Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi Ken,

Just a quick hello from a fellow Aussie.  I'm in Melbourne.  Proud
owner of an SDS-8 and a box of yet-to-be-racked V modules.  I use the
individual outs of a 707 to trigger the 8.

I looked up the specs on the synth chips in the 8.  There's an unused
filter resonance control :)

Cheers,

Clae.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ken_evans_99" <tycho33@...>
> To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:13 PM
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] Good News/Bad News SDS8
> 
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> > Well, my SDS8 brain arrived in Australia from the US....
> >
> > Good news is that my service tech was able to easily convert it from
> > 110 volt to 240 (220) volt - involved simply rewiring the transformer
> > in series instead of parallel. Simple. Only AUD$70 (about 40
Euro). All
> > the lights and buttons work fine.
> >
> > Bad news is that the factory settings are obviously not working
> > properly, the noise part of the tone control produces no noise (it
> > generates the tone part fine), and on the stereo out it only produces
> > sound from one channel (yes, using a proper stereo split Y cable). The
> > mix out (mono) and seperate outs are very quiet but also very noisy,
> > which I figure is the summed L/R out with one dud channel.
> >
> > Any suggestions or insights? I'm very depressed about this....
> >
> > Ken.
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