Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

From: "Thomas" <t_j_m_m_d@...>

> Hello Jesper. I don't quite agree with you - or maybe I just don't
understand what you mean by PC rascals.

"PC Rascal" is a 17-year old kid into techno music thinking there is no such 
things as instruments outside the screen.;)

> Why shouldn't they have the real sound? Just because they have a tool
that can give them the sound of Simmons doesn't necessarily mean they
can make proper music with it, right?

Most certainly not... They can have all the emulating software they want (if 
they pay for it or download shareware that is) - I don't care, but I'm so 
fed up with the views that it "sound as good" or "even better" etc. See what 
happened here when guitar center started selling their crap kit. People came 
here with questions none of us felt like answering...

> For me, there wouldn't be a difference between turning knobs on my
computer and turning knobs on a piece of hardware.

That's you... :)

> That might be
because I have never owned a Simmons kit (although I have had a
chance to buy a SDS V and a SDS 7 (defective, that's why I didn't buy
it).

Probably! (totally honest here)

> But when even hardcore analog purists have a hard time telling
the difference between a softsynth and the real thing, I think that a
software version of the Simmons kits would be a great idea as I
expect it would come very close to the original.

To me it comes down to the enjoyment of making music too, not just the sound 
that comes out of the speaker. I spent a bunch of hours this weekend 
changing every slider in my old ARP Odyssey instead of throwing it out and 
going for a soft version. It's not just because I love that old boy but also 
because I know I enjoy the slider pushing more than staring at a screen. But 
I'm a gear-head so it might just be me... but I don't think so.

As a dane you could compare the prices in "Den Bl\ufffd Avis" och "Gul og Gratis" 
not to mention stores in Copenhagen and you'll see that people have a thing 
for the real deal... There must be some reason why people pay 4000 DKK for a 
SDS-V if they can download samples and emulate it as good...

Time will tell what happens... :)

electronically yours, jesper
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