Alex Ball

Origins of a Legend - The Simmons SDS-3 Drum Synthesizer from 1978 (2020x5)

Air date: Feb 28, 2020

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.