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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Q: SDS7 4 e-prom analog/digital card

From: jesper <jesper@...>
Date: 2017-01-23

Den 2017-01-22 kl. 13:35, skrev hr.public@... [Simmons_Drums]:
> Anyone know if the four e-prom version of the analog/digital voice card
> for SDS7 where a genuine Simmons product? Or where they aftermarket
> add-on from 3.party?
>
> I like the idea of these cards, but it seams we could make them more
> simple, or add more sounds using bigger e-proms and some simple address
> altering.
>
> Surprisingly many useful 8-bit samples only need 8kB. That's a whopping
> 64 sounds on a single 512 e-prom that actually will fit in the standard
> socket. Or 16 long tom decays or cymbal samples.

I don't know either, but I like the idea. On a side note; a friend of
mine has a HEAVILY modified Oberheim DMX with rotare switches on top so
that each channel has eight different sounds to choose from, many of
them copies of Linn and Simmons units. Apparently modified back in the
days so there were many third parties doing mods like that.

On the other hand, who here was it that experimented with external prom
image handling on computer? Was it you? I like that idea too, if it's
managable. (Though I personally tend to tweak the analogue part the most.)

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