Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

boogle4522 skrev:
> I'm a longtime Simmons fan who is thinking of buying a set of heads to 
> play with.
> 
> 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.

Yes, you need to find something that converts trigs to usb. If that is 
your preferred signal. If midi is OK there are tonnes of such gear on 
the market. Simmons TMI, MTM and ADT for example.

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

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