Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A look at the original Simmons Drum Synthesizer, the SDS-3 from 1978.

This instrument was built by Dave Simmons when he was working for a company called Musicaid in the late 70s and it served as the precursor to famous SDS-V with its distinctive hexagonal pads that cropped up on many hit records in the 1980s.

Free sample pack: bit.ly/SimmonsSDS3

Thank you to EvilDragon for scripting the Kontakt patches

Check out Simmons Museum which is a great online resource on the Simmons story: simmonsmuseum.com

Here's the 2017 interview cited in the film: drummagazine.com/dave-simmons-the-death-rebirth-of-simmons-drums

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