Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi, everyone ...
Have been away, but wanted to catch up and say "thanks" for all the 
good advice and options to consider ... I intend to nail down a 
solution to the SDS1000 deal as soon as a have a little xtra loot 
piling up (ha!)

Incidentally ;  my 1000 (non-midi) did not have a manual when I 
bought it.  Although fairly straightforward a unit, I would like to 
get a manual.  Is there one available for (free) download anywhere, 
or does any of you have a good contact I could investigate? Thanks 
in advance. 
Re: the zendrum -- it is a bit of a gimmick-y thing, but for my live 
act (a sci-fi thing), the zendrum would not only look great, but it 
would beat triggering samples with a keyboard (to me, anyway!)
Best wishes to all --

Chris


Ta--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Maddox (Mail LIsts)" 
<Paul.Maddox.Mail-list@S...> wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> > (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.
> 
> That'd be me..
> As Jesper has said ;-
> http://www.modulus-music.com/products/midi2sds/midi2sds2/
> I don't have any left unfortunatly, and at the moment I don't have 
enough
> spare cash to have another set of boards made :-(
> I will be uploading the gerber files in the near future, so you'll 
be able
> to get the PCBs made yourself at somewhere like PCBPOOL.COM.
> The chips I have plenty of.
> They're not that hard to assemble, only needing a few parts and 
being
> straight forward to solder in place.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I love the look of them, I bet they're great to use.
> 
> Paul