Recording Music With Rock Band Drum Set

I can't seem to get a Rock Band Drum set to record with Garage Band.
When I first plug it in USB the X lights up for a second, and then quickly fades out.
I have heard recording with the Drum set can work, but not for me.
Thanks

he/she is not referring to midi support. Its probably not an equitable trade off to purchase a 600 dollar (piece of junk at that price) midi drum kit for a program as crummy as garage band.
They mean to use the controller as a keyboard keypad. There are drivers to use USB xbox controllers with osx. I too am having problems with them recognizing garage band.
My xbox 360 driver pane also freezes when selected. Possible that is the root of the problem. First program I've used on osx that kills the OS when selected. The controller is "on" and available in the pref pane. But does not actually "start'

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