Yahoo Groups archive

Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:14 UTC

Message

Questions on Simmons SDS-7 Hi-Hat, Crash, and Ride Cymbal sounds

2006-02-25 by hamsterdrum85

For those of you who have an SDS-7 to toy around with, how can I 
make those cool cymbal sounds? I need to know what EPROMs to use and 
how much value of the right-side controls will be necessary. The 
ride sounds to have an almost accoustic ride sound but with a little 
bit of a hiss or a Simmons hi-hat sound mixed in with it. The crash 
sounds to have a sound almost like a 16" K. Zildjian thin crash but 
the pitched is swept up and has a hiss at the beginning of the sound 
(I'm not sure if it has a ping at the beginning like the SDS-5 
Cymbal Sound). The high hat sounds are a short analog "tsst" sound 
for closed and a shaker-like hiss for open.

My only known source for the ride sound was from:

-"Evan" by Jan Hammer from THE MIAMI VICE SOUNDTRACK

Some of my sources for the crash sounds were from:

-"The Ghost in You" by Psychadelic Furs
-"High on Emotions" by Chris De Burgh
-"Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Dennise Williams
-"Technique" and "I Can Fly" by Rainey from GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE 
FUN SOUNDTRACK
-"Carribean Queen" by Billy Ocean
-"Chase" and "Evan" by Jan Hammer from THE MIAMI VICE SOUNDTRACK
-"Oh Shiela" by Ready for the World
-"Take on Me" by A-ha

Some of my sources for the hi-hat sounds were from:

-"Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" by A-ha (from the same album 
as "Take on Me"--Hunting High and Low)
-"Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer
-"Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.