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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDSV HELP NEEDED!

From: "xorsister" <delon.alien@...>
Date: 2011-01-03

Hello again!
Good news, everyone, i was 3rd time in a service today (not seeing your answer, Michael, though..) and we somehow get toms fixed..
Guy, who doing it was so tired - so he don't want to deal with it anymore, saying like "do what you want with this crap, drunk british made somewhere in the garage!!"... :(
So, thank so much for the suggestions, Michael, i will contact you shortly by email, ok?

All the best, and thanks for keeping hexagonal community alive!!
XOR

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Buchner" <buchnerelectronics@...> wrote:
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> 1. This is a well known problem of an aged 4013: A 100k resistor will do the job (pulldown).
> 2. There are some controls inside, normally not for users. May be they are not set equal. There was not "the" sound, different modules sometimes had different parts. If the 4016 bilateral switches are not working right, the CVs for f.e. the filter will not appear and you will not be able to change the cutoff.
> 3. Defect 4016s as well
> 4. Do you have the original pedal?
> The pinout was: Pad 2+, Output 3+, Hihat 3=15V, 2=decay kill/trig. 1 is always GND.
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> If you want to make me a little richer and save your time, send it to me, I'll do the job.
> Michael
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> 1. Snare - from time to time, getting stuck on a factory sound, after some time being "on" - it let me switch through the modes, but some times 2. Toms sounds... emm.. different! I cant make the similar sounds on them, even if the knobs seems 100% similar! High tom has shorter and sharper decay, Mid tom seems to be as it should be, the low tom sounds dull, noise too closed, and there's no way to open it :(
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> 3. Hihat - is a weird one 3 knobs not working (even the small screws on 3 & 4) - so i think it's something inside.. It sounds too quiet (3-4 times quieter than other sounds), decay is too long also (despite the somehow working knob!)..
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> 4.Hihat pedal seems to not working at all...
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> Also, are the all XLR's has a standard pinout on SDSV? Or something special needed?
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> Any help will be very appreciated!!!
> XOR
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