Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi!

The SDS-V _DO_ use xlr, but I own a soldering iron and can make cables... =)
What I mean is that even with my tele-to-xlr cables I haven't had any trouble 
with triggering. With my homebuilt contact splitters and cables resulting in many 
split point and almost 15 meters of cables I get troubles however...

But that's a different story though!

jesper

On Tue, 06 May 2003 07:14 , Vince LeGrand <vlegrand@...> sent:

>Oops...Obviously, I don't own an SDSV   :-(   ....I thought they used XLR 
connections.
>
>I do own an SDS8 and SDS7....I'll try to find the time to try connecting the 
SDS8 pads to the SDS7 and see what the response is like.
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
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>From: Jesper 
>  To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 2:06 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS8 Pads
>
>
>  vince:
>  >   Back when the MTM was introduced, I was at a Simmons clinic (hosted by
>  Reek Havoc who was a Simmons rep at the time), and in talking to him, I have
>  this fuzzy memory of him saying that the SDS8 pads put out a much lower
>  signal than other pads (SDSV, SDS7).  I think there is a resistor along with
>  the transducer and you can cut the resistor out of the signal path and get a
>  hotter signal.  This was one reason why the SDS8 pads used 1/4" phone plugs
>  instead of XLR's (cost obviously being another big reason).  You wouldn't
>  inadvertently hook up SDS8 pads to an SDSV or SDS7.
>
>  But me then, beeating the hell out of my 1/4" out-pads connected to my
>  SDS-V? Pure luck? Let me know if memory becomes clearer or someone finds
>  that resistor inside...
>
>  >   I've never checked this, but you might check the Alesis manual for what
>  kind of trigger voltage it is looking for and then hook up a voltmeter to a
>  pad and see what kind of voltage it generates.
>
>  Good idea, my hexabass has xlr... =)
>
>
>  electronically yours, jesper
>
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