Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Stefan,

> if u like i might be able to send u an mp3 of a spliff song with
> edrums.

I'd like to hear an excerpt, then, if I like it, I will buy it.

> herwig played live both kits, an accoustic kit was at the left
> side of the stage, the simmons throned on a huge raiser in the middle,
> where drummers usually are.
> if i remember correctly, he used a 6piece kit, 3 pads as toms, 1 snare
> and 1 floor pad. and the bassdrum pad of course. cymbals were all
> "normal".

I do wonder why Dave Simmons never made any 'cymbals', it seems odd.

> personally i experimented with a LP trigger pad, which i used to get
> sounds from an ENSONIQ Mirage sampler. i had a keyboard sampler at
> home, where i sampled myself, and also another friend of mine sampled
> too. on stage our keyboarder had a mirage rack sampler, so i could use
> that stuff on stage.

It seems funny that not many people seem to be doing this now, I mean
triggering samples and stuff from their drum kits..

Paul