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It offered 10-voice analog polyphony, a dual-manual keyboard, and cassette interface for patch storage and loading. The Prophet-10 was essentially two prophet-5 synthesizers combined into a single instrument. E ven today, virtually all poly synths can trace their designs back to this ground-breaking instrument.
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The Prophet-5 set the standard for programmable poly synths. It was in production from 1978 to 1984 and was embraced by musicians of every genre. It was also notable for being the first musical instrument with an embedded microprocessor. The Prophet-5 was the world’s first fully-programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer. It could store a total of 64 programs in 8 banks of 8 programs. The Model 700 was a sound programmer for the Minimoog and ARP 2600. It featured both real-time and step input. The Model 800 was a digital sequencer capable of storing 16 banks of 16-step sequences for a total of 256 notes. A handful of these devices were sold to electronic music labs, and thus began Sequential Circuits. The Model 600 was Dave Smith’s first-ever music product, a 16-step analog sequencer, born out of Dave’s desire to create a sequencer for his own Minimoog. Presented here are some of Dave’s many groundbreaking instruments and some of the technologies that they introduced. In 2018 DSI changed its name to Sequential, bringing Dave’s legacy full-circle.
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The product lineup has grown to include the Prophet X, Prophet Rev2, Prophet-6, OB-6 (with Tom Oberheim), Pro 2, and Prophet 12 synthesizers, and the Tempest drum machine (with Roger Linn). Realizing the limitations of software, Dave returned to hardware and started Dave Smith Instruments, starting with the Evolver hybrid analog/digital synthesizer in 2002. He took over as President at Seer Systems and developed the first soft synth for Intel in 1994, followed by the first professional soft synth, Reality, released in 1997. He then started the Korg R&D group in California, producing the Wavestation and other technology.
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After Sequential, Dave was President of DSD, Inc, an R&D division of Yamaha, where he worked on physical modeling synthesis and software synthesizer concepts. In 1987 he was named a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) for his continuing work in the area of music synthesis. It was Dave, in fact, who coined the acronym. Sequential released many innovative instruments and drum machines over the next 10 years.ĭave is known as the driving force behind the MIDI specification in 1981. In 1977 Dave designed the Prophet-5, the world’s first fully-programmable polyphonic synth, and the first musical instrument with an embedded microprocessor.
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Sequential is led by legendary instrument designer and Grammy-winner Dave Smith, the founder of Sequential Circuits in 1974.