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 ...

‘Legend’ can be an overused term, but there can be no argument when applying this description to synth pioneer Dave Smith. Here we trace his influential career… A short statement on the Sequential ...

Dave Smith, a key figure in the development of synth technology in the ’70s and ’80s, has died. The official Instagram account for Sequential, the synthesizer company that he founded in 1974, ...

— “Synthesizers: From Analog to Digital to Software to Analog” presentation to be featured at AES 141st Convention — New York, NY — The AES 141st International Convention in Los Angeles, taking place ...

The post R.I.P. Dave Smith, Synthesizer Engineer and “Father of MIDI” Dead at 72 appeared first on Consequence. Dave Smith, the synthesizer engineer often referred to as the “Father of MIDI,” has died ...

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 ...