I picked up an SDS9 for £55 last week. Haven't quite got to grips with it yet but I think I'll hold onto it for now, especially as one sold for £450 on ebay yesterday. ;-)
From: Mark <
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To:
Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 11 February 2013, 15:34
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS9 any good?
I have an MTM for sale if you're interested
On Feb 11, 2013 3:00 PM, "Michael Buchner" mailto:buchnerelectronics%40t-online.de>
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> Hats off, Ed. Only a few sentences, but precise description. I fully
agree. Somehow the different sound sources did not fit together as a kit.
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> Michael
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ed
> To: mailto:Simmons_Drums%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 3:48 PM
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS9 any good?
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> Two thumbs down. Since you already have an SDS7, it'll be a huge
disappointment.
> Bass Drum sound generation is analog but incredibly limited so don't
expect to do more than simple sounds. Snare/Rim is basically an eprom
player like the SDS1. Toms are analog, too, and are the best part of the
kit but you still can't get into craziness like on the SDS7. MIDI is ok,
too, but not equal to MTM.
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> --- In mailto:Simmons_Drums%40yahoogroups.com, Scott Gibbons wrote:
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> > I've never played an SDS9 before, and am just wondering...
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> > Is it basically like 3 channels of SDS7 and 3 channels of SDS8/800
> > (without the run generator?)?
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> > Or is it fundamentally different?
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> > The MIDI capacity makes it tempting. MTM's seem to go for more than
> > SDS9's...
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> > all my best,
> > - Scott
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