Re: [Simmons Drums] Dave regained the rights to the Simmons name ??
2013-03-17 by VinceL
While I am not a lawyer, I do have some experience with business law. I have spent the past hour reviewing these 2 documents. It would appear that there was a
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Re: Dave regained the rights to the Simmons name ??
2013-03-16 by Mark Frost
I knew he was in court, and congrats to him. What could be on the horizon, I wonder?
Dave regained the rights to the Simmons name ??
2013-03-16 by philmurr
Hi all - I came across the following documents on the Intellectual Property Office website.
Re: Simmons Trixer & Trixer II...
2013-03-16 by philmurr
Dave - I d suggest you check out the power supply section, especially the large electrolytic capacitors as they may have dried out. My Trixer has no hum at all
Simmons Trixer & Trixer II...
2013-03-14 by Dave Bradbury
Hi Group, hope you are all well. I ve been lucky enough to acquire a Simmons Trixer from ebay. I really love this digital machine (despite being an Analog
Re: Re : Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repa ir...
2013-03-13 by jesper
Good point... I have the cymbal in slot 6 and hihat in slot 7 btw... -- electronically yours, jesper - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
Re : Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-07 by Jacquot.Patrice@...
talking about that , I remember having read a note if you intend to put more than 5 cymbals modules in the SDSV. Please contact Simmons for a highered
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-07 by jesper
... Good point - will keep that in mind and check for ripples/fluctuations if necessary. -- electronically yours, jesper - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-06 by Nick Zampiello
yes, but maybe the fact that this card actually has a higher current demand may be problematic as well. especially if it s a crude digital circuit that needs
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-06 by jesper
Sure - I know. I only meant that since the other six cards are all OK I think I can rule out the PSU for now. :) /j. ... -- electronically yours, jesper - --
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-06 by Nick Zampiello
well, if the power supply caps are bad they can hold an insufficient voltage until they warm up and begin to function better. or filter caps can let through
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-06 by jesper
... Best answer this far! ;) I ll get a tube of 4556 one of these days... -- electronically yours, jesper - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-06 by jesper
My experience is that when a cap fails it fails. There is no temperamental about it. This sounds a lot more like a crappy IC getting warmed and functional...
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-05 by Nick Zampiello
there are caps on the card too that could be bad. i just recapped the power and connector plate on an SDSV and it looked like the caps were from the 1920 s!
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-05 by Ed
I picked one up a few years back that had all these problems and replaced 4013 and 4556 and everybody was happy again. Since the 4013 has changed since 82,
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-05 by philmurr
As the LED s are driven by IC2 and IC3, I d definitely suspect one of them. IC3 is just inverting the outputs from IC2 so I think you re going to be correct
Re: Today's repair...
2013-03-05 by shuttlejohn1
I wanted to chime in on issues with my SDSV hi-hat card, as long as someone may be thinking about them. My card used to work fine for about 10-15 minutes, and
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-04 by jesper
... Speaking of which... Can the tech guys here enlighten me regarding the program selector switches? I _guess_ the four switches end up at the same IC which
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-03 by philmurr
Thanks Jesper ! I visited the guy selling an SDS-III a couple of years back on ebay as he lived very close to me, and it sold for over £1000 so unlikely I ll
Re: [Simmons Drums] Today's repair...
2013-03-03 by jesper
Great news Phil! So now everyone else might regret not buying the spare I had until the day before yesterday. ;) (It s still on the list though) I bet you ll
MPC DSM 1 + 2, again
2013-03-03 by stone.skeleton
I still have these units, and need cash before SXSW. Anyone interested in the whole package for $500 CDN plus shipping? Shipping is out of montreal, QC
Today's repair...
2013-03-03 by philmurr
Well today I had a look at my SDS IV, I ve owned the thing for years, but it only ever gave noise and hiss (on both channels). Thanks to the people on this
Re: Simmons brains and cheating!
2013-03-02 by Scott Gibbons
I think Superwolle70 is thinking about using a stereo-to-dual mono splitter, and dual zone pads/voices... That wouldn t work, just like he says. But I read
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons brains and cheating!
2013-03-02 by harvey bendover
yes, a splitter! i thought it would work - thanks ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [Simmons Drums] Replacement potentiometers
2013-03-02 by philmurr
Had a reply from Senso - none in stock. Anyway good news, got some from TME, arrived yesterday so I ll be mostly fixing things tomorrow :)
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons brains and cheating!
2013-03-02 by jesper
I think he only talks about a splitter, not a stereo cable (i e insert), so yes, it works. You just send the trigger from different sources. The pads are not
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons brains and cheating!
2013-03-01 by harvey bendover
yes, vintage ... sds1000 in particular ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Simmons brains and cheating!
2013-03-01 by superwolle70
What Simmons brains are you talking about? Hopefully the vintage 80s ones... With those it cannot work because the inputs are all mono (except the snare
Simmons brains and cheating!
2013-03-01 by harvey bendover
I am sure this has been covered before but since I am new I have a question regarding cheating with Simmons brains ... On my small, inexpensive Roland TD3
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons drums
2013-02-28 by Phillip Zacharias
I recently sold a non-functioning SDS7 brain and now have four Simmons pads (black) and (I think it s Tama) bass pad gathering dust in the basement. I d be
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons drums
2013-02-27 by harvey bendover
I am looking to add one more vintage Simmons pad to my retro kit, black shell in good condition ... anyone have one just lying around they would be willing to
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS9 any good?
2013-02-25 by jesper
Hi, just a short note from your moderator to all on the list that I had to dump two members off the list this weekend due to a lot of incoming spam. I think
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS9 any good?
2013-02-25 by ALFONSO PACHES
Sounds quite interesting all what you are saying, Brian. It´s really exciting to try different things with our lovely monsters . So far, I ve only tried to
[Simmons Drums] Re: SDS9 any good?
2013-02-24 by Brian Horton
I bought a brandnew sds 9 when it first came out and still play it today as much as i can.I also at the same time bought a sds 5 brain and being cheap did not
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons drums
2013-02-19 by Nick Zampiello
SDS 1000 Is pretty basic. decent skin feature keeps the sounds fresh all be it simple. It s a good mix between natural and Simmons-y. If you get one with
Re: [Simmons Drums] Replacement potentiometers
2013-02-19 by jesper
... Senso is great (but can be a bit grumpy unless you know exactly what you want). :) -- electronically yours, jesper - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
Simmons Red pads
2013-02-19 by marnnieto
Hi I need to buy 2 red Simmons pads, SDS5 will be perfect, SDS8/SDS9 only if are in perfect condition... cheers
Re: Simmons drums
2013-02-19 by harvey bendover
Greetings gang, Since the SDS 1000 is one of the few units I don t have any experience with I was wondering if you folks had any tips, suggestions, working
Re: [Simmons Drums] Replacement potentiometers
2013-02-19 by Jon
Not sure if this was one of your usual places but I managed to get some from vintage planet.nl for my SDS7, about a year or two ago. It looks like the site
Re: [Simmons Drums] Replacement potentiometers
2013-02-18 by philmurr
Yes checked all the usual electronic suppliers without success. I ll start looking further afield... I m also in touch with Patrice so hopefully he may have
Re: Replacement potentiometers
2013-02-18 by Richard
When trying to maintain old electronic gear finding parts can be a real pain. Most of the generic ic s, resistors etc are readily available from the usual
Re: [Simmons Drums] Replacement potentiometers
2013-02-17 by jesper
... Check with Patrice - he offered me some in a trade. Don t know which models he has though... I know I sourced a few for my SDS-1 s a few years ago without
Replacement potentiometers
2013-02-17 by philmurr
Hi all, Does anyone know where you can get replacement potentiometers for the SDS7/8/9 as I ve a few with broken shafts. I ve looked in the usual places but
Re: Simmons drums
2013-02-17 by harvey bendover
I was very fortunate to score a complete SDS1000 rig over the weekend from a very kind member of this forum. Module, pads and rack at a reasonable cost and I
Re: Simmons drums
2013-02-17 by Scott Gibbons
Forgive the heresy, but if you re gigging and price-sensitive I would seriously consider the Pearl Drum-X. It s analogue, has 8 presets, sounds VERY good, and
Re: Simmons SDS 6 in the wild?
2013-02-15 by marnnieto
Cool! will be great! Thank you
Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons SDS 6 in the wild?
2013-02-15 by Nick Zampiello
i wants one if someone isn t using thiers!!! ... z NEW ALLIANCE EAST!!!! ... New Alliance East - Mastering New Alliance East - Facebook X :::: B ::::
Re: Simmons SDS 6 in the wild?
2013-02-15 by Richard
As I said in my earlier post, WHEN I get some time I will put together a series of files etc that should enable others to midify there SDS6 s. It isn t a 5
claptrap in swedish online store
2013-02-15 by jesper
Hi list, I was going to buy this but the seller decided to sell it to a store instead and never told me... Crappy netiquette if you ask me. Well, now it s out
Re: [Simmons Drums] Simmons drums
2013-02-14 by Nick Zampiello
Yes. I agree with jesper. SDS1000/SDS800/SDS8 are super cheap still and work with the classy pads classy. it s funny that SDS7 are not much money (yet) is