Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

thomas:
> A frienf of mine owns the second edition analogue Clap Trap and that\ufffds
the only other one I\ufffdve seen. Mine is the first edition one.

Don't mention the second one... it's like that Fawlty Towers episode where 
Basil is so afraid of mentioning the war when a group of germans are 
visiting the hotel. ;)

> I also own the digital hihat with the extra PCB with the ROM
on, BUT the Musicaid one uses the analogue circuit to produce the hihat
sound.
It sounds more like ringmodulated or probably the SSM-Chip Resonance is
modulated by a hispeed LFO (FM).

Cool - this was news to me!

> It might sound different due to some inside tweaking
by it\ufffds former owner, but I think the snare is a bit harsher and has
more click.

Nice, but that may be the components and the tweakable stuff as you say. I 
recently ripped a couple of old network cards for PCs apart and found 
prom-sized ICs that worked fine in the SDS-1s. You would've imagined they 
sounding the same - right? They didn't even though the cards were all the 
same (I ripped 8 ICs).

> The DS-4 is more like the Polard Syndrum (I own the 478 with original
box and all accessories) but with more features. Sounds great.

Cool - I'll keep my eyes opened then. Lovely with a 478. I think there are 
at least three on the list now...

>> Buy my Clavia setup then (as advertised in separate mail)! ;)

> I\ufffdm more into the analogue stuff (except for digital Simmons of course ;-)

I recognise the feeling.

> But if you will let go a SDS-3 I\ufffdll take it ;-)

Nope, and not the SDS-2 either! *boink*

electronically yours, jesper
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