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 ...

Sam Ash has updated its inventory and is now offering the Sequential Prophet-5 Synthesizer as part of its collection of synths and keyboards.

It’s tempting to think that creating a new version of an existing synth must be easy - just copy what’s there, right? However, Behringer wants to make it clear that its ongoing mission to emulate and ...

Music technology was an expensive business back in the late 60s. It was very much the preserve of the rich or culturally successful elite, at least until a degree of democratisation occurred, during ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Given his ‘synth legend’ status, it seems remarkable that Howard Jones had never before owned a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dave Smith, the Sequential founder and synthmaker known as the father of MIDI, has died, Sequential said. He was 72. Artists including Flying Lotus, Hot Chip, and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon paid tribute ...

Dave Smith, a pioneer in synthesizer technology and the founder of Sequential, has passed away, the company announced early Thursday morning. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Dave ...

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 ...

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