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From the Prophet-5 to the Fourm, the story of Sequential in 10 synths, sequencers and drum machines

The Prophet ’08 was seen as a rebirth of the Prophet series, in an 8-voice synthesiser, which offered two oscillators per voice, but now in a DCO format. It was deemed as the return of an analogue ...
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The story of Sequential Circuits in 10 synths, sequencers and drum machines

Music technology was an expensive business back in the late 60s. It was very much the preserve of the rich or culturally successful elite, at least until a degree of democratisation occurred, during ...
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Pioneering San Francisco synthesizer designer Dave Smith dies at 72

Dave Smith — the electronic music pioneer behind MIDI and the inventor of the iconic Prophet-5 synthesizer — has died, San Francisco-based synthesizer company Sequential announced this week. Smith ...
Pitchfork

Dave Smith, Sequential Synth Founder and MIDI Pioneer, Dies at 72

Dave Smith, the Sequential founder and synthmaker known as the father of MIDI, has died, Sequential said. He was 72. Artists including Flying Lotus, Hot Chip, and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon paid tribute ...
The New York Times

Dave Smith, Whose Synthesizers Shaped Electronic Music, Dies at 72

His innovations included the first polyphonic, programmable synthesizer and the universal connectivity of MIDI. By Jon Pareles Dave Smith, a groundbreaking synthesizer designer, died on May 31 in ...
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From the Prophet-5 to the Fourm, the story of Sequential in 10 synths, sequencers and drum machines

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Future/Matt Lincoln In the late ‘60s, music technology was expensive, unwieldy and mostly ...