Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I you want the Talk Talk sound., you want a Simmons SDS-V.

It\ufffds as simple as that.

WT

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From: "windsurfinsusie" <gardens@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 5:11 PM
Subject: [Simmons Drums] Hi there!


> Just thought I'd join up after acquiring an SDS1000M off eBay - maybe it 
> was flagged up here, if so: hi, it was me!
>
> There were a few problems as the internal PSU fuse had shaken loose in 
> transit and it arrived dead. The PCB for the front panel buttons had also 
> come loose so the buttons had gone spongey and pushed part way into the 
> case. It looked like the PCB was held in with 2 clear plastic shims glued 
> to the top and bottom of the case - the glue had deteriorated and both 
> shims had come loose - very odd - looked to me like a bodge repair rather 
> than original manufacture, but I don't see how else the PCB would have 
> been held in. I superglued the shims back, and it seems OK now, although 
> the buttons still seem a bit spongey.
>
> I'm not sure it gives me what I'd consider the classic Simmons sound. It 
> seems to have been marketed on its 'realism', and that's not what I'm 
> after. To me, the classic sound is as used by Talk Talk. Having said that, 
> I haven't explored the sounds much yet, and I'm hoping I can tweak the 
> electronic kit to my liking.
>
> At the moment I'm driving it from midi, but I'm going to try making some 
> DIY pads from practise pads and piezo pickups. I don't have a full kit - 
> just a Roland trigger (SPD8?), a TR909, and a Korg Wavedrum - I'm 
> predominantly PC based, but fancy getting my performance skills brushed 
> up - the Wavedrum is very much a performance instrument - you can't drive 
> it from midi due to the way some of it's sounds are modelled from the skin 
> pickups, but it does output midi. I haven't tried yet, but I think I can 
> use the Wavedrum rim to drive the SDS1000 via its trigger inputs.
>
> Hello!
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