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Do you know what version software it has? It will tell you when you first turn on. It will flash a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6

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From: ratriderz@... [Simmons_Drums]

Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2016 11:36 AM

To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com;

Subject:[Simmons Drums] Question on SDS-9 click

Hi, new member of the group here, and I was looking for a little help. I recently acquired an SDS-9 brain, and it seems to work correctly except for the click. While it does work, it's relatively subtle, it adds a sharp tone to the beginning of the note, but even when all the way up it's not overly loud. Also, the amount of click available seems to be the most minimal on the lo tom. Before I open it up and start troubleshooting I was looking for verification that the click is supposed to be more pronounced.


Thanks,

Mark

great, i had no idea the sds9 was telling me what software version it has!

apparently i have version 6! i haven't had it open in a while but i still need to change the battery so when i do i'll be sure to copy the eprom and upload it to the files section.

the click on mine isn't overpowering but i don't feel my sds9 is lacking any click.

the most fun you can have with an sds9 is getting an eprom burner and making your own snare/rim samples. i have a cheap chinese tl866 usb and it works great. see the audacity templates i uploaded to the files section. they just need to be 8bit unsigned raw samples and the right length. nothing fancy.

Ewan.

On 15 November 2016 at 21:04, hexabug@... hexabug@... [Simmons_Drums] <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Do you know what version software it has? It will tell you when you first turn on. It will flash a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6

Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone

------ Original message------

From: ratriderz@... [Simmons_Drums]

Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2016 11:36 AM

To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com;

Subject:[Simmons Drums] Question on SDS-9 click

Hi, new member of the group here, and I was looking for a little help. I recently acquired an SDS-9 brain, and it seems to work correctly except for the click. While it does work, it's relatively subtle, it adds a sharp tone to the beginning of the note, but even when all the way up it's not overly loud. Also, the amount of click available seems to be the most minimal on the lo tom. Before I open it up and start troubleshooting I was looking for verification that the click is supposed to be more pronounced.


Thanks,

Mark

There's actually a few different factory resets you can do on the sds9.

One for the midi mapping, one for the sounds and one for all the other settings.

To reset the sounds turn it on with 'load'; held down, the press 'bank' then 'kit'

To reset all settings, turn it on with load held down, then press bank, bank.

To reset midi setting: press mode 3 times to then yes then transmit then receive then yes. Then you probably want to turn off transmit 6 so that midi notes are the same on all kits.

My SDS9 made some wild sounds when I got it, wouldn't receive midi, some of the knobs did nothing And it acted generally strange. It didn't start working properly until I did all three resets. The battery on my unit is dead, so the SRAM was probably full of junk.

Some of the sounds it made when i fot it were really great, but I can't get anything as crazy by programming it again, I'm sure the software limits the range of many settings to keep them sensible, maybe its possible to program it with a wider range of settings via sysex. Its going to be a pain to reverse engineer the sysex format though so I never got Around to it.

Ewan.

On Nov 16, 2016 01:12, "Ewan Colsell" <ewanuno@...> wrote:

great, i had no idea the sds9 was telling me what software version it has!

apparently i have version 6! i haven't had it open in a while but i still need to change the battery so when i do i'll be sure to copy the eprom and upload it to the files section.

the click on mine isn't overpowering but i don't feel my sds9 is lacking any click.

the most fun you can have with an sds9 is getting an eprom burner and making your own snare/rim samples. i have a cheap chinese tl866 usb and it works great. see the audacity templates i uploaded to the files section. they just need to be 8bit unsigned raw samples and the right length. nothing fancy.

Ewan.

On 15 November 2016 at 21:04, hexabug@... hexabug@yahoo.com [Simmons_Drums] <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Do you know what version software it has? It will tell you when you first turn on. It will flash a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6

Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone

------ Original message------

From: ratriderz@yahoo.com [Simmons_Drums]

Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2016 11:36 AM

To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com;

Subject:[Simmons Drums] Question on SDS-9 click

Hi, new member of the group here, and I was looking for a little help. I recently acquired an SDS-9 brain, and it seems to work correctly except for the click. While it does work, it's relatively subtle, it adds a sharp tone to the beginning of the note, but even when all the way up it's not overly loud. Also, the amount of click available seems to be the most minimal on the lo tom. Before I open it up and start troubleshooting I was looking for verification that the click is supposed to be more pronounced.


Thanks,

Mark