Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Thank you for the warm wellcome and thanks for the tips. I'll check 
it out asap.

Cheers,

Kiko

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "angeyoda" 
<Patrice.Jacquot@l...> wrote:
> HI KIKO, 
> & Welcome !
> 
> Do you know MARK GLINSKY Website ; "the manor"...in US .
> He's selling copies of Simmons' manuals .
> You should find a SDS9 one there !
> 
> I think you need to adjust the Midi setting IN (!) the SDS9 , (So 
you 
> need the manual to know how do it)...
> Or you might try to reinitialise the unit .
> (You also need the manual).
> Unless your SDS9 midi connection has a problem ...
> 
> I think I've got a SDS9 manual butI'm not sure, let me know if you 
> can't find any , I will try to find mine...But Mark Glinsky is 
> definitely The way for that ! 
> 
> Anyway Good Luck ! 
> Patrice.
> 
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> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Kiko" <dr.k@o...> wrote:
> >  
> > > > 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