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Re: Betr: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?

2007-09-27 by Jack

le 27/09/07 19:50, Berk Aarts à B.E.R.K@... a écrit :

> I recall there is a guy in France who owns the schematics for the SDX?

I don't see who you mean :-)

> hihi sorry Patrice
> What I recall from memory is that the SDX is not to hard to clone
> it has a 68000 processor on board ( kinda atari I guess)

kind a MAc I supose ... ; -)

some converting
> board and a shit load of components for 16 times input and output and a bunch
> off electronics for the monitoring.

just that ? ;-)))
> 
> Perhaps easier said then done??

as you say ...
> 
> Rick Allen used all kinds off simmons modules and especially in the studio
> would layer sound and sample them ( there were no budgetlimitations for Def
> Leppard 

Well of course, & they also used the Fairlight a lot so ...
But the SDS7 & 9 is quite recognisable (?) ...
& yes He probably used some AKAI samplers on stage after all this mixing
sources ...

( what a name?!) in their time). I have an interview in a dutch
> drummag,
> perhaps if I find some time the next ten years I might kinda translate it
> and put it online

it depends of the number of pages you need to scan  ;-)
all the best.
Patrice.           
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