MATRIXSYNTH: Simmons SDS-1 Drum Machine Synth Pad & EPROM Chips


Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Simmons SDS-1 Drum Machine Synth Pad & EPROM Chips

via this auction
"vintage Simmons SDS-1 EPROM-based electronic drum pad in perfect operating condition, including 30 different Simmons SDS EPROMs... The Simmons SDS-1 is a single voice drum synth that uses 8k or 16k EPROMs. The drum synth can be triggered by hitting the drum pad or via an external trigger input. There is a modulation section on the drum synth that allows you to set the pitch and pitch bend direction, then a separate runtime generator allows you to dial in a random pitch generator that can range from subtle to extreme.

Simmons SDS EPROMs included in this auction:
909 Hand Clap
909 Rim Shot
Acoustic Tom
Breaking Glass
Bright Tom
Cymbal Hi Hat
Fat Kick
Fat Snare
Flange Snare
Gated Snare
Gated Tom
Gunshot Snare
Hand Clap
HR-16 Snare
Linn 9000 Kick
Linn 9000 Snare
Medium Crash
Percuter Hand Clap
Percuter Rock Bass
Percuter Rock Snare
Percuter Rock Tom
Rock Snare
SDS9 Rim A Cross-Stick
SDS9 Rim B Rimshot
SDS9 Snare
Soul Snare
Snare Crash
Tight Rock Snare
Tom
Wood Snare

I have posted recordings of the EPROMs here
You can view and download the Simmons SDS1 Operation Manual here
You can read more about Simmons SDS-1 on the web here [Simmons Museum.com]"



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