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Simmons SDS 1000

Analogue drum synthesis in a rack

The SDS 1000 put the Simmons voice — pitch-swept toms, that hollow snare — into an affordable module driven by pads or MIDI, and carried the sound past the end of the hexagonal kits.

Category

  • Drum Machines

    Programmable rhythm machines, drum synthesizers, and related beat-making instruments.

  • Electronic Drums

    Complete electronic kits, the sound modules that drive them, and the standalone pads that sit alongside an acoustic set. Distinct from drum machines, which are sequenced rather than struck.

Made by

  • Simmons

    Dave Simmons built the first commercially successful electronic drum kit in Britain at the end of the 1970s, and the hexagonal pads and synthetic tom sound of the SDS-V are inseparable from 1980s production. The original company failed in 1994; the name now appears on budget electronic kits.

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