Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi!

>      I have an EPB, too. I keep it in a spare ATA case as it was in near
mint
> condition when I got it and I don't want to scratch it. I don't have much
use
> for it other than to tell fellow collectors that I have one.

A point of owning one as good as any! =)

> It is what I
> used when I learned about EPROMs but have since upgraded to a pair of
Oberheim
> Prommers. The editing capabilities of the Prommer blow away the EPB.

So, they're not Simmons! ;) *puritan style*

> And it's
> MIDI so if you're really bored you can spend some time setting it up as a
> primitive drum machine and trigger the sounds from your sequencer. Woohoo!

I can do that with the EPB too... I have four Kenton Pro-4's and each has a
kadi out which can be splitable in 11 separate triggers... I only use two of
those four outs this far and trigger SDS-1 (x2), SDS-V, a Tama TS-305 and
the Pearl Syncussion... But there are channels left for the EPB if I want
too...

>      In addition to that I have a semi-commercial recording studio. (My
home
> studio is stocked well enough to generate money, though I wouldn't want to
> rely on that income.) I have better than average microphones,
preamplifiers,
> compressors, etc. I have many of the sought after drum machines to sample
from.

Sample - yack! ;)

> I'm also a drummer who has gone w/out food to fund better percussion gear.
> Thankfully, those days are long gone and now I can afford great gear AND
food on
> the same paycheck. I'm a bit of a snare drum and cymbal snob. I have 2
Noble &
> Cooley SS Classic snare drums and I also have a Noble & Cooley/Zildjian
> collaboration. All brass, shell made by Zildjian from their 'A' series
cymbals just
> to name a few. As for Cymbals, I use many Paiste Signature models in
addition
> to some Zildjian 'K's and even a few Sabians. I probably have around 30
cymbals
> now. But it's taken years to build that collection.

As an electronic fanatic and only _very_ hobbyist drummer you've lost me...
Who needs meal cymbals when they have a SDS-V cymbal card?! >;)

>      I record these acoustic instruments, unprocessed, to ADAT or DAT and
> then use the appropriate audio tools (EQ, gating, compression, reverb,
etc.) as I
> sample into the Prommer. I do further editing to clean up the heads and
tails
> of the samples in the Prommer. If I'm satisfied with the results, I'll
burn
> to a chip and then I'll play it on one of my SDS-1s. If I like the
playability
> and the sound quality I'll go ahead and label it. If not, I start the
whole
> process over. This is repeated until I have a chip I can be proud of.

THe way it should be... I'm into twisting neat sound into non-recognisable
weirdness. I guess we have a different approach to music...

>      Basically, I've taken the long way around and explained why you
should
> be coming to me for all your Simmons EPROMs.

Nice to hear the story, but I think I'm more impressed with detuned and
fucked up noise from my OSCar or a mini sequence from the CS-30 rather than
one of your fancy cymbals... Not that I don't think you're doing a great
job - I bet you do, but I don't want my drum sounds to sound like drum
sounds... =)

electronically yours, jesper

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