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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Good News/Bad News SDS8

From: "ken_evans_99" <tycho33@...>
Date: 2007-02-23

I'm in QLD but none of the service guys here have worked on Simmons
before.

Ken.

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Calaitzis" <adamcal@...>
wrote:
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> hehe, real life, thats me playing simmons tom rolls on there.
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> right next door to me is logitronics,
http://www.logitronics.com.au/, they seem to have simmons modules in
there a fair bit, they are a bit slow however, are you also in vic?
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> Adam Calaitzis
> Toyland Recording Studio
> www.toyland.com.au
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> Dunno. Will have a look later maybe. Still doen't solve the noisy
amp
> though....is there an experienced Simmons service tech in Vic?
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> BTW have enjoyed your work over the years, especially Real
> Life, "Happy" in particular.
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> Cheers,
> Ken.
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> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Calaitzis" <adamcal@>
> wrote:
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> > Ive never looked inside a SDS8, but in the SDS5 each voice card
> has little trimmers to set the factory sound (aside from the 3
> channels on the front) , you can make the factory sound to be
> whatever you want it to be. are there trimmers inside the sds8?
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> > www.toyland.com.au
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ken_evans_99
> > To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Good News/Bad News SDS8
> >
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> > Well, it ∗does∗ make some sounds, but only the tone, not the
> noise
> > component. Plus amp output is ∗very∗ noisy, one side only, and
> quiet at
> > that. Kick drum preset comes out as a low quiet "crack...le",
> preset
> > snare is inaudible but switch to "user" and you can get the
tone
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> > least. Preset toms are a ∗very∗ low pitched short quiet "bloh"
> sound.
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> > If I wasn't a grown up I'd be having a cry about
> now...mmmmwaaaaaaaH!
> >
> > Ken.
> >
> > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Steve Ridley <spr@> wrote:
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> > > > Are _all_ the noises dead? I thought the SDS-8 used
separate
> > channels for
> > > > each voice. Long time since I owned one but...
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> > > The noise source is probably common to all voices. That's how
> > > it's usually done.
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> > > Steve
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