Wall of SIMMONS Electronic Drum Brains on MATRIXSYNTH CLASSIFIEDS

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Published on Mar 28, 2015 Gerald Stevens

"My collection of SIMMONS electronic drums: the legendary SDS 8, the under-recognized SDS 400, and the Digital Clap Trap. Fantastic analog drum goodness. I'm selling 'the wall' over on Matrixsynth classifieds. I just don't [use] them enough."

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"I'm selling my "wall of SIMMONS" - fantastic analog drum machines. If you're looking at this, you're already familiar with what they are - knobby, bassy, awesome. Brains only (no drum-pads - but includes a midi interface). Priced less than equivalent set on e-bay. Comments on condition:

SDS 8 - missing one blue knob cap - light surface rust here and there, and a few scratches (visible in pictures). Functions / sounds fantastic. A beast!

SDS 400 - (personal favorite) - great shape. Missing two rubber "feet" - get them from digikey if you want (not hard to replace). This one is packed with CEM3394 goodness - more versatile than the SDS 8, and 100% analog too unlike other later models. The "second skin" (ring mod?) The chips alone are worth $200 - they're used in the Doepfer Dark Energy and other synths.

Digital Clap trap - Fantastic shape - fantastic sound. You really need this for your 80's double clap.

MIDI SDS - a simple 8 channel midi (CH6) interface. It can't trigger all 10 voices that I'm selling, but close enough. Nice thing about this unit is that a sustained note sends a sustained trigger to the SDS, allowing super-long analog notes to be played on the SDS 8. Just play staccato notes if you want drum hits to sound like drum hits and not the mothership's engines roaring.

These are used - and sold AS IS. Video shows that they're working well. Buyer pays actual shipping. US only - they weigh a bit. I'll keep shipping as low as possible, while packing very well."