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Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> Aaron Thomas skrev:
> > I've been a member of this great forum for less than 1 week. Something
> > made me realise a few weeks ago that the drum kit I have wanted all my
> > life is not a ddrum kit, it's not a V-drum kit, it's one of those
> > gorgeous hexagonal drum kits I remember from the 80s.
>
> Great! Another newly-convinced! :D
>
I'm not sure why it has taken me so long to become converted. I've always loved the look of the Simmons pads.
> The SDS-8 set should work well with the 800. 10 euros is a bargain if
> only for the CEM-circuits inside.
>
> But try to trig the sounds with something else. have you got any trigger
> pad now? Any synth that outputs a decent voltage or similar?
>
At home I have an MC-202 and a DR-110, both of which will output a nice trigger voltage. I'm sure my MS-10 could output something useful too. But they're at home and I'm in France. And I have no patience. ;-)
However the SDS-800 came with a pile of audio cables, and I remembered an old trick. I plugged a cable into each of the trigger inputs, and hit the other end of the cable, to generate a spike. And every single trigger LED lights up! Even the one for Tom 2, which is hidden inside the case just below the hole. The run generator lights up too. I'm very happy, this has to be a good sign!
> The SDS-800 is no toy and the SDS-8 sure is no big "upgrade" anyway.
What are the differences, sonically, between the SDS-8 and SDS-800? Is there a difference in sound quality? I notice there's an SDS-8 brain in eBay. If you had an SDS-800 brain would you bother trying to find an SDS-8 too?
> Try
> this bargain first and if it works - use it! If it seems repairable -
> repair it! If it's beyond hope - sell the parts and get another Simmons!
> Once you're stuck, you're stuck. :)
>
I think I'm already stuck!
> Once again - congratulations!
>
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> electronically yours, jesper
Thanks Jesper, and Berk too!
Aaron (still excited)