2. Model 700 Programmer - 1977 (Image credit: Sequential Circuits) In another example of this sideways glance at tech, the Model 700 Programmer was a product that provided a tremendous solution to a ...

In 2019 alone it successfully launched clones of the Korg MS-20, ARP Odyssey, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) Wasp Deluxe, not to mention the TB-303, TR-808, VP330 and SH ...

Smith founded Sequential (then Sequential Circuits) in San Francisco in 1974, and his work with emerging microprocessor technology led to the creation of the Prophet-5, the first microprocessor ...

The company was also responsible for the very first MIDI synth (Prophet-600), a brilliant monosynth (the Pro-One), one of the first multitimbral instruments (the Six-Trak), and a super-cool drum ...

Dave Smith, a pioneer of the synthesizer, revolutionized pop music in the 1980s. David Bowie and Madonna are among the legions who used his Prophet 5 synthesizer. Smith died last week at age 72.