Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi Andrew ,
the SDX can be very reliable but sometimes not at all ...
Ask the seller before buying , if he's honnest he will tell you .
I have a good working unit since 11 years now but I had a lot of troubles as
well in the beginning .
& I've heard of some units bugging all the time .

Yes it is really easy to work on ... A sort of small Fairlight !
A very Huge sound ; very digital with some analog filters !
Not as smooth to play as an SDSV .
Therefore you can't  compare the SDX with an SDSV or 7 ...
it's a complete another world !
Take care to the bugs of the SDX if you buy it ;
there are some minor catalog problems that you need to know before starting
making sounds, saving them  ... etc ...
But it's a great unit when it works .
don't forget to check the state of the FSR sensors of the pads when they are
dead you need to replace them ...
there aren't a lot available by our days .

Hope this helps,

Patrice.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Aw Shortman" <discipline_indiscipline@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS7 EPROMS


> Michael
>
>   Thanks for the info. Checked out the website........fantastic.  I'll
open up the SDS7 and take a look at the Eprom. I have a chance to buy an
SDX, would you consider this a good unit, and if so is it likely to be
reliable or easy to work on.
>
>   Thanks
>
>   Andrew
>
> michael.buchner@... wrote:
>   Hi.
> If you are able to burn Eproms by yourself, you can download the original
> bin-file of the snare from www.simmonsmuseum.com. If not, you can contact
> me under michael.buchner@... for a replacement Eprom. The original
> SDS7 snare is called "tight snare" or later "tight rock snare". Check your
> SDS7 snare-card if it is a 8 or a 16K card. And check the card itself with
> another Eprom, maybe your snare Eprom is still working, but the card is
bad.
> Michael
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