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Subject: Re: Betr: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Use any simmon pads with sdx?

From: Patrice Jacquot <Jacquot.Patrice@...>
Date: 2009-09-11

what about a continuous signal pedal ?


Le 11 sept. 09 à 23:50, Berk Aarts a écrit :

> I opened a SDX pad a few times
> IMO they are FSR's, but they sense the positioning by a kind off
> wireframe
> underneath the foil. The positioning information is send as
> modulation info
> on the midi out.(for sequencing etc). Sequencing made every computer
> go wild
> (and crash) since there was to much information on the midi going on.
> So sending back modulation while hitting a pad might give the
> positional
> sensing idea. BUT: me as a drummer needs both hands to play the
> drums, so
> no hand free for tweaking a modulation wheel. And you would need a
> wheel
> for every pad
> Still the SDX is great!!
>
> Berk
>
>
>> -- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>> To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>> From: Patrice Jacquot <Jacquot.Patrice@...>
>> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:10:27 +0200
>> Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Use any simmon pads with sdx?
>> Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> Dave told me years ago that FSR's on the pads are sending a
>> modulation
>
>> signal following the hit position..
>> We could probably trig positions via midi if using a modulation
>> signal in add ...
>>
>>
>> Le 11 sept. 09 à 21:21, superwolle70 a écrit :
>>
>>> portakit and SDX only work together via midi, but the Portakit does
>>> not support positional sensing as the SDX does. Although both
>>> provide FSR foils for triggering, the only reason why FSRs had been
>>> used in the Portakit was in order to avoid cross triggering. It's
>>> just the same as today's Roland SPD20: It also uses FSR
>>>
>>> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "jimstew37" <jimstew37@...>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> How well does something like the Portakit (or DrumKat, for that
>>> matter) work with the SDX? They both use FSR, although I don't know
>>> about "zone intelligence." I'm guessing that the zones otherwise on
>>> an SDX pad could then be spread out among different pads or surfaces
>
>>> on the Portakit?
>>>>
>>>> Jim Stewart
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70"
>>> <superwolle70@> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> you can trigger the sdx with any mono pad, but you won't get
>>> positional sensing
>>>>>
>>>>> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "morrisphilco"
>>> <morrisphilco@> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to use any kind of simmons pad with an sdx or
>>> does it have to be sdx pads?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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