Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

sovereign:

> --- The reason I
> think it's a capacitor is because when you play the bell the attack of the
> cymbal sound becomes sharper and more aggressive and has more of a ping to

it. Like

> the bell of a real cymbal. As real as they could get with an 8 bit sample
> recorded onto a 32k EPROM in 1981. Now this effect is achievable when you

whack a

> regular hard top SDS-V pad and you have the sensitivity cranked but the
> cymbal pad allows more natural dynamics and more realistic playing. It's

rather

> simple in design but a remarkable tribute to the genius of Dave Simmons

and his

> design team. And lastly, I believe they were only made in white. But

again,

> don't quote me. I vaguely remember seeing one in yellow when I was a kid

but that

> could be selective memory.

See Paul, this is why we SDS-V with cymbal cards want the midi2sdsIII to be
able deliver those 7 volts! :)
Adding to this, AFAIK there's a similar feature for the snare giving it a
rim shot effect when hit at full impact with sesitivity cranked high...

> How do I know all this? I own four, dead mint, three of which were

never

> played with a drumstick, factory stock, in the original boxes and plastic
> bags. The XLR cables haven't even been untied.

People are known to be punished for far lesser crimes! ;)

electronically yours, jesper
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