MATRIXSYNTH: Simmons MTX9 - Rare Vintage Digital Drum Brain SN 01405


Sunday, March 02, 2014

Simmons MTX9 - Rare Vintage Digital Drum Brain SN 01405

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"The MTX9 is billed as a Tom Tom and Latin Drum Expander, and was a complement to the Simmons SDS9. It features a 13 sound sample library with 11 shown on the top panel, and two not listed (a snare and another tom). The MTX9 also provides some synthesis parameters on the front panel for tailoring the sound of each of its three drum channels.

On this unit, the buttons are immediately responsive and the LED display and lights are bright and clear. The knobs are not scratchy, and the individual drum outputs are clean and loud. The mix output sounds great and the external tom inputs, trigger inputs, and trigger thru-puts are working as well.

I tried the MIDI input, but was not able to generate a response after some brief testing. I don't have a manual, and am unsure of the MIDI channel or note assignments, so I may have missed something..."


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