Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I have a spare programmer panel complete with working dataknob for sale if you need it.

LJ - Who built one working SDS-7 from 2 damaged ones.

http://www.electromancer.com/artist.php?id=3b4bf9c30d
http://hem.spray.se/ppgwave/studiopics.html

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Från: "Gordon JC Pearce" <gordon@...>
Till: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Skickat: den 15 oktober 2005 10:57
Ämne: Re: [Simmons Drums] Chips, guts, channel boards, power supply & case for sale!


> Rodney wrote:
>> Hello all!
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>> I just finally got (after about a month) an SDS7 I got off
>> ebay...well, needless to say I GOT RIPPED OFF!!!  I bought it as is,
>> so I am basically screwed...BUT:
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>> Despite the fact that it was beat to hell, & rusted (People that
>> treat, not only Simmons Drum stuff, but ANY MUSICAL EQUIPMENT, LIKE
>> THIS, SHOULD BE SHOT OR IMPRISONED!), AND it has NO VOICE CHIPS
>> WHATSOEVER, it DOES seem to power up, and it has 5 channels in it:
>> BASS, SNARE, and 3 TOMS...all of the IC chips are in it, and ONLY THE
>> SOUND CHIPS ARE MISSING! (THANK GOD!)
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> If by "sound chips" you mean the EPROMs on the bottom front (left as you 
> look at the component side) on each voice board, then it will still work 
> on the analogue channel.  Obviously the digital channel won't make a sound.
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> You could put pretty much any 2764 or 27128 eprom in to try it.  I had 
> some good results using an old PC BIOS chip in one of mine.  Very gritty 
> and Industrial. ;-)
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