Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the late '60s, music technology was expensive, unwieldy and mostly out of reach. Synths were the size of refrigerators and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Music technology was an expensive business back in the late 60s. It was very much the preserve of the rich or culturally ...

With the recent announcement that Dave Smith, the man behind Sequential Circuits, has reacquired the Sequential name, we're reminded of the company's contributions to music technology. Perhaps their ...

Dave Smith, the founder of Sequential Circuits and an influential figure in the world of synths and electronic music equipment, has died, aged 72. A statement shared by Smith’s family, confirming his ...

Even if you don’t know a sine wave from a sawtooth, you’ve likely heard a Sequential synthesizer before. The original Prophet-5 synth, released in 1978, supplies the squelchy bass solo in “Burning ...

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 ...