Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I'm in QLD but none of the service guys here have worked on Simmons 
before.

Ken.

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Calaitzis" <adamcal@...> 
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> hehe,  real life,  thats me playing simmons tom rolls on there.
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> right next door to me is logitronics,  
http://www.logitronics.com.au/,  they seem to have simmons modules in 
there a fair bit,  they are a bit slow however,  are you also in vic?
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> Adam Calaitzis
> Toyland Recording Studio
> www.toyland.com.au
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>   Dunno. Will have a look later maybe. Still doen't solve the noisy 
amp 
>   though....is there an experienced Simmons service tech in Vic? 
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>   BTW have enjoyed your work over the years, especially Real 
>   Life, "Happy" in particular.
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>   Cheers,
>   Ken. 
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>   --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Calaitzis" <adamcal@> 
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>   > Ive never looked inside a SDS8, but in the SDS5 each voice card 
>   has little trimmers to set the factory sound (aside from the 3 
>   channels on the front) , you can make the factory sound to be 
>   whatever you want it to be. are there trimmers inside the sds8?
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>   > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > From: ken_evans_99 
>   > To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
>   > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:06 AM
>   > Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Good News/Bad News SDS8
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>   > Well, it *does* make some sounds, but only the tone, not the 
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>   > component. Plus amp output is *very* noisy, one side only, and 
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>   > that. Kick drum preset comes out as a low quiet "crack...le", 
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>   > snare is inaudible but switch to "user" and you can get the 
tone 
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>   > least. Preset toms are a *very* low pitched short quiet "bloh" 
>   sound.
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>   > If I wasn't a grown up I'd be having a cry about 
>   now...mmmmwaaaaaaaH!
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>   > Ken.
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>   > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Steve Ridley <spr@> wrote:
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>   > > > Are _all_ the noises dead? I thought the SDS-8 used 
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>   > > > each voice. Long time since I owned one but...
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>   > > The noise source is probably common to all voices. That's how
>   > > it's usually done.
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