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48-689: A design for the Prophet-5 , the first fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer. He demonstrated it at the NAMM International Music & Sound Expo in January 1978 and shipped the first models later that year. Whereas previous synthesizers required users to adjust cables and knobs to change sounds, with no guarantee of exactly recreating a sound, the Prophet-5 used microprocessors to store sounds in patch memory. This facilitated
72-414: A further development of the original Generalmusic DRAKE technology for digital organs (US Patent 5,442,128). Sequential Circuits Sequential is an American synthesizer company founded in 1974 as Sequential Circuits by Dave Smith . In 1978, Sequential released the Prophet-5 , the first programmable polyphonic synthesizer, which was widely used in the music industry. In the 1980s, Sequential
96-491: A large blue LCD display, a user-friendly interface and some vintage synth sound presets like Oberheim , ARP 2600 , Prophet or Elka Synthex . Although designed as arranger workstations, WX series had some professional synthesizer capabilities like filter and cutoff (resonance) editing with an integrated powerful 16-track sequencer. The company also offered more sophisticated versions of the WX series as S series synthesizers. The S2
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144-516: A monophonic Prophet-5, saw more success. In 1981, Ikutaro Kakehashi , the founder of the Japanese synthesizer company Roland , contacted Smith about creating a standardized means of synchronizing electronic instruments manufactured by different companies. Smith and the Sequential engineer Chet Wood designed an interface using Roland's Digital Control Bus (DCB) as a basis. This standard
168-456: A move from synthesizers creating unpredictable sounds to producing "a standard package of familiar sounds". The Prophet-5 became a market leader and industry standard, used by musicians such as Michael Jackson , Madonna , and Dr Dre , and by film composers such as John Carpenter . It was followed by the larger Prophet-10, which featured two keybeds and was less successful as it was notorious for unreliability. The smaller Pro-One, essentially
192-454: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Generalmusic Generalmusic was an Italian musical instrument manufacturing company focusing on digital and acoustic pianos , synthesizers and music workstations . The company produced three lines: a musical instrument series called GEM , a various studio equipment series called LEM and electric organs/synthesizers called ELKA . It
216-668: Is exactly the spirit of MIDI. For this reason, I personally recommended that the President of Yamaha, Mr. Nakata, return the rights to the Sequential name to Dave Smith." In 2015, Sequential released the Prophet-6, followed in 2018 by the Prophet-X, which featured sample playback and digitally controlled oscillators. On August 31, 2018, the 40th anniversary of the Prophet-5, Dave Smith Instruments rebranded as Sequential. In September 2020, Sequential announced an updated reissue of
240-472: The Fazioli F308 and Steinway & Sons grand pianos. The Genesys series marked Generalmusic's last generation of synthesizers, offering onboard sampling from an integrated CD-ROM , audio sequencer , audio sequencer tracks, and flash ROM . Additionally, the company provided the entry-level GK series and a simplified WK version named WK-1000/2000. Generalmusic also produced digital pianos, notably
264-630: The Promega series, which garnered more interest than their synthesizer products. However, in February 2009, Generalmusic dismissed its employees and promptly filed for bankruptcy, with the declaration occurring in 2011. In December 2014, the Finnish group Soundion Oy Ltd (the new owner of GEM, LEM, and Elka) announced plans for Generalmusic to release a product lineup in 2015, consisting of re-issued models alongside new technology offerings. Production
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#1732772409269288-472: The Prophet 3000 digital sampler. Only several dozen units were produced before the company went out of business. Smith blamed the closure on the decision to move to computer audio in prior years: "We were too small and under-capitalized, and we were a few years too early in the market ... It drained our resources, so by the time we pulled back to professional instruments, it was too late." Sequential Circuits
312-534: The RealPiano Expander. This module featured realistic, physically modeled grand pianos with continuous damper pedal functionality. However, the RealPiano Expander's delicate LCD readout was prone to failure due to the internal placement of the LCD ribbon wire close to the top front edge of the plastic front bezel. To prevent damage to the LCD ribbon wire, users were advised not to place heavy objects on top of
336-535: The module. Some users replaced the LCD ribbon wire themselves, although a damaged LCD ribbon wire did not impact sound quality or other functions. The device also had a few uncorrected bugs related to key velocity in the upgradable EPROM firmware. In 2006, the RealPiano Expander was succeeded by the GEM RP-X half-rack module, which featured the DRAKE ( DSP RISC Advanced Keyboard Engine) simulating instruments like
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384-617: Was acquired by the British audio technology company Focusrite . Smith died in 2022. The engineer Dave Smith founded Sequential Circuits in San Francisco in 1974. The first Sequential Circuits product was an analog sequencer for use with Moog and ARP synthesizers, followed by a digital sequencer and the Model 700 Programmer, which allowed users to program Minimoog and ARP 2600 synthesizers. The Model 800, launched in 1975,
408-419: Was controlled and programmed with a microprocessor . At the time, Smith had a full-time job working with microprocessors, then a new technology. He conceived the idea of combining them with synthesizer chips to create a programmable synthesizer, but did not pursue the idea, assuming Moog or ARP would design the instrument first. When no instrument emerged, in early 1977, Smith quit his job to work full-time on
432-559: Was discussed and modified by representatives of Roland, Yamaha, Korg, and Kawai. The protocol was named Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and unveiled by Kakehashi and Smith, who received Technical Grammy Awards in 2013 for their work. In 1982, Sequential released the Prophet 600, one of the first MIDI-equipped synthesizers. In 1984, they released the Drumtraks , one of the first drum machines with MIDI control. In 1987 Sequential Circuits released their final product,
456-492: Was founded in 1987 and ceased business in 2009 before becoming bankrupt in 2011. Generalmusic's first arranger workstation models were their WS series, released in 1990. Featuring a 5-track sequencer, 32 built-in arranger styles, and 32 user-programmable styles, they predated the General MIDI standard. This limited easy interoperability with other devices. The WX series (released in 1993) did implement General MIDI, offered
480-486: Was important in the development of MIDI , a technical standard for synchronizing electronic instruments. In 1987, Sequential went out of business and was purchased by Yamaha . Smith continued to develop instruments through a new company, Dave Smith Instruments . In 2015, Yamaha returned the Sequential Circuits trademark to Dave Smith Instruments, which rebranded as Sequential in 2018. In 2021, Sequential
504-573: Was purchased by the Japanese corporation Yamaha . They released no products under the Sequential name and shut it down in 1989, following the failure of the TX16W digital sampler. Smith and much of the development team moved to Korg , where they worked mainly on the Wavestation synthesizer. In 2002, after several years of working on software synthesis , Smith opened a new company, Dave Smith Instruments, to build new hardware. Its first product
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#1732772409269528-591: Was set to be established in Finland . By July 2015, there were intentions to launch a reissue of the classic Elka Synthex synthesizer, and a crowdfunding campaign was initiated on Indiegogo . Regrettably, the campaign failed to reach the anticipated funding, and the Synthex project seemed to have been cancelled. As of 2021, Generalmusic (Finland) is manufacturing a range of digital pianos branded as Gem Promega 2+, utilizing "UpDRAKE" technology, which appears to be
552-499: Was similar to a Kurzweil K2000 for its functionalities such as optional sampling, and layout and patch manipulation. Generalmusic bought the GEM company, which had itself bought Elka-Orla, a piano and organ maker that transitioned into synthesizers in the 1970s. The Synthex is the best known of a range of Elka instruments. From the 1990s to 2000, Generalmusic introduced a physically modeled , digital half-rack piano module known as
576-582: Was the Evolver synthesizer in 2002. In 2008, Dave Smith Instruments launched the Prophet '08 , conceived as an affordable eight-voice analog synthesizer. In January 2015, Yamaha returned the Sequential Circuits brands to Smith in a goodwill gesture. This was at the encouragement of Kakehashi, who had worked with Smith to create MIDI. Kakehashi said: "I feel that it's important to get rid of unnecessary conflict among electronic musical instrument companies. That
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