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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS 2000?

From: jesper <jesper@...>
Date: 2008-09-22

Patrice Jacquot skrev:
> Well...
> it sounds like this group love Analog stuff...no offence ;- )
> I know one being analog addicted here ...

I know more! :D

> From the all analogue to the all Digital ... & for a drummer, so many
> strong colours to use ...

I can understand that point of view and that makes this list so
interesting. The members are the analogue geeks, the drummers, the ones
finding a battered unit in an abandoned attic etc.

> From what Dave told me a long time ago It has been designed to give
> the "Phil Collins sound" which was the main drummer preoccupation in
> the late eighties...
> that "cutting through" Gate sound.

Sounds like the correct product to release at that specific time in history!

> & the design is beautiful no ?

There I beg to differ but that comes down to taste. I think it's awful!

> Just the SDS2000 & the Trixer (same thing with different interface
> & )..the XRack was a reconditionned SDX (new box for same electronic)...
> so yes , no much more to say about it ...

So the Trixer and the 2000 are "siblings". I didn't know this. The
Trixer at least has a more appealing exterior. :)

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