Congratulations Jon! Welcome to the hex club.
Your best bet for monitoring through headphones would be to get a line mixer with a headphone jack to patch the brain into. This will also allow you to patch into a PA when the opportunity presents. If you don't know already, Simmons wired their XLR jacks in a non-traditional manner. You can find reference docs on Simmonsmuseum.com that will assist you in wiring your rig up. Pad inputs are wired one way, while the line outs are wired a different way. Post some pics when you get a chance.
Roger
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "jon.paige" <jon.paige@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone, my first post here.
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> So I bought a Simmons SDS7 kit on Ebay a few months ago and finally got around to having a good look at it this week. Being a child of the 80's I've always wanted a Simmons kit and kind of got this by accident. It's also my first drum kit. Anyway...
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> Unfortunately, the bottom of the kick pad shell got damaged since I took possession but other than that all seems good. I managed to plug the brain in a while ago and everything lit up on the front panel but I can't actually test it because I don't have anything to hear it through (ie like an amp) and there doesn't seem to be a headphone jack anywhere on it. So, can any of you recommend a suitable way of hooking up some headphones? Do I just need an XLR-to-headphone socket adapter or something else? I can't make too much noise because the neighbours will get upset.
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> Thanks all
> Jon
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