Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi Jim!

> Hello Group,
> My name is Jim, I am the proud owner of an SDS-8. I trigger this
> fine brain from an old Oberheim Stretch DX. I am not a drummer, but
> this piece of gear fits in perfectly with my drum machine/synth
> collection.

Drum synths kicks ass... I recently sold my SDS-8, but the SDS-V is one of
the gems of my studio... On the drum flank I have the SDS-V, 2 x SDS-1, TMI,
Tama TS-305 and TAM-500 and a Pearl Syncussion SY-1... And a heavily
modified TR-606...

> The OBDX is the boss, the audio outs of individual drums I choose
> trigger the Simmons. The rest of the chain runs from the MIDI out of
> the OBDX to a Frostwave sequencer, Moogerfooger cp-251 and onto a
> Realistic MG-1, a Moog Prodigy, an Octave Cat, and a Moog Satellite.

Yes! A Cat - just bought one - wicked filter! =) But I can easily see you're
american... Oberheim, Moog, Octave, Big Briar etc. Good to see an old
british unit on the drum side though...

> I'm looking to make my set up a little more portable by racking some
> of the gear. Has anyone ever rack-mounted their sds-8? I'm thinking
> a slide out type drawer would work perfectly, once sized up and
> whatnot, but I wanted to see if any of you guys had any suggestions.

But weren't there rack ears available. i think I've seen that somewhere. One
thing when putting ears on machines like that is that the ins are often on
the "top" after rack mounting. Not very sensible (my TS-305 has that for
example)... I like rack stuff, but the most important thing is to reach
everything otherwise you end up using the same bass drum sound 'cause you're
too lazy to tweak that old drummer... ;)

electronically yours, jesper

Hey Jesper,
Sounds like you have a nice setup! I am American, I live in Chicago. Most
of my synths are used as performance pieces (by that I mean we play them as
instruments in our studio and live with a real drummer). I'm looking to
take my drum machine/sequencer driven set up out live with us, without it
being a huge hassle for us(me!) and the sound guy...

I wasn't aware that Simmons made rack ears for the SDS-8. I'll have to do
some more digging. I was thinking some kind of pull-out tray/drawer would
be perfect for space, and tweaking when needed!

Jim

> Hi Jim!
>
>> Hello Group,
>> My name is Jim, I am the proud owner of an SDS-8. I trigger this fine
>> brain from an old Oberheim Stretch DX. I am not a drummer, but this
>> piece of gear fits in perfectly with my drum machine/synth
>> collection.
>
> Drum synths kicks ass... I recently sold my SDS-8, but the SDS-V is one
> of the gems of my studio... On the drum flank I have the SDS-V, 2 x
> SDS-1, TMI, Tama TS-305 and TAM-500 and a Pearl Syncussion SY-1... And
> a heavily modified TR-606...
>
>> The OBDX is the boss, the audio outs of individual drums I choose
>> trigger the Simmons. The rest of the chain runs from the MIDI out of
>> the OBDX to a Frostwave sequencer, Moogerfooger cp-251 and onto a
>> Realistic MG-1, a Moog Prodigy, an Octave Cat, and a Moog Satellite.
>
> Yes! A Cat - just bought one - wicked filter! =) But I can easily see
> you're american... Oberheim, Moog, Octave, Big Briar etc. Good to see
> an old british unit on the drum side though...
>
>> I'm looking to make my set up a little more portable by racking some
>> of the gear. Has anyone ever rack-mounted their sds-8? I'm thinking
>> a slide out type drawer would work perfectly, once sized up and
>> whatnot, but I wanted to see if any of you guys had any suggestions.
>
> But weren't there rack ears available. i think I've seen that
> somewhere. One thing when putting ears on machines like that is that
> the ins are often on the "top" after rack mounting. Not very sensible
> (my TS-305 has that for example)... I like rack stuff, but the most
> important thing is to reach everything otherwise you end up using the
> same bass drum sound 'cause you're too lazy to tweak that old
> drummer... ;)
>
> electronically yours, jesper