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its good to see you here--I've read your posts on other music forums. Many of us who work in tech, play in electronic music. While I know the P5 and being par

its good to see you here--I've read your posts on other music forums. Many of us who work in tech, play in electronic music. While I know the P5 and being part of the analog renaissance are what most will remember him for, to me his most important contribution is the work he did on MIDI as the universal language of synthesizer control. I also highly appreciate that while the DSI synths never had a polyAT keyboard, most, if not all of them would still respond properly, so a Kurzweil midiboard driving a Prophet 12 module was one of the greatest performance instruments out there (not being an analog snob, the P12 was, to me, Dave's greatest instrument.)

musicale 4y ago
Yes! Few people realize that the DSI synths accept polyphonic aftertouch - it is a beautiful feature. The Prophet T8 of course featured polyphonic aftertouch and its keybed was also used in the Synclavier. With current and upcoming keyboards like the HydraSynth, Iridium keyboard and UB-Xa we may be entering a polyphonic aftertouch renaissance. (The HydraSynth even has a ribbon controller like the CS-80...) I'd love to see a new Sequential synth with a polyphonic aftertouch keybed like the one used in the Iridium.