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Now I've re-read the entire manual and verified and tested every aspect 
of this. The SDS-9 refuses to respond to incoming midi. I haven't tested 
outgoing but will as the next step.

But I'm leaning towards 1. below. Something is wrong with the midi in 
the SDS-9.

/j.


Den 2019-05-01 kl. 14:38, skrev jesper jesper@... 
[Simmons_Drums]:
> Short follow up on this.
> 
> The SDS-9 works well from pads and all the buttons and potentiometers do
> what they're supposed to do on the machine. All trigger and audio in's
> and out's also work.
> 
> But... I cannot get it to accept any midi. I've checked all the sent
> info and cables so it's basically down to two possible scenarios.
> 
> 1. the midi in is dead. It could be a simply grounding issue or
> something worse.
> 2. All the midi note data is set to some obscure value. I find that hard
> to believe since I'm looping a short sequence sending basically
> everything down the wire...
> 
> And as you guys pointed out before. The manual sure is a mess! I guess I
> need to re-program a voice or two to see if that's it. But before doing
> so... can you think of anything else that I might have screwed up?
> 
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> Den 2019-01-18 kl. 10:33, skrev Ewan Colsell ewanuno@...
> [Simmons_Drums]:
>  > you need to turn on midi reception every time you power on the sds9.
>  >
>  > you can turn on midi by pressing mode twice to put the sds9 in midi mode
>  > , then press yes to turn on midi reception.
>  >
>  > after a while in storage the patch memories go crazy, because the memory
>  > is backed up by a nicad, which only last a few weeks.
>  > you might need to reset the patch memory and midi settings to get it to
>  > work.
>  >
>  > the manual is a complete mess, all the info is there but it's not in any
>  > particular order.
>  >
>  > midi is normal midi, but it's an early implementation so there are a few
>  > ugly things,
>  > it powers up in omni mode i can't figure out how to turn omni off, but
>  > i'm sure there a way, i just use a midi filter before the sds9.
>  >
>  > have fun though, the sds9 is wonderfull! the 8bit snare and rimshot
>  > voices are great, and the weird digital bass drum is totally unique. and
>  > the toms are 80s gold.
>  >
>  > ewan..
>  >
>  >
>  > On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 at 05:47, edrose1@...
>  > <mailto:edrose1@...> [Simmons_Drums]
>  > <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups..com>>
>  > wrote:
>  >
>  > __
>  >
>  > SDS9 uses standard MIDI. The drag is that you have to intialize it
>  > every time you power up. Also, check the MIDI Mode (page 40) and
>  > make sure it\u2019s set for what you\u2019re wanting to do.
>  >
>  >
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