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Simmons is an electronic drum brand, which originally was a pioneering British manufacturer of electronic drums. Founded in 1978 by Dave Simmons, [ 1 ] it supplied electronic kits from 1980 to 1998. The drums' distinctive, electronic sound can be found on countless albums from the 1980s.
Simmons SDS 5 (SDSV) The Simmons SDS 5, SDSV, or Simmons Drum Synthesizer (notated as SDS-V on the following) was the first viable electronic replacement for acoustic drums. . It was developed by Richard James Burgess and Dave Simmons, manufactured initially by Musicaid in Hatfield, UK, and commercially released in 1981.
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Simmons (electronic drum company), a defunct manufacturer of electronic drum kits; Simmons Bank, a bank based in Arkansas, United States; Simmons Bedding Company, a bedding manufacturer; Simmons & Simmons, an international law firm based in London, England, United Kingdom; Simmons Optics, a subsidiary of Bushnell Corporation producing a line of ...
A table-top electronic drum (or portable electronic drum) is an electronic drum that has all of its pads (except foot pedals) and the electronic sound module combined in a single table-top unit. It may have a small amplifier and small loudspeakers incorporated so that it can be used at jam sessions without plugging into a PA system.
Electronic drum kits, especially mesh-head based ones, make significantly less ambient noise than acoustic drum kits [7] and mesh heads provide a playing feel more similar to acoustic drums than non-mesh electronic pads (typically rubber). [1] Mesh heads used in V-Drums kits today are made by the American drumhead company Remo. [8]
Freese returned to the NAMM Show in 1985, where a representative from Simmons found the 12-year-old Freese playing a sample drum set and signed him to an endorsement deal. Freese played a Simmons electronic drum set at PASIC (the Percussive Arts Society International Convention) and in television commercials for Simmons.
Orange County Drum and Percussion (abbreviated OCDP) is an American custom drum manufacturer located in Orange County, California.The company began as a retail drum shop and eventually started custom-building drums for several influential drummers in the 1990s, most notably Chad Sexton of 311, Travis Barker of blink-182, even releasing a custom shell pack, and Adrian Young of No Doubt, who ...