Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I used to be a music store sales guy in the 80's and I recall that the SDS-7 Cymbal and Hi-
Hat were generally not sought after. In fact, I recall that with one of the demo kits that we 
sold, the drummer that bought it did not even take the cymbal or hi-hat. Thus, those little 
gems sat around in the "unwanted bin" until the 90's when they were thrown away. Little 
did we know that 20 years later I would be a Simmons freak and that those 2 items are 
worth their weight in gold. So I ask you, oh hexagonal hipsters, how does the hi-hat card 
differ from other sound cards in the sds-7? are there 2 e-proms for the open and closed 
sounds? If not, can I use a tom card with a hi-hat e-prom? I just recently picked up the hi-
hat pedal and I am looking for more cards to use the extra pads that I have. I also have an 
sds-5 What is that hi-hat module like? Is that the most difficult piece to the Simmons 
puzzle? I would like to hear from some of you Simmons experts regarding these rare 
items. OBTW, the hi-hat pedal has a 1/4 inch output and both the sdsV and 7 require XLR. 
Hmmm... is this the real pedal or is it a counterfeit pedal? I suppose a trs-xlr cable will do 
the trick. What do you guys think? (something tells me that Jesper shall come to my rescue 
first) God bless you, Jesper! 

Thanks,

Pigletdad40

The HiHat module differs from e.g. a tom module not only by the eprom.
I am not very familiar with electronics, but Michael Buchner built a
HiHat module out of a tom module for me. He will likely read this
posting and will give more information.
Concerning the pedal: I know about two HiHat pedals featuring 1/4"
jacks: The first one is a die cast pedal with a uge "tower" which
holds the spring. It works by pressure, does not only make "open" and
"close" but also intermediate states and belongs to the SDX. The other
one which is likely the one you are talking about is supposed to be
made for one of Simmons' multi trigger pads: Turtle Trap or Portakit.
I cannot say wether they work with the SDSV/7 only by using an
adaptor. Probably the internal resistor does not fit (ok, in this case
you can make it fit...). 

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "pigletdad40" <pigletdad40@...>
wrote:
>
> I used to be a music store sales guy in the 80's and I recall that
the SDS-7 Cymbal and Hi-
> Hat were generally not sought after. In fact, I recall that with one
of the demo kits that we 
> sold, the drummer that bought it did not even take the cymbal or
hi-hat. Thus, those little 
> gems sat around in the "unwanted bin" until the 90's when they were
thrown away. Little 
> did we know that 20 years later I would be a Simmons freak and that
those 2 items are 
> worth their weight in gold. So I ask you, oh hexagonal hipsters, how
does the hi-hat card 
> differ from other sound cards in the sds-7? are there 2 e-proms for
the open and closed 
> sounds? If not, can I use a tom card with a hi-hat e-prom? I just
recently picked up the hi-
> hat pedal and I am looking for more cards to use the extra pads that
I have. I also have an 
> sds-5 What is that hi-hat module like? Is that the most difficult
piece to the Simmons 
> puzzle? I would like to hear from some of you Simmons experts
regarding these rare 
> items. OBTW, the hi-hat pedal has a 1/4 inch output and both the
sdsV and 7 require XLR. 
> Hmmm... is this the real pedal or is it a counterfeit pedal? I
suppose a trs-xlr cable will do 
> the trick. What do you guys think? (something tells me that Jesper
shall come to my rescue 

> first) God bless you, Jesper! 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pigletdad40
>