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Subject: Re: Final (?) update: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS-III separate outs vs. mix out

From: jesper <jesper@...>
Date: 2011-03-30

Michael Buchner skrev 2011-03-29 01:38:
> The cap is really ugly. Dave used a 0.47µF but suitable for 10000000
> Volts or something. No idea why, may be he got these very cheap.
> Good luck with the nuts, don't shortcut something on the backpanel. Duct
> tape helps (between PCB and the jacks...).
> Yours
> Michael

It sure is ugly. Maybe he thought that since all drummers are morons
they would feed weird stuff through the output or something...
One of the caps was slightly loose from the pcb resulting in bad
connection. together with broken pcb traces it was the reason for
everything. Three fly-wires later and everything kicks again.

I put Landscape on the record player and tweaked some sounds on the
SDS-III, hooked up my bass amplifier and started hitting the pads. First
real test with just drums and no sequencer involved. My conclusion is
not just that it's (still) amazing, it's also not as bad when it comes
to pad crosstalk as rumour has it.

And... the run generator is one really cool feature!

--
electronically yours, jesper

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