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I recently read the biography (for lack of a better term) of sequential circuits. Dave Smith(the founder who still makes awesome synthesizers today) was a prima
by S_A_P 8y ago
I recently read the biography (for lack of a better term) of sequential circuits. Dave Smith(the founder who still makes awesome synthesizers today) was a primary stakeholder in pushing the standard though. What essentially happened was All companies had a data/sync standard for electronic instruments. Then Oberheim released a system that many manufacturers saw as a threat to their business. Dave Smith convinced Roland to just adopt something and that momentum of sequential and Roland would turn adoption in their favor. That pretty much worked. Iirc the midi association then made Tom Oberheim president.
- rgreasons 8y agoMind sharing which book/article you're referencing? Sounds interesting.
- troydavis 8y agoI’m not OP, but I suspect it was “The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits,” for which Dave Smith wrote the foreword.
- S_A_P 8y agoThats it- thanks. https://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Silicon-Valley-Complete-Sequential/dp/1512198323 https://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Silicon-Valley-Complete-Seque... link to the book.
- chillingeffect 8y agointeresting how there is a new version of $40 and two used for >$1000 ! out-of-control algorithm ?!
- cyberferret 8y agoI'm currently saving my pennies for a Prophet 6 synth from Dave Smith Instruments (which I believe has now been re-renamed back to Sequential Circuits). I grew up with the classic sound of the Prophet 5 through all the music I listened to in the 80s. From memory, Yamaha, who owned the Sequential brand were magnanimous enough to give Dave back all his IP some years ago to allow him to build the next generation of synthesisers based on his old ones, and it looks like they have given him back his original company name now too!