Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

> Hi Patrice 
> just for the record
> nothing personal to anyone
~~~~~~~~~no problem !
> The thing is: I wished Dave made some more comments
> then this forum would be much more alive ( haha)

~~~~~~~~Well he has no time for that I'm afraid ...he's managing another successful story by now ...

> my point is: I freaking love the Simmons shit (for as much I'm an expert,don't
> know all his shit, it's also for nostalgia reason, I mean the man nearly
> invented Edrumming, and made it out to something)
> It's more that I don't like it that schematics aren't available
> Just to keep those goodies going on ~

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~main of them are available if you ask to Simmonssynth .net for example ...or on the forum ...
therefore , I will try to see if I can obtain something from Dave ...
It's just a matter of availability & time for him .
He's very nice but he's just involved in "time consuming" things.

You have to know  that main of his Simmons spares had disappear with the dead companies ...


> I WOULD NOT MIND PAYING FOR THEM
> ( a fair price offcourse, not a "collector's item price)
> 
> MAn I paid a fortune for my SDX and then I found out that there wasn't anything
> on the internet. That's for a poor musician a great risk, owning a drumkit
> which you can't play in a band ( to fragile, heavy) and just have it at your
> garret
> eating dust just for nostalgia reasons. So when the guy comes along who pays
> the  price I want to have, just sold the beast. Man it still psses me off,
> but I was short on the money

~~~~~~~~~~ I understand ...

> Whatever reason people use Edrums I don't mind as long it's not for rplacing
> "real" drums
> (Oeps I do that too, roland handsonic (great fun, could come close to being
> "perfect", great response but a drag to program " a chance missed ) with
> 2 kick pedals and hihat controller ( easy for the gigs where I normally use
> a shitload off "real" percussion which gets blown away by all those nice
> " collegues")
> I hate myself really for it, but then again, I play tabla bongo, conga and
> all, just with the same techniques And I'm a kind off practical person (
> since my kids were born and I don't have any time left to really learn to
> play and instrument
> 
> Enough off me
> it's time for something new
> How about those "mandala" pads danny carrey off TOOL is using
> anyone over here who played them, heared them ( except for the new TOOL album)

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~it seems quite expensive ...I only saw the demo on the site ...
Nothing makes me think , "oh I have to get that" ...
I remember that I had been very shocked by the first sight of an SDX , for example ...
Then I had to manage to get one at any price ; & I had basically no money ! 
& I did .....2 or 3 years later.

> And what about the AddOne ( two??) from dynacord 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The one & the Two are not the same machines 

> Is this an ok machine patrice?? 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the ADDTWO is a very good machine but not very reliable ...I had 2 of them , two breakdown ...
the "2 unit high" was a very good tool ...
The ADDONE was a more 8 or 12 bits machine with some Rom in it & a optional drive ...
very grainy very good filters ...but a bit of pain to use ...
it sounded very industrial , very german ! 
The ADDTWO was more a 16 bits / 44khz sampler, a more clean sound ; very dynamic !
but it was just a sampler no sound on board ... a quite good library !


> I thought it was mainly a sampler 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yep !

> help me out on this one 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~which one ?

I still have an ADDONE + ADD Drive but I don't use it much ...therefore it's a big beast too ! 
But I'm not so fan of this big cold sound !

When time is professionnal I bring my DDRUM3 with me ...it did 250 gigs & it had been always very reliable !
I have to say that I'm playing some samples in it that I transfered from my SDX !!!
Sometimes I bring my SDSV !
Now when I work for me I try my Simmons sounds & units ...because it's more magic ...more grainy !!!


> 
> Besides all my shit spilling
> Conservative or not
> I don't give a shit as long as the outcome is good music ( and sounds great)

~~~~~~~~�s you say !         ; - )
> What a passion 
> keep this forum alive people
> 
> BERK!
>   Ok See you!
Patrice.


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