Interesting review of one of the first drum synths

The mighty '80s drum sound of the Simmons SDS-3
Very useful that it has a very wide freq. range.
Also nice the free sample pack.

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range of controls is ridiculous. as you’d expect for an early drum synth based on synths.

by the way PsyCoX - one of the people who did a Syncussion clone kit in the past few years - apparently has an upcoming kit for this.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXKS2vAoqO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

From the Simmons Story page at the Simmons Drum website.

Scroll down and watch the 1981 pop hit “Einstein a Go Go” by Landscape video on that page. It used an SDS5, but the video is cool.