When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When he died earlier this year, Sequential’s Dave Smith was mourned both in the synth community ...

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 American engineer and musician known best as the founder of synthesizer company Sequential — has died. Smith's passing was announced by Sequential yesterday (June 1), though a cause ...

Leading synth pioneer and creator of the iconic Prophet synthesiser, Dave Smith, has passed away at age 72. Smith’s founding synth company Sequential announced the news of his passing on Instagram and ...

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 ...