Rock Band 3" game which will be out sometime before Christmas have been released.  Here's a peek of some of the new features:

--The game will feature a new instrument:  A keyboard.  It'll be a 25-key controller, which basically looks like a real keyboard.  You can play it while standing or sitting.

--Another big new feature is the "Rock Band Pro" mode, which attempts to make the game play more like real instruments.  Naturally, this also makes the game quite a bit more difficult.  In the mode, the color-based stream of "notes" is swapped out with "more realistic musical notations", and you can buy and hook up the new versions of the instruments. 

--Also, there is a 6-string guitar without buttons, and another six-"string" guitar controller, with buttons on each fret.  You can also buy a new drum kit that comes with 3 cymbals.

-- You can also still have the two back-up singers, so all told, up to 7 people can play this game at the same time.  That's pretty cool, and would make for some fun karaoke parties.  I would imagine the new game will be out sometime in October or November, just in time for the holidays.