(1981) Simmons SDSV Drum Synthesizer Demo w, Linn Drum Cymbal

This is my 1981 Simmons SDSV, Serial, 362. Track was recorded in analog on a Tascam 388 and run through a DBX 164 compressor, then bounced to Logic. The unit has 6 modules: Bass, Snare, (3) Tom Toms, and digital, eprom HiHat. All the pads are the original SDSV style with riotshield playing surface (countertop, more or less). The bass drum pad is from an SDS9 with the floating center. The cymbal is triggering the LinnDrum as there is no cymbal module on this All the drum pads are basic in operation; each pad is made up of a hexagonalshaped piece of plywood, an acrylic shell, PVC or polycarbonate playing surface, and aluminum rim. These then feed into the back of the brain (up to 7 modules per unit) to trigger the modules. In this particular unit, the 3rd TomTom was added on recently, and it came with the digital hihat module which I m told is somewhat rare. Even more rare is the optical, lightsensing hihat pedal that controls the open, close effect of the module. Early hihats