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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Smith, a giant of the synthesizer industry who built the Prophet-5 and was bestowed the title “Father of MIDI,” died ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Last week, Behringer previewed a new synthesiser, the Pro-16. Though still in the prototype stages, the synth closely resembles the Prophet-5 design, which was pioneered by Sequential in 1978. Via a ...

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 ...