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  • Page 1 The first name in electronic drums. eleCTronIC Drum KIT owner’s manual www.simmonsdrums.net www.SimmonsDrums.net 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 1 4/25/14 10:55 AM...

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

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  • Page 3: Caring For Your Sd1500 Electronic Drum

    Power supply • Turn the power switch OFF when the sD1500 is not in use. • The AC adapter should be unplugged from the AC outlet if the sD1500 is not to be used for an extended period of time.

  • Page 4: Assembled Kit

    ASSEMBLED KIT The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 4 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 6: Features

    Click/Metronome - Click Voice, Time Signature, Tempo, 2 x Cymbals, dual zone Interval, Volume NOTE: The SD1500 module requires S1000 Series pads, and is not compatible with Simmons SD Series pads from older kits. sD1500 series Pads* and Hardware sD1500 Blue Drum Rack with Hardware...

  • Page 7: Modules And Pads

    10 Pads To snare To Tom 4 Hi-Hat Pedal To Kick To Hi-Hat Control Kick Pad *See Appendix for Pad, Triggers, Name and MIDI chart. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 7 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 8: Ac Adapter

    L /MONO Headphones You can connect a standard pair of headphones the sD1500 sound module to listen to your electronic drum set without disturbing others. Connect the headphones to the headphone jack located on the front panel of the drum module. Adjust the volume to a comfortable level to avoid damaging your hearing.

  • Page 9: Auxiliary/Aux Input

    OUTPUT L /MONO auxiliary/auX Input This input allows you to mix external audio along with the sD1500 sound module’s internal sounds. 1. Plug the audio output of MP3 player, or other audio source into the AUX IN jack on the rear panel using a stereo 1/8”...

  • Page 10: Sound Module Operation

    Used to enter the SmartMedia Card naming kits. operations. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 10 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 11: Front Panel

    Crash Pad Trigger Input TOM 4 CRASH 2 MIDI OUT MIDI IN Used to add an additional cymbal pad to the drum set. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 12: Bottom Panel

    Also indicates the current voice or song index in the menu pages. Indicates the Page -/+, save/enter is Valid Current Time signature The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 12 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 13: Quick Start Operations

    [KIT] or [sonG] to immediately enter another menu. adjusting Values 1. Select the parameter to be adjusted. 2. Adjust the value using [-/+] buttons or the [Value DIal]. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 13 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 14: Playing Song Demos

    Playing song Demos The demo songs help to show you the capabilities and sounds of the sD1500 sound module. There are two demos in the module. The first demo song is an extended drum solo that switches between various kits in the sD1500 sound module. The second demo song plays a long song that has several patterns combined to show the different genres of music that sD1500 sound module can play.

  • Page 15: Muting The Drum Part

    If there is a drum part already in the current song this will overwrite it in the temporary memory. You will have to save the Song to a User memory location to save it. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 15 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 16: Advanced Operations

    Advanced Operations editing a Kit The drum kits of the sD1500 sound module can be modified from the factory presets. See the steps below on how to make changes and parameters for each pad input. 1. Strike a drum pad or press the corresponding Drum Pad button on the module.
  • Page 17 P HIHAT and SPLASH) can be adjusted separately. Besides changing the Pad Voice/Sound assignment you can also alter the parameters of the sound to give it a unique character. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 17 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 18: Pad Patterns

    -12 ~ 12 RstTime* Reset Time OFF/0 1s ~ 4.0s(unit 0-1s) DrumVoc* Whether Drum Voice Sound OFF/ON The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 18 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 19: Exchanging The Kit Order

    3. Press the [saVe/enTer] button to set exchange position. You will see “ EXCHANGE” on the screen and then the screen will go the kit that was exchanged. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 19 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 20: Renaming A Kit

    “SAVE OK” on the screen temporarily and then you will see the current kit name on the screen. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 20 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 21: Mixer

    This will be specified as a location on the menu as you page to that location. NOTE: When saving Kits to an SD Card the SD1500 sound module will save it to an internal memory location at the same time if the SD card fails to write the file to the card.
  • Page 22 Card MIDI volume 0 ~ 32 Song mode The sD1500 sound module comes with built-in songs, which split between Preset (Internal) and User (internal and card memory) Songs. The Song functions are controlled by a MIDI sequencer, which organizes music into seven parts.

  • Page 23: Editing Songs

    2. If current song is the type of Loop/1Shot, the parameter can be changed and the modification takes effect at real time. If current song is the type of TAP/HIT, the parameter cannot be changed. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 23 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 24: Song Part Settings

    1. Press the [menu] button, then press the [PaGe +] button. 2. Press the [saVe/enTer] button to enter the part screen setting. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 24 4/25/14 10:56 AM...
  • Page 25 3. Press the [PaGe –/+] buttons to select the parameter you want to edit. 4. Press [–/+] buttons or the VALUE DIAL to adjust settings of the parameters. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 25 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 26: Erasing Parts In A Song

    6. Press the [saVe/enTer] button. You will see “Erase OK!”. The part should now be erased. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 26 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 27: Saving A Song

    Advanced Operations saving a song The sD1500 sound module allows you to edit preset songs and save them to user song memory locations. You can also save user songs to SD card memory locations. 1. Select the [PreseT] or [user] song to edit and save.

  • Page 28: Recording A New Song

    5. Press the [PlaY/sToP] button to hear the playback of the part you just recorded. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 28 4/25/14 10:56 AM...
  • Page 29 2. On the MIDI keyboard set the MIDI transmit channel to12-16 to record to the corresponding part. To select the sound that you are recording you will need to send a Program Change to the sD1500 sound module. See the Voice list in the appendix section for the corresponding MIDI program changes.
  • Page 30 0-9/2, 0-9/4, 0-9/8, 0-9/16 Interval Click playback intereval 1/2, 3/8, 1/4, 1/8, 1/12, 1/16 Click voice Voice/Metro/Claves/Sticks/Cowbell/Click The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 30 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 31: Utility Mode

    Trigger curve Normal/exp1/exp2/Log1/Log2/Loud Normal retrig-C * Retrigger cancel 1 ~ 16 X-Talk * Cross talk 0 ~ 16 splash-s Splash sensitivity 1 ~ 8 The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 31 4/25/14 10:56 AM...
  • Page 32 When the trigger input selected is hi-hat or splash this will determine the amount of Snare rim sensitivity. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 32 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 33: Effects Settings

    Advanced Operations effects settings The sD1500 sound module has built-in Reverb and 4 Band EQ effects, which are adjustable in the Utility Effects setup. The available parameters are available below. Item explain Pararameters Default reverb Master reverb switch OFF/ON...

  • Page 34: Midi Settings

    The sD1500 sound module is a MIDI and USB MIDI compatible device. You can connect sD1500 sound module to other MIDI devices via standard MIDI cables or to your PC via a USB cable. For use with MIDI devices you may want to set the module to use these settings.

  • Page 35: Using An Sd Card

    The sD1500 sound module can use a standard Smartmedia™ Card for backing up and storing Song and Kit information that can be read directly from the card. The sD1500 sound module can support the following files- .MID, *.KIT,*.SNG, *.SET files on a SD card.

  • Page 36: Loading A Midi From An Sd Card

    NOTE: On Tap/Hit playback only the first of channel 12 ~ 16 in the MIDI file would Part 5 be used. The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 36 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 37: Deleting Files

    Please make sure that you have backed up all the important information in the card before this operation. The sD1500 sound module supports Windows FAT16 and FAT32 disk formats only, some SD cards with small capacity (under 32M) may be using FAT12, in this case, the card would be formatted into FAT16.
  • Page 38 The file system of card is not supported Save all One convenient feature of the sD1500 is the ability to save and backup all your settings in the module to a SD card. See the list below for all the settings that can be saved to SD card.

  • Page 39: Voice List

    TinyKick FunkKick 80'sGateKick BellBrassCS MetallicKick LowendKick ClassicRkKik BellBrassRS MicroKick Short&Low FunkRockKik BellBrassSNR LoKick HammerKick CollectorKik BubingaSNR LoKick2 WhamKick RecordingKik BubingaRS LoKick3 RamKick MetalKick BubingaCS The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 39 4/25/14 10:56 AM...
  • Page 40 RecordingSCS 15 ZL-HiHatF ClassicRkTm1 DeepKick RecordingSRS 15 ZL-Splash ClassicRkTm2 TweakKick RecordingSNR Splash ClassicRkTm3 HouseKick MetalSnareCS WChinaCymbal The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 40 4/25/14 10:56 AM...
  • Page 41 CompressSNR OrchHit StepTom SimmonsSNR5 SquashSNR 08Bell Scratch1 SimmonsSNR6 ClapSnare2 08CongaHi Scratch2 TechSnare SmashSnare 08CongaLo Scratch3 D'NBSnare SmackSnare2 08CongaMID Scratch4 08Snare IndustralSNR 08Clave ScratchKick 09Snare The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 41 4/25/14 10:56 AM...
  • Page 42 SDSVTom2 Baya2 Piatti Udo1 SDSVTom3 Baya3 Shaker Udo2 SDSVTom4 Baya4 Sleighbells Udo3 SDSVTom5 Baya5 SurdoMute VibraSnap The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 42 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 43: Kit List

    Train Beat R'nBClassic Brass Snare BluesSet 90'sRock Simmons Orig Hard Funk Rock'N Roll Shredder RhythmNBlues ModernMetal Tablathon Bubinga WarmReggae Orchestra Funkster electricFunk Nashville 80'sRock MetalHead The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 43 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 44: Song List

    Fast Rock ROCK HipHopR'nB HIPHOP Latin 1 Percussion Loop Demonic ROCK FunkyTime FUNK Latin 2 Percussion Loop The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 44 4/25/14 10:56 AM...
  • Page 45 Rock 5 Rock 21 Rock 6 Reggae 2 Rock 7 Funk 6 Rock 8 Rock 22 Rock 9 Funk 7 Jazz 1 Techno 2 The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 45 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 46: Demo List

    TOM2 HIHAT TOM2 R CTrl TOM3 P HIHAT TOM3 R SPLASH TOM4 TOM4 R TOM4 STICK The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 11_22_13 0913AM 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 46 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

  • Page 47: Midi Implementation Chart

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  • Page 48: Index

    All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are recognized as the property of their respective holders. Made in China 1404-9993 www.SimmonsDrums.net customer Support: (888) 621- 4008 The first name in electronic drums. 9993 Simmons SD1500 Drum Set Manual.indd 48 4/25/14 10:56 AM...

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