Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

> > 2. When I try to control the SDS9 brain via mide through Cubase SX
> > all hell breaks loose.
> 
> Not to be a smart ass... But have you connected midi out to midi in 
and not
> to some other weird point like simmons non-standard selector pad 
inputs or
> similar. I'm not familiar with the SDS-9, so these are just 
guesses...

It's regular midi out to midi in. More or less... Since the SDS) has 
two midi ins. One is caller Midi in (tape dump/load) and the other is 
called sequenser in. Tape dump/load gives me no response at all and 
Sequenser in gives me the "machinegun", plus a strange tone that is 
very annoying. This cavalcade of sounds emerges as soon as I put a 
midicabel in the plug.

> And, do you know if the SDS-9 accepts specific channels or just 
omni mode?

I've tried to send midimessages on all channels including omni.

> If you run a song or so I can guess that would result in hell 
breaking
> loose...
> 
> > It starts to all the sounds at once in a
> > steady beat (much like a machinegun really). Any suggestions of 
what
> > I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Oups, can it be some kind of sync input? Any idea of the speed of 
the
> "machine gun"?

Might be some sort of syncsignal, I have no idea...

> 
> > I don't know if I can do this at all since I have no
> > manual to turn to.
> >
> > So... Anyone who has ever managed to do this stund please drop me 
a
> > line.
> 
> Well, for what it's worth - see above...


Thanks a lot for your help so far...

Vi hörs,

Kiko