Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Agreed. Take the best of what we remember from the past and update 
where it makes sense to do so.

I have some thoughts on pads like that; am not sure if its already 
been done? (I'm still just discovering this part of the world<G>)

I can think of a few ways to get position info from the pad, to be 
applied to MIDI choices. Don't yet know enough abot the Mandala and 
its competitors? Need to see about patents and such.

Randal

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70" 
<superwolle70@...> wrote:
>
> Concerning the SDX: There's nothing but the original. But the 
original
> is nothing more like an old 68k PC with a buggy OS. Why should an
> intelligent person clone a piece of unfinished innovation with 20
> years old hardware? It would be better to construct pads which can
> assign different midi notes depending on where and how hard they 
get
> hit. The rest can be done with any common software sampler. I have 
2
> SDX and I know what I am talking about.
> 
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Berk Aarts" <B.E.R.K@> 
wrote:
> >
> > I'm not talking making it commercial
> > just build for your own sake
> > and if you do that with say 10 persons, and everybody takes up 
tasks and
> > try to find the right parts for the best price, think it's not 
that
> expensive
> > Perhaps use the original sdx as a blueprint of how it should work
> and function
> > and use a PC/mac as interfacing and sampler
> > So interfacing to the PC/mac would be the issue and writing an 
app
> > I think it can work on an atari 1040st
> > costs 30 euro's and a lot of time too write the app
> > Sounds easy right??
> > Sorry but I can't write any computerprogram, I can solder and 
build
> so who
> > knows, someone have any ideas
> > 
> > Berk
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
> > >To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> > >From: <jesper@>
> > >Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:26:53 +0200
> > >Subject: Re: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?
> > >Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@...m
> > >
> > >
> > >OK, so any cloner needs the original floppy set then. I highly
> doubt the
> > >
> > >financial part of trying to copy and market. I heard somewhere 
that
> Roland
> > >
> > >had checked the cost of taking up the production of the Jupiter 
8 again
> > but
> > >
> > >the result was absurd so they put the idea on the shelf... even 
the
> SDS_V
> > >is 
> > >hard to get rightr these days with the SSM filter chips being 
that 
> > >expensive.
> > >
> > >Cloning the 3/4 is however a much cheaper business with just
> standard cheapo
> > >
> > >parts inside...
> > >
> > >electronically yours, jesper
> > >- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
> > >www.electronic-obsession.se
> > >
> > >Order your own copy of the Machinepop/Imiafan
> > >split-EP at www.electronic-obsession.se/label.asp
> > >
> > >"Varför har du så många pianon?" (Nora Persson, 9 år)
> > >
> > >----- Original Message ----- 
> > >From: "Berk Aarts" <B.E.R.K@>
> > >To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> > >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:22 AM
> > >Subject: Betr: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design 
rights?
> > >
> > >
> > >Software is booting from flop
> > >it runs on a 68000 ( kinda atari I guess)
> > >that would be the easy part
> > >
> > >Berk
> > >
> > >
> > >>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
> > >>To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> > >>From: <jesper@>
> > >>Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:19:06 +0200
> > >>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?
> > >>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>The software isn't just on proms then? If so you can "just" 
copy a set
> > and
> > >>
> > >>go from there...
> > >>
> > >>electronically yours, jesper
> > >>- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
> > >>www.electronic-obsession.se
> > >>
> > >>Order your own copy of the Machinepop/Imiafan
> > >>split-EP at www.electronic-obsession.se/label.asp
> > >>
> > >>"Varför har du så många pianon?" (Nora Persson, 9 år)
> > >>
> > >>----- Original Message ----- 
> > >>From: "Dave B" <bongo2001@>
> > >>To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> > >>Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:16 AM
> > >>Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Someone may have the schematic, but the trick would be 
getting the
> > >>> software, wouldn't it?
> > >>>
> > >>> Was the SDX the one that used multi-zone FSR pads?
> > >>>
> > >>>> While we're on it
> > >>>> Why not clone the SDX??
> > >>>> There is someone here owning the scematics, right??
> > >>>> if some could do that, and add some xtra features( like more
> ram, bigger
> > >>>> harddisk, polyphonic outputs), count me in
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Berk
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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> > >>>
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> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
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