How to Import Rock Band Songs into Rock Band 2 with Export Key (PS3)
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If you own Rock Band 2, you may be keenly interested knowing how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2 so that you can effectively double the number of songs to play. We personally find the original Rock Band songs a little more “accessible,” meaning there are more songs in the original that are familiar than in the sequel so if you just jumped straight into Rock Band 2, so do yourself a favor and import the original game songs. The trick is having a Rock Band 1 game disc available and buying something called an export key from the PSN (PlayStation Network) store. The process isn’t clearly documented anywhere, and game forums telling you “just get the export key” are vague and mysterious so we’re documenting the step by step instructions for PS3 with screenshots on how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2.
To export songs from Rock Band you are required to possess the actual game disc, so borrow it from a friend, go out and rent the game from a video game store somewhere, or just buy it used off eBay and turn around and sell it after you’ve completed these steps for the export.
- Log in to your PSN account and launch the PlayStation Store from XMB. Move the cursor down to the “Add-Ons” section and click it.
- Click on the controller-and-disc icon (first one) to view disc-based game add-ons.
- Navigate among the games and look for “Rock Band.”
- Navigate to the last option past all the tracks to the “Song Export Key.”
- Once you click it, you will be prompted to purchase it for $4.99, a small price to pay for all the great Rock Band 1 songs (minus a few you probably won’t miss due to licensing issues).
- After purchasing, downloading, and installing the Rock Band song export key, insert the Rock Band 1 game disc. When the game loads, you will now see an additional option (under “Options”) that was not there before: “Export Songs.” Clicking on this will cause the game to dump all the Rock Band songs to your hard drive where you will be able to access them from Rock Band 2 similar to downloaded songs.
After exporting Rock Band songs to your hard drive, swap out the original game disc for Rock Band 2 and wave goodbye. You will no longer need the Rock Band 1 disc anymore so return it to your friend, return it to the video game store, or cash out and sell it on eBay for a decent price ($20 returns seem to be average).
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Nice little guide there, thanks alot :)
Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Hi All i did to import Rockband 1 songs in to Rockband 2 first you load your RB2 disk in the PS3 inject the cd put in RB1 disk and go to options says import songs click on it and you should have them moving over it takes about 5 minutes to add the songs over even the ones you buy from the store i think 50 songs thank you all.
Great help!
hi just wondering i have downloaded the key and it doesn’t look right to me there is a big lightning bolt through it can any 1 help
yeah, this means that it has corrupted data. u may have to download again
did it, all works great thanks
I’ve followed the instructions, but when I go into Rock Band 2 and select for example quick play, all I see are ‘2′ (as in rock band 2 songs). How can I access rock band 1 songs ? Which mode should I be using? Thanks.
I guess you know that the rock band beatles arrives soon.. so can I buy the export key, rent the rock band beatles and import the songs in my hard drive for my rock Band 2 that I get actually..
tnhks for answer
good question… hopefully somebody reply on this… anyone? Export Beetles songs into RB2?
No. Rock Band Beatles is an entirely separate, self-contained game. You cannot import its songs into RB2.
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thanks man,great job