Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

To do this you need a trigger interface.

There are various models available secondhand and a few models new.

They all convert trigger signals to Midi. That means that you also need a 
midi-interface for your computer.

Look for models such as :

Simmons TMI
Simmons MTM
Alesis D4
Alesis DM5
Roland PM16

Good luck !

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "boogle4522" <boogle4522@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:02 AM
Subject: [Simmons Drums] Simmons heads interfacing w/ audio samples on a 
laptop


> I'm a longtime Simmons fan who is thinking of buying a set of heads to 
> play with.
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> As for a brain, is it possible to interface the Simmons heads with the USB 
> or serial input of a laptop running a program where you can assign an 
> audio sample for a particular head?  During a performance, you could have 
> a set-list of sample assignments for each song, then select another list 
> of sample assignments for the next song and so on.  It seems simple in 
> theory since the head is a simple trigger that activates the sound in a 
> receiver (brain) and I've been told that the Simmons heads can trigger 
> other brains as well.
>
> Does such an interface and software exist?  I'd love to take something 
> like this on the road and perform in an 80s revival band.
>
> Mike
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