Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

If I reverse the batteries there will be no sound at all!...the batteries only work one way.

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, sovereigng@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 9/16/2012 3:06:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> philbanksdj@... writes:
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> Hi everyone, hopefully someone can help me.
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> I've recently purchased  3 SDS1 drum pads...and they all seem to have the 
> same issue.
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> I'm  powering them off batteries, not psu at this moment in time, as I 
> don't have a  psu for them.
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> When I hit the pad they make mad arcade type 8 bit  noises, even when the 
> eprom isn't plugged in. and when the eprom chips are in  place you can hardly 
> hear them due to the other noise being  generated.
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> All three units have the same problem...
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> does anyone  have any idea what could be causing this please? I don't think 
> its an eprom  issue due to the fact the noise is generated when hitting the 
> pad, with or  without the chip in place.
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> Thanks in advance for your  help
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> Phil
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