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SD1250

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Real Drum Looks, Feel, and Sound

SD1250

SD1250

6-PIECE ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT WITH MESH HEADS & 4 CYMBALS

The Simmons SD1250 is a premium 6-piece electronic kit designed for drummers looking to master their craft with a custom sound library matched with state-of-the-art mesh pads and four cymbals for realistic feel and sound. Housed in a distinctive drum shell design, the SD1250 12” snare with rimshot sensor is responsive to nuanced playing, and includes its own stand to get the angle just right.

SD1250

6-PIECE ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT WITH MESH HEADS & 4 CYMBALS

The Simmons SD1250 is a premium 6-piece electronic kit designed for drummers looking to master their craft with a custom sound library matched with state-of-the-art mesh pads and four cymbals for realistic feel and sound. Housed in a distinctive drum shell design, the SD1250 12” snare with rimshot sensor is responsive to nuanced playing, and includes its own stand to get the angle just right.

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Four Toms, Many Voices

The SD1250’s four toms are all dual-zone, enabling you to trigger alternate voices. Each drum pad includes dual-layer, tension-adjustable mesh for customizable, lifelike feel.

  • Two 8″ pads
  • Two 10″ pads
  • Dual-zone
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Familiar Feel with Complete Control

The SD1250 includes a mesh kick drum that’s designed to accept your favorite beater pedal, giving you a familiar feel right from the start. A variable pedal allows for complete control over the dual zone hi-hat to get smooth semi-open sounds, trashy edge accents, splash and more.

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Simmons SD1250 electronic cymbal

Customizable For Your Playing Style

The two Crash and single Ride cymbals are 2- and 3-zone (bell/bow/edge) with a choke function for dynamic effects. A new, solid hex rack prevents drums from slipping while playing, even throughout the most demanding beats, fills and solos.

  • 14″ triple-zone ride cymbal
  • 12″ hi-hat with variable pedal
  • Real snare stand allows complete customization and solid playing surface
  • Hybrid hex rack with solid, adjustable mounts provides non-slip mounting surface
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Endless Plug In Possibilities

Practice along with built-in songs, use the metronome, or plug in a USB thumb drive to play along with your favorite songs. A headphone out combined with the SD1250 mesh pads makes for ideal private practice sessions. MIDI and USB outputs connect to your computer, allowing for DAW recording, triggering a plug-in instrument, or importing your own WAV files. Bluetooth MIDI provides simple, wireless connection to your smartphone or tablet.

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Simmons SD1250 sound module
Simmons SD1250 sound module

Features a large, color LCD screen

providing a detailed view of kits and editing functions.

Features a large, color LCD screen

providing a detailed view of kits and editing functions.

50 presets and 25 user drum kits

Cover a huge range of styles, including classic rock, modern pop, R&B, jazz, metal and a range of world music styles.

50 presets and 25 user drum kits

Cover a huge range of styles, including classic rock, modern pop, R&B, jazz, metal and a range of world music styles.

Simplify kit customization

With dedicated faders, knobs, and buttons — from quick mix changes to wild, filtered sound designs.

Simplify kit customization

With dedicated faders, knobs, and buttons — from quick mix changes to wild, filtered sound designs.

Get easy, advanced editing control of your SD1250 using your iOS device and the Simmons Advanced App.

The Simmons Advanced App for iOS makes it even easier to customize your SD1250, recall and edit drum kits, or practice with recorded tracks. The app even includes a sampler to record new sounds, then import directly them into the module without having to use a computer.

Kit
Select

Kit select allows you to remotely access preset and user kits in the drum module for editing and saving.

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The
Kit Edit

The Kit Edit function is for editing the specific sounds in the sound module. You can save the preset sounds as user sounds with your edits.

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The Drum Edit

The Drum Edit function enables you to edit the drum sounds on each pad. Your edits are automatically saved to one of the user sound section.

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The Sample
Record

The Sample Record function turns your iPhone or iPad into a mobile sampling device.

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Kit
Select

Kit select allows you to remotely access preset and user kits in the drum module for editing and saving.

The
Kit Edit

The Kit Edit function is for editing the specific sounds in the sound module. You can save the preset sounds as user sounds with your edits.

The Drum Edit

The Drum Edit function enables you to edit the drum sounds on each pad. Your edits are automatically saved to one of the user sound section.

The Sample
Record

The Sample Record function turns your iPhone or iPad into a mobile sampling device.

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Simmons Sounds

The Simmons Signature Sounds Library is an expansive collection of the world’s most coveted drum kits and snares, recorded with the same world-class audio equipment made famous on classic albums.

Simmons’ VAR technology offers many dynamic levels of drum recordings, resulting in true-to-life feel and sound. Samples are recorded multiple times to avoid the “machine gun” effect of simply repeating the same sample. Classic cymbals were recorded in stereo and have a long, natural decay for maximum realism.

The SD1250’s 750 sounds include a wide collection of world percussion and vintage electronic drums rounds out the collection for creative inspiration.

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Easy to Use Tools

Easy to use sound editing, play-along and practice tools

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Mesh Kick Drum

Optimized to accept your favorite beater pedal

Simmons Titan 50 electronic snare drum

Nuanced Playing

The SD1250 12” snare with has a rimshot sensor to enhance nuanced playing and includes its own stand to achieve your ideal angle.

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Secure

Hybrid hex rack with solid, adjustable mounts provides non-slip mounting surface.

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What’s in the set?

  • 12” mesh snare, two 8” and two 10” dual-zone mesh toms
  • 6″ mesh bass drum with non-slip stand
  • Two 12″ dual-zone crash pads
  • 14″ triple-zone ride cymbal
  • 12″ hi-hat with variable pedal
  • Real snare stand allows complete customization and solid playing surface
  • Hybrid hex rack with solid, adjustable mounts provides non-slip mounting surface
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Support & Downloads

Get the app, or download an owner’s manual:

Owner’s Manual
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Simmons Advanced App

Download on the app store

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Simmons app kit edit feature on ipad

SD1250 FAQs

The first thing to try is resetting the module to factory setup. Hold down the + and – buttons while you turn on the power. The display should say “RESET” as it starts up.

You may have bumped one of the faders on the module. To reset the faders, press and hold the FADERS button for two seconds.

The SD1250 uses Bluetooth MIDI, not Bluetooth Audio. Bluetooth Audio devices are configured in the Settings app on your iOS device. To set up Bluetooth MIDI, launch the app you want to use the SD1250 with. For example, to use the SD1250 with Garage Band: press the “Gear” icon on the top right corner, select “Advanced,” then select “Bluetooth MIDI devices.” Press the Bluetooth button on the SD1250 so that it flashes, then select the SD1250 in Garage Band.

Make sure that it is a WAVE file, either 44.1kHz or 48kHz, 16- or 24-bits. If that still doesn’t work, try opening and re-exporting the sample from a WAVE editor. If you still have problems, try renaming the sample with a “DOS” filename like “SNARE114.WAV.”

Please make sure you are using the Simmons Advanced app downloadable here, not the “Simmons Drums” app. Please also check the app download page, or set up auto-update on your iOS device, to see if a new version is available, and make sure that you have updated to the latest version of the app.

The SD1250 does not include a beater pedal. Use nearly any beater pedal with the SD1250. We recommend not using a felt beater as they can damage the mesh covering over time.

The previous model, the SD1200, could be expanded with an additional tom and crash cymbal. On the SD1250, we included those two extra pads. SO your SD1250 is “pre-expanded” and can’t be expanded any further.

Most of the pads on the SD1250 are dual-zone. On the cymbals, if you play the bow it triggers a different sound than the edge. This is also true over MIDI – the bow and edge trigger two different MIDI note numbers.

Press Utility, then F5 (MIDI Note), then play that pad. You can assign the bow and edge of a cymbal to the same note number, or you can assign them to different sounds in your software.

Just make sure that the MIDI note number lines up with something playing in your drum software, otherwise you won’t hear anything.

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SPECIFICATIONS

  • 50 Preset and 25 User Drum Kits
  • 3 Preset and 7 User Songs
  • 750 Drum Sounds
  • Practice Mode measures timing accuracy with several songs, exercises, and scoring
  • Custom LED and Drum Kit LED indicators for simple editing and setup
  • Bluetooth Audio and MIDI
  • USB Audio and MIDI
  • Functions as a 2×2 audio interface with MIDI I/O
  • Low profile rims for enhanced playability
  • Dual layer, durable mesh heads with natural playability
  • Detachable, padded tablet shelf securely holds iPhone, iPad, and other devices during practice
  • 1/8″ stereo aux input
  • Stereo ¼” line outputs
  • 1/8″ stereo headphone output
  • Easy to use sound editing, play-along and practice tools