 This idea was developed from dealing with the problems of audio spill via the microphones on a live stage and was fleshed out via an article he wrote for "Sound International Magazine" in 1979 called "Skin and Syn".He finally recorded the first example of the SDS-V to be played by a drummer in 1981 when he produced the Spandau Ballet hit, "Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)", featuring John Keeble on the now famous hexagonal pads and the first production SDS-V 'brain', which immediately became popular with several 1980s musicians.