Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Cool 
I have some ideas on this as well

I'm wondering where this ends

Berk


>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: "randaleem" <randaleem@...>
>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:36:40 -0000
>Subject: Betr: Re: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>Agreed. Take the best of what we remember from the past and update 
>where it makes sense to do so.
>
>I have some thoughts on pads like that; am not sure if its already 
>been done? (I'm still just discovering this part of the world<G>)
>
>I can think of a few ways to get position info from the pad, to be 
>applied to MIDI choices. Don't yet know enough abot the Mandala and 
>its competitors? Need to see about patents and such.
>
>Randal
>
>--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70" 
><superwolle70@...> wrote:
>>
>> Concerning the SDX: There's nothing but the original. But the 
>original
>> is nothing more like an old 68k PC with a buggy OS. Why should an
>> intelligent person clone a piece of unfinished innovation with 20
>> years old hardware? It would be better to construct pads which can
>> assign different midi notes depending on where and how hard they 
>get
>> hit. The rest can be done with any common software sampler. I have 
>2
>> SDX and I know what I am talking about.
>> 
>> 
>> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Berk Aarts" <B.E.R.K@> 
>wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm not talking making it commercial
>> > just build for your own sake
>> > and if you do that with say 10 persons, and everybody takes up 
>tasks and
>> > try to find the right parts for the best price, think it's not 
>that
>> expensive
>> > Perhaps use the original sdx as a blueprint of how it should work
>> and function
>> > and use a PC/mac as interfacing and sampler
>> > So interfacing to the PC/mac would be the issue and writing an 
>app
>> > I think it can work on an atari 1040st
>> > costs 30 euro's and a lot of time too write the app
>> > Sounds easy right??
>> > Sorry but I can't write any computerprogram, I can solder and 
>build
>> so who
>> > knows, someone have any ideas
>> > 
>> > Berk
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > >-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>> > >To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
>> > >From: <jesper@>
>> > >Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:26:53 +0200
>> > >Subject: Re: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?
>> > >Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >OK, so any cloner needs the original floppy set then. I highly
>> doubt the
>> > >
>> > >financial part of trying to copy and market. I heard somewhere 
>that
>> Roland
>> > >
>> > >had checked the cost of taking up the production of the Jupiter 
>8 again
>> > but
>> > >
>> > >the result was absurd so they put the idea on the shelf... even 
>the
>> SDS_V
>> > >is 
>> > >hard to get rightr these days with the SSM filter chips being 
>that 
>> > >expensive.
>> > >
>> > >Cloning the 3/4 is however a much cheaper business with just
>> standard cheapo
>> > >
>> > >parts inside...
>> > >
>> > >electronically yours, jesper
>> > >- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>> > >www.electronic-obsession.se
>> > >
>> > >Order your own copy of the Machinepop/Imiafan
>> > >split-EP at www.electronic-obsession.se/label.asp
>> > >
>> > >"Varför har du så många pianon?" (Nora Persson, 9 år)
>> > >
>> > >----- Original Message ----- 
>> > >From: "Berk Aarts" <B.E.R.K@>
>> > >To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
>> > >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:22 AM
>> > >Subject: Betr: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design 
>rights?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Software is booting from flop
>> > >it runs on a 68000 ( kinda atari I guess)
>> > >that would be the easy part
>> > >
>> > >Berk
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>> > >>To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
>> > >>From: <jesper@>
>> > >>Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:19:06 +0200
>> > >>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?
>> > >>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>The software isn't just on proms then? If so you can "just" 
>copy a set
>> > and
>> > >>
>> > >>go from there...
>> > >>
>> > >>electronically yours, jesper
>> > >>- -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>> > >>www.electronic-obsession.se
>> > >>
>> > >>Order your own copy of the Machinepop/Imiafan
>> > >>split-EP at www.electronic-obsession.se/label.asp
>> > >>
>> > >>"Varför har du så många pianon?" (Nora Persson, 9 år)
>> > >>
>> > >>----- Original Message ----- 
>> > >>From: "Dave B" <bongo2001@>
>> > >>To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
>> > >>Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:16 AM
>> > >>Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>> Someone may have the schematic, but the trick would be 
>getting the
>> > >>> software, wouldn't it?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Was the SDX the one that used multi-zone FSR pads?
>> > >>>
>> > >>>> While we're on it
>> > >>>> Why not clone the SDX??
>> > >>>> There is someone here owning the scematics, right??
>> > >>>> if some could do that, and add some xtra features( like more
>> ram, bigger
>> > >>>> harddisk, polyphonic outputs), count me in
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Berk
>> > >>>
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