A friend has modifed his SDS-800 beyond imagination. He used all unused
stuff in the ICs...
electronically yours, jesper
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----- Original Message -----
From: "clae13" <clae13@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Good News/Bad News SDS8
> Hi Ken,
>
> Just a quick hello from a fellow Aussie. I'm in Melbourne. Proud
> owner of an SDS-8 and a box of yet-to-be-racked V modules. I use the
> individual outs of a 707 to trigger the 8.
>
> I looked up the specs on the synth chips in the 8. There's an unused
> filter resonance control :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Clae.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "ken_evans_99" <tycho33@...>
>> To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:13 PM
>> Subject: [Simmons Drums] Good News/Bad News SDS8
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>> > Well, my SDS8 brain arrived in Australia from the US....
>> >
>> > Good news is that my service tech was able to easily convert it from
>> > 110 volt to 240 (220) volt - involved simply rewiring the transformer
>> > in series instead of parallel. Simple. Only AUD$70 (about 40
> Euro). All
>> > the lights and buttons work fine.
>> >
>> > Bad news is that the factory settings are obviously not working
>> > properly, the noise part of the tone control produces no noise (it
>> > generates the tone part fine), and on the stereo out it only produces
>> > sound from one channel (yes, using a proper stereo split Y cable). The
>> > mix out (mono) and seperate outs are very quiet but also very noisy,
>> > which I figure is the summed L/R out with one dud channel.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions or insights? I'm very depressed about this....
>> >
>> > Ken.
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