Xbox 360 Rock Band M.I.C. (Microphone with Integrated Controller)

I have played Rockband on the PS2 so when I moved over to Rockdband 2 on Xbox 360, I was excited about how much better it was. I thought this mic would be perfect, seeing as how I hate having to go back and forth between controller and mic. A for the idea. D for execution.
The d-pad wouldn't work well and the up direction not at all. This was frustrating enough but the microphone would cut out randomly, failing to pick up any singing done and also when it was hit for tamborine/cowbell. The mic would respond again, recognizing voice and tamborine/cowbell, only when the Xbox 360 was turned off completely and I entered back into the game.
I was sorry the concept wasn't brought to production with a little more care. This could have been a great microphone.
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