Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi list,

just want to share. :D

Six years ago I bought a midi2sds2 from Paul (still here?). I assembled 
it and everything worked just fine except one trigger out. The problem 
was a mistake when one IC was programmed and I received a replacement 
and tested the thing and it worked great. I planned to modify it for 
SDS-V (stronger trigger output). In the meantime I thought it stupid to 
waste the IC that had seven working outputs (and also the 19" housing 
which was salvaged from another project and it had 16 LEDs mounted 
already) so I began the work on a breadboard clone. But then a divorce, 
depression and reality dawned on me and the project was shelved. :S

Yesterday I dug it out, started retracing wires, looked in disgust at my 
old solder joints (amazing how such skills improve in six years!) and 
corrected not just a few mistakes.

It still isn't pretty but it at least went through the start sequence a 
few minutes ago with blinking LEDs and no burnt ICs.

And nooooow... I found the place where you can still get them. :-o
http://www.elby-designs.com/shopping/index1.html That site is amazingly 
messy to look at. Beware of eye damage.

Paul, if you're still here, what are roughly the margins for the PSU 
feed? I don't remember and cannot find anything on the subject among my 
old mails.

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

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Hey Jesper,

I wouldn't waste the time and buy the ones from Elby Designs in Oz.
I use three of them with all my drumsynths and they work fine...he  
even has a low cost version that does the job as good !
And they are cheap compared to any other Midi interface and Laurie is  
a fine guy.
Best
tph

On Jul 22, 2010, at 5:33 PM, jesper wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> just want to share. :D
>
> Six years ago I bought a midi2sds2 from Paul (still here?). I  
> assembled
> it and everything worked just fine except one trigger out. The problem
> was a mistake when one IC was programmed and I received a replacement
> and tested the thing and it worked great. I planned to modify it for
> SDS-V (stronger trigger output). In the meantime I thought it stupid  
> to
> waste the IC that had seven working outputs (and also the 19" housing
> which was salvaged from another project and it had 16 LEDs mounted
> already) so I began the work on a breadboard clone. But then a  
> divorce,
> depression and reality dawned on me and the project was shelved. :S
>
> Yesterday I dug it out, started retracing wires, looked in disgust  
> at my
> old solder joints (amazing how such skills improve in six years!) and
> corrected not just a few mistakes.
>
> It still isn't pretty but it at least went through the start  
> sequence a
> few minutes ago with blinking LEDs and no burnt ICs.
>
> And nooooow... I found the place where you can still get them. :-o
> http://www.elby-designs.com/shopping/index1.html That site is  
> amazingly
> messy to look at. Beware of eye damage.
>
> Paul, if you're still here, what are roughly the margins for the PSU
> feed? I don't remember and cannot find anything on the subject among  
> my
> old mails.
>
> -- 
> electronically yours, jesper
>
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> www.electronic-obsession.se
>
>
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>

Thomas P. Heckmann
Trope Recordings - Trope Mastering - AfuLimited - AFULAB

Thomas Heckmann skrev:
> Hey Jesper,
> 
> I wouldn't waste the time and buy the ones from Elby Designs in Oz.
> I use three of them with all my drumsynths and they work fine...he
> even has a low cost version that does the job as good !
> And they are cheap compared to any other Midi interface and Laurie is
> a fine guy.

Thanks Thomas! And... tell me the happiness that lasts. I accidentally 
killed one of the programmed ICs. :( OK, it was the old one, the one 
with only 7 working outputs, but still. Stupid me. :S

I'll probably end up ordering a new set, though I'd like just the 
programmed atmega8-16pi. I hope I can get it through customs though. ;)

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

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