Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi Jeff & welcome to this bunch of crazy bastards dwelling in the past! =)

> Hi my name is Jeff.  I am 15 years old and my dad introduced me to
> Simmons drums.

That's a cool dad! Mine likes jazz... :(

> I have been watching ebay and reading your posts
> here on this site and I have learned alot about these drums.  He
> finally bought me my own set of SDS9's.  I have a few questions over
> these drums.
>
> First off does anyone know if the Alesis D4 would be a better brain
> than my old broken SDS9 brain.

Wrong list for that Q. NO! Offcourse not, not if it's the Simmons sound
you're after...

> I love the sounds I get from my SDS9
> brain but the brain must be broken because I can not save my kits

Welcome to the world of analogue sound. The knobs are part of the sound
chain. There are NO memories on these old units so it's NOT broken! Digital
machines have memories 'cause their knobs send messages, they aren't part of
the message... See what I mean? Some analogue kits have memories but then
they involve scanning the knob positions etc. AFAIK (but I may be wrong,
being a SDS-5 user) the SDS-9 is fully analogue...

> that I make and when I hit my bass drum it makes very little to no
> noise.  I want a new brain anyways because I want to add another tom
> pad.

If it's dull and weak, just try tweaking. It's often the problem. Analogue
bass drums often sound dull. But yes, offcourse it might be broken as well.
I cannot answer that from across the Atlantic...

Good luck with the drumming and stick with the best - Simmons!


electronically yours, jesper (Sweden)

http://www.bolina.hsb.se/hsidor/jesper
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