Simmons SD1500 - Features

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features
Polyphony
Voices - 64
Sounds
Drum Voices - 519
Drum Kits - 99 (55 Preset kits + 44 User kits)
Mixer
Drum Volume, Accompaniment Volume, SD Card MIDI Volume,
and Click/Metronome Volume
Effects
Master Reverb (Small Room, Med Room/Large Room,
Hall 1, Hall 2, Plate, Delay, Pan-Delay, 4 Band EQ)
Trigger Inputs*
1 x Kick, Single Zone
1 x Snare, Triple Zone
1 x Hi-Hat, Single Zone, Multi-pedal
1 x Ride, Single or Triple Zone
4 x Toms, Single or Dual Zone
(Tom #4 can have 3 zones when using Triple Zone pad)
2 x Cymbals, dual zone
SD1500 Blue Drum Rack with Hardware
2 x S1000PAD11T S1000PAD11T 11” Triple Zone Snare/Tom Pad
3 x S1000PAD9D S1000PAD9D 9” Dual Zone Snare/Tom Pad
1 x S1000CYM14T S1000CYM14T 14” Triple Zone Ride Cymbal Pad
2 x S1000CYM12DC Dual Zone 12” Cymbal Pad with Choke
1 x S1000HHC1 Multi-position Foot Controller
1 x Multi-pin Cable Harness with Inputs for SD1000 Module
1 x S1500KIK9S 9” Kick Pad Tower
MIDI
MIDI In, Out and Thru Functionality
MIDI USB (with computer)
SD Card
Save/Load Kits
Operating System Updates
External Connections
Headphone Output
Master Stereo Outputs (1/4” TS Unbalanced)
1/8” TRS Aux Input
MIDI IN and Out Jacks
USB Connection
Sequencer
Preset Songs - 165
User Songs - 90
Song parts - Up to 7 parts (drums, percussion and parts 1-5)
Play Modes - One-Shot, Loop, Tap and Hit
Tempo - 30-280 BPM
Click/Metronome - Click Voice, Time Signature, Tempo,
Interval, Volume
• CustomSoundLibrary.Completelynewsamplesetbasedonthemostpopularclassicandmodernkits.
• VariableAttackResponse.Signicantlyimprovedplaybackwithdynamicresponseaccordingtohitvelocity,
combined with alternating sample playback by velocity zone.
• Multi-PositionHi-HatControl.Realisticresponseforopen,closed,half-openhi-hattechniques.
• S1000SeriesPadswithincreasedsensitivityandgreaterisolationformulti-zonepads.
NOTE: The SD1500 module requires S1000 Series pads, and is
not compatible with Simmons SD Series pads from older kits.
NOTE: S1000 series pads are not compatible with older
Simmons sound modules - SD5K, SD5X, SD7K, SD7PK,
and SD9K.
SD1500 Sound Module General Features
New Features of the SD1500 Kit
SD1500 Series Pads* and Hardware
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