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or modulation values edited on a drumkat ... followong the pads... the  
pressure...the hh pedal ...the breathcontroller...  the D-Beam from a  
Roland system ...



Le 11 sept. 09 à 23:52, Patrice Jacquot a écrit :

> what about a continuous signal pedal ?
>
> Le 11 sept. 09 à 23:50, Berk Aarts a écrit :
>
> > I opened a SDX pad a few times
> > IMO they are FSR's, but they sense the positioning by a kind off
> > wireframe
> > underneath the foil. The positioning information is send as
> > modulation info
> > on the midi out.(for sequencing etc). Sequencing made every computer
> > go wild
> > (and crash) since there was to much information on the midi going  
> on.
> > So sending back modulation while hitting a pad might give the
> > positional
> > sensing idea. BUT: me as a drummer needs both hands to play the
> > drums, so
> > no hand free for tweaking a modulation wheel. And you would need a
> > wheel
> > for every pad
> > Still the SDX is great!!
> >
> > Berk
> >
> >
> >> -- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
> >> To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> >> From: Patrice Jacquot <Jacquot.Patrice@...>
> >> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:10:27 +0200
> >> Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Use any simmon pads with sdx?
> >> Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave told me years ago that FSR's on the pads are sending a
> >> modulation
> >
> >> signal following the hit position..
> >> We could probably trig positions via midi if using a modulation
> >> signal in add ...
> >>
> >>
> >> Le 11 sept. 09 à 21:21, superwolle70 a écrit :
> >>
> >>> portakit and SDX only work together via midi, but the Portakit  
> does
> >>> not support positional sensing as the SDX does. Although both
> >>> provide FSR foils for triggering, the only reason why FSRs had  
> been
> >>> used in the Portakit was in order to avoid cross triggering. It's
> >>> just the same as today's Roland SPD20: It also uses FSR
> >>>
> >>> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "jimstew37" <jimstew37@...>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> How well does something like the Portakit (or DrumKat, for that
> >>> matter) work with the SDX? They both use FSR, although I don't  
> know
> >>> about "zone intelligence." I'm guessing that the zones otherwise  
> on
> >>> an SDX pad could then be spread out among different pads or  
> surfaces
> >
> >>> on the Portakit?
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim Stewart
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "superwolle70"
> >>> <superwolle70@> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> you can trigger the sdx with any mono pad, but you won't get
> >>> positional sensing
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "morrisphilco"
> >>> <morrisphilco@> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is it possible to use any kind of simmons pad with an sdx or
> >>> does it have to be sdx pads?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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