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 ...

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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 ...

Leading synth pioneer and creator of the iconic Prophet synthesiser, Dave Smith, has passed away at age 72. Smith’s founding synth company Sequential announced the news of his passing on Instagram and ...

‘Legend’ can be an overused term, but there can be no argument when applying this description to synth pioneer Dave Smith. Here we trace his influential career… When you purchase through links on our ...

American synthesizer company Sequential Circuits recently announced a brand new compact desktop version of their iconic Prophet-5 synthesizer. The Prophet-5 was the first programmable polyphonic synth ...

With his Sequential company, Smith also introduced the Prophet-5 synth, an industry standard-setter in the '80s. By Andrew Unterberger Dave Smith, a key figure in the development of synth technology ...

Dave Smith — the American engineer and musician known best as the founder of synthesizer company Sequential — has died. Smith's passing was announced by Sequential yesterday (June 1), though a cause ...