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 ...

Dave Smith, a giant of the synthesizer industry who built the Prophet-5 and was bestowed the title “Father of MIDI,” died Wednesday (June 1). He was 72. Smith founded synth company Sequential Circuits ...

In the late ‘60s, music technology was expensive, unwieldy and mostly out of reach. Synths were the size of refrigerators and access was limited to well-funded studios and successful artists. But, all ...

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