Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

superwolle70@... said on 15/12/13 21:11:
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> The rack version of this Clap Trap is neither a fake nor a custom built
> version. About 5 of those particular devices have been built at Musicaid
>

Wow! I guess that must make it one of the rarest Musicaid/Simmons 
devices around.

I really must upload some tracks I've been working on with my Clap Trap. 
I've been triggering it from the programmable accent output of my Boss 
DR-55, which is how I think The Cure often used it. If your not familiar 
with them, then the so called "Langham Session" that they recorded in 
1980 are well worth checking out. Drummer Lol Tolhurst doesn't seem to 
have been present, perhaps dealing with the consequences of his mother's 
illness and subsequent death that happened around this time, so it 
appears that Robert Smith and Simon Gallup recorded the session as a 
duo. The songs were then rerecorded for my favourite Cure album, Faith, 
where the Clap Trap is still in evidence on a number of tracks.

Drowning Man : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFRQeVEYd90
The Funeral Party : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqo6L-7Uo2k
Faith : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmNin9t0_Ng

Joy Division/New Order also owned a Clap Trap, which was stolen along 
with the rest of their equipment during their first tour of the United 
States. I suspect the Clap Trap is responsible for the snare sound on 
Decades, my favourite track from Joy Division's Closer album.

Decades : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMAB3r6EjcM

Chris