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Hey, Jesper:
Thanks for your timely responses -- very helpful but also thought 
provoking!
Here are a few more inquiries for you to consider, please:
(1) Who is this Paul, and what about these "midi2sds" cards?  Does he 
make them himself? Finally, how does one acquire one, and what does 
one cost, installed (US funds) Would I need to locate a tech shoppe 
in the States to do the retrofit? I would not attempt it myself.
(2) When you mentioned "a cheap old drum synth with MIDI and separate 
outs" as being a very simple solution to what I am trying to do, it 
sounds enticing, but could you specifically name a couple such units 
which would have these capabilities, which I could be on the lookout 
for?  Your guidence here would be much appreciated!
(3)  You also mentioned, in your second reply, affording "a really 
nice MIDI->Trig converter", well... who manufactures one of these, 
and approximately what is the pricetag?  You see, I am selling my 
acoustic kit (drums only) to buy the ZENDRUM, and I'm still a few 
pennies short; selling the kit is probably the only way I could even 
fathom touching a ZENDRUM right now.  They are beautifully-made and 
highly-functional, but pricey, if you want the exotic woods...
(4)  Finally, my 4th and final question is in regards to my trusty 
old SDE, which I bought brand new a few years back in a music shoppe 
here in Maine.  It had been put out back, forgotten about...had been 
in the store since they were being manufactured back in the 80's.  I 
know the unit was never used, and it looks to have been never dropped 
or mishandled, and here is the question:
---The "AUDIO INPUT" on the rear panel (jack accepts a 1/4 male TRS-
style) Nothing in the manual explains its intended usage, in fact, it 
is only mentioned on the diagram of the rear panel.  It would seem 
logical that this is some type of AUDIO THRU, to send an additional 
output mixed in with the SDE output thruogh the main Left and Right 
OUTS, however, when I connect a drum machine, CD player, etc., I do 
not get the output of the additional device in the mix.  Is this not 
the intended usage for that AUDIO INPUT jack, or is there some form 
of internal ON/OFF which I have to activate before being able to pass 
the signal through to the main OUTS?? ... This has been driving me 
bonkers for a couple of years now (not that I really need to put 
anything through there, just that the thing is not functioning and 
that bothers me!!)
Thanks so much for your attention, and for being such an active 
member of such a great and resourceful list! (and thanks to all the 
others, too, for making the forum so good!)
Cheers,
Christopher
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, <jesper@e...> wrote:
> On the other hand - if you can afford those prices of the zendrum 
you can
> get yourself a really nice midi->trig converter too...
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> electronically yours, jesper
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "christopher mailhot" <draughtbones@h...>
> To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 6:31 PM
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] Non-MIDI SIMMONS devices and ZENDRUM
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> > Hello;
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> > Does anyone know how I can trigger my SDS-1000 & SDS-8, both 
without
> > MIDI, from the zendrum I will be purchasing?? (www.zendrum.com) I 
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> > heard of things like the SIMMONS MTM, but how about something more
> > current?  Would the MIDI KITI from alternate mode work for this?  
In
> > case you are not familiar, the ZENDRUM is a MIDI controller 
without
> > trigger outs, as far as I know.
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> > Thanks, and please reply when convenient.
> > Chris
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