Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hey Roger , 

Thank you for your rapid help , 
Sounds complicated to someone who isn't too strong with electric 
equipment . I might sell the sds9 brain and hopefuly bump into my 
dream sds5 brain , we'll see , 
Thank you very much for your help !
sander


--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "monzarottie" 
<roger.davis@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Sander,
> The XLR connectors on the SDS5 pads (and brain for that matter) 
are 
> not wired in the traditional way. Pin 2 is hot while pins 1 and 3 
are 
> ground.  You will need to re-wire the adapter accordingly to make 
the 
> pads trigger the SDS9 brain. Happy drumming!
> 
> Roger
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "pagan_prosperity" 
> <pagan_prosperity@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys and girls , 
> > Thank you for your time reading this.
> > I was hoping someone could help me with a little issue.
> > I bought a great Sds5 Padset a while ago but never had the time 
to 
> try 
> > them out because i was lacking a brain.
> > After having bought an Sds9 Brain , i suddenly though , is it 
> > possible ? ,
> > The person i bought the brain of told me he triggered it via 
> > keyboard , therefore using a XLR Male - Jack mono( in the 
brain ) .
> > I recently bought adapter Female - female to put in the pad for 
the 
> > cables to work but there's no effect , only moving the adapter 
> around 
> > attached to the shell of the pad gives me strange triggered 
sounds 
> > because of it being too loose .
> > Would Jack Stereo - XlR female cables work without the whole 
> adapter 
> > thing ?? .
> > Please let me know your opinions ,
> > Thank you very much 
> > Sander
> >
>