Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Patrice,

> Therefore anypads would do the job just the shape was different ....
> I have to look in the HD & see if I still have one photo ...

That would be great for the website!

> I'm not talking about studio , in studio they
> don't anymore I think as there's a functiun in ProTools for example called
> "Sound Replacer", you just take the wave form of your different snares, toms
> as trigging point ...etc...& you assign another sample directly that will
> follow dynamics...

Yes, I've played with that.

> Metal bands are using triggers to trigg noise gate sometimes ...
> In fact, I'm talking about live Gigs, most of the time there are some
> triggers...not in jazz I presume, but metal bands have some, pop bands
> etc...Maybe it depends in what countries, I've seen it a lot in France, in
> Italy , in UK too...from the 90's to recently ...

Its not something I've noticed.

> Local bands don't necessary have the money to buy a DDrum3 (the only very
> reliable & professional kit specialised in acoustic triggering ), & Simmons is
> sadly old school for the moment... I consider roland & Yamaha not convincing
> ...

I guess.

> Or the local bands don't have an album sound that obliges the samples ...In
> local bands , I often bring my DDrum 3, & I will soon bring an SDSV , 3 , or 7
> to add a bit of magic in all that...

Yeah, I think the simmons 'sound' is coming back :-)

> yes , this is the actual way of doing things...it might
> change again ...I think It's coming from the Drumloops use which is creating a
> certain sound on the whole track...

Yes, I hope again to see 'bands' that can actually 'play', sometime soon.

> I think it's just a matter of the way it sounds...
> fashion !!!

Good point.

> It must be for the same reason that SImmons went "on the Edge" & that we all
> want one now ...

Like I say, I think the sound is coming back.. Slowly.

> I might be wrong too , but it seems exceptionnal..maybe
> following the country needs again ...

He did buy a 7 module SDSV at the same time, perahps the previous owner
wanted a 10 piece kit?

Paul