GEAR 2021: Sequential has unveiled desktop versions of its new Prophet-5/10 synths, which arrived in keyboard formats in 2020. This move could easily have been predicted, as Sequential frequently ...

Sam Ash has updated its inventory and is now offering the Sequential Prophet-5 Synthesizer as part of its collection of synths and keyboards. Hicksville, United States, January 12, 2026-- The company ...

Dave Smith, a giant of the synthesizer industry who built the Prophet-5 and was bestowed the title “Father of MIDI,” died Wednesday (June 1). He was 72. Smith founded synth company Sequential Circuits ...

Superbooth 2021: If you’re a Prophet-5 Rev 4 synth owner who’s been casting envious glances at the Prophet-10 - “if only I’d paid out for more voices!” says that little voice in your head - then ...

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, a pioneer of the synthesizer, revolutionized pop music in the 1980s. David Bowie and Madonna are among the legions who used his... Remembering Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the ...

In the late ‘60s, music technology was expensive, unwieldy and mostly out of reach. Synths were the size of refrigerators and access was limited to well-funded studios and successful artists. But, all ...

The sound of pop music in the '80s was shaped by synthesizers – and one of the most impactful people behind that sound was inventor Dave Smith, creator of the Prophet-5 synthesizer and founder of ...