The SIMMONS SDSV 80s Drum Brain

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An analog drum synth legend now in V2

You probably already heard a Simmons drum synth without even knowing it... wondering what was used to produce that huge drum sound?

The Simmons hexagonal shaped Electronic drums were all over the place, on countless records and live shows during the 80s , used by artists and bands like Genesis, King Crimson, Jean Michel Jarre, Prince, Herbie Hancock, Pink Floyd etc...
The sound was not especially realistic but it was not the goal...the goal was to be huge and versatile.
Invented by Dave Simmons, the most famous drum brain called the SDSV or SDS5 was a drum synthesizer, bringing synthesis into the drummer's hands.

Often used abusively to generate only those pewww pewww tom tom sounds, the SDSV module produced a wide range of sounds. With a great punch and sensitivity, a truly unique and cult sound, it can be used for almost everything. The SDSV successor called SDS7 bring some digital low-fi samples in the game and a bunch of additional features like bend direction or FM modulation for a broader range of possible sounds.

The SDSV is a historical piece of gear that has a place in the sound of the 80s and is still used today as a secret weapon.
Only around 5000 of these things are out there so don't count on finding a working one easily or for cheap.
The machine was made by a true innovator. As there were no accurate VST for this legend out there...

I had to make the VSDSX and draw additional features upon a perfect recreation! This is dedicated to Dave Simmons.

The VSDSX VST, which stands for Virtual Simmons Drum System Extended, provides the closest experience to the real thing, for each voice or as it was called (module) it models accurately the analog character of the sound generation, internal circuitry tuning, trigger sensitivity and all the details you can find inside the dedicated manual. for its hybrid voices (HIHAT, CYMBAL, PROM & CLAP are analog but also EPROM based) clocks and counters that read EPROM memory inside a variable sample rate system is perfectly emulated. DAC decodes and output EPROMS data in real-time etc.
It models the SSM2044 filters with fine tuning control over lots of internal circuitry resistors. CV, trigger shapes, and VCA response can also be tuned to produce a wide range of sounds and punch/response, this also emulates how the module will react if triggered with pads or sequencer...
Separate outputs for your DAW, velocity handling etc...You will obtain that legendary powerful analog punch! On top of the cake, one voice can load your own external EPROM image data like on a real SDS1 (EPROM based) pad...This opens up onto a whole new range of sound, still being processed by the circuitry.
VSDSX is now in version 2 and features among other cool things a perfectly emulated Simmons Digital ClapTrap module, a secret weapon which combines a variable sample rate digital source combined with a pitched analog noise, an original feature of the unit was to never produce the same sound twice. Although it is integrated inside VSDSX a dedicated plugin with stereo widening capabilty is provided as a bonus.

VSDSX provides a huge synthetic drum sound by itself and can also be used with great efficiency in drum layering. Parameters automation and modulation can turn this thing into a crazy an creative sound source

Using it for layering with VPROM VST can really bring a nasty funky sound which combine analog and early digital!

Coming as a bonus with your VSDSX 2.0 package, a perfectly recreated ClapTrap plugin with additional stereo capability

The famous Linndrum LM-1 drum machine !
Here’s a selection of 3 free VSTi that try to emulate the sound of the LM-1.

80s Drum Vst Free Download

1. JM-1 VST by Jun’s Factory

80s Drum Vst Free Downloads

Info & download : http://www.aaa-int.or.jp/jfactory/projects/VST/

A Synthedit creation with good quality samples. It’s Windows only and 32 bit.
There is a volume and a pan control for each element.

2. DJinnDrum VST by SimpleRecorder

DJinnDrum LM-1 VSTi

direct download for Windows
direct download for Mac OS X — UPDATE !!—

80s Drum Machine Vst Free

This one has a more dry sound, you may need to add EQ + COMP after.
It doesn’t feature the “ride” sound nor the “crash”.
But it have pitch control for some sounds!
It comes in 32 & 64 bit version for Windows
NEW!! and it also have a free VST MAC OS X version !!

3. Linn LM-1 VST by MH Music

info & download : https://web.archive.org/web/20131122002253/http://www.mhmusic.dk/plug-ins

This plugin is freeware and has been released as VST for Windows and AudioUnit for Mac.
It has been made with Maize Sampler.
It’s a multi out VST : each sound is routed on a stereo pair:
bassdrum on channels 1-2, snare on channels 3-4, etc..

4. TheDrumSource VST drum sampler + LM-1 Soundbank

The Drum Source VST

80s Drum Vst Free

TheDrumSource + Linn LM1 (LM-1) Drum Set by rossf

With many quality sample kit of the LM1 floating around the web, you can also use your favorite drum sampler and load the wav files into it.
You can use the old Linplug RM F VST or the good TX16Wx, or any sampler able to load wav files and trigger the sound with MIDI.