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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons SDS 6 gate question

From: "Michael Buchner" <buchnerelectronics@...>
Date: 2013-10-21


Do you have the midi or non-midi version? The expansion boards are totally different. Check pin 2 of IC 6 and follow the track: R20 is located between Gate in and out jacks. R21 is near IC 6. One of the SDS6 here has R20 cut off and R21 lowered to 5K6.
Works with any trigger.
 
Best
 
Michael
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Zampiello
To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com ; [AH] Analog Heaven ; Al Zampiello
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons SDS 6 gate question

 

so i looked inside the sds 6 and there's a lot of modification going on...

i attached a picture of that section of board.  and the scheme.

there's no R20 and R21 is routed to C14. but i don't see C14 on my scheme.

maybe it's the one behind IC6?

thanks in advance

z
 
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On Friday, October 18, 2013 11:13 AM, Nick Zampiello <newallianceeast@...> wrote:

ok cool, i was unclear as to what changing these would do.  thanks!

z
 
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On Friday, October 18, 2013 11:03 AM, Michael Buchner <buchnerelectronics@...> wrote:

 

Check R 21 and R 20 on the expansion board, the
level is set there. To rise R 20 value to 1M or simply cut it away should do the
trick.
 
----- Original Message -----
>From: Nick Zampiello
>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 12:22 AM
>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons SDS 6 gate question
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>awesome thanks for the info. i was able to get it to sync if i ran the sequencer clock from the Garfield DR Click into the preamp of the 2600 for a little added gain before the SDS 6 input.
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>I was looking at the scheme and it wouldn't be simple to change the input of the SDS 6 so i might make a little box that just cranks the voltage / current a little before it.  than it could be slaved to anything really.
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>On Monday, October 14, 2013 6:17 PM, "vout@..." <vout@...> wrote:
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>Hi,
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>I was able to sync the SDS6 to a TR606
(tom) trigger output, it seems to have enough juice to drive the SDS6 even
though the voltages are theoretically wrong. The SDS6 sync inputs (tape and
trigger) are very fussy, I think they need a bit of current drive rather than
just a certain voltage level. Always reminded me of 80's computers with
cassette loading where you spent ages trying to get the level just right.
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>My sync chain was DAW midi out -> x0xb0x midi in,
x0xb0x din sync out -> TR606 sync24 in, TR606 tom trigger out -> SDS6
trigger in.
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>This generally worked quite well and
even allowed me to apply swing to the SDS6 using the x0xb0x swing function.
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>Cheers, vout
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>> hello!  so i am trying to
get a simmons sds 6 to chase a clock pulse and i can't get it to play...
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>> i see that it expects 15 volts.  this
is a lot...
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>> but i am trying to lock it
to a garfield electronics mini doc.  i figured this would do it.
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>> thanks!
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>> z
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