The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The complete story of

The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The complete story of Sequential Circuits

The story of Sequential Circuits, the leading synthesizer manufacturer of the 1980s.

One of the great American synthesizer companies, founded and led by San Francisco electronics and computer graduate, Dave Smith, Sequential Circuits Inc. paved the way for music of the future. Smith brought easy, affordable and powerful polyphonic synthesis to all levels of music production in the form of the ground-breaking Prophet-5 synthesizer. Released in 1978, the Prophet led the new wave movement into the next decade, creating a sonically exciting soundtrack to eighties culture. It expanded the palette of all music genres and was embraced by professionals and amateurs alike. Sequential Circuits went on to create further innovative concepts and products such as programmable effects, MIDI, multitimbrality, high-quality sampling, workstation and MPC systems and many more. Today the Prophet-5 is very much sought-after as one of those truly iconic classic musical instruments. The book features many exclusive and highly entertaining and informative stories from ex-Sequential staff, music industry moguls, and famous keyboard players.

â€œThe story of Sequential Circuits includes thrilling successes and unfortunate demise. Thanks to Dave Smithâ€™s contributions to electronic music, we in the industry owe him dearly. Through thorough research and by reaching out to many artists who benefited from Sequential Circuitsâ€™ instruments and Dave Smithâ€™s work, David Abernethy delivers the essence of the story in this beautifully written and detailed book.â€ Mark Vail, Music journalist, author, teacher, musician

â€œDavid Abernethy has left no stone unturned in researching this incredibly detailed account of how Dave Smith and Sequential Circuits unseated Moog and ARP to become the leading synthesizer manufacturer of the 1980s. The Prophet from Silicon Valley is a must-read for synth junkies and students of musical instrument design.â€ Dominic Milano, Keyboard magazine writer/reviewer, editor, musician

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Creator	Dave Smith
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct	0
Label	AM Publishing New Zealand
Manufacturer	AM Publishing New Zealand
NumberOfPages	274
PublicationDate	2015-07-04
Publisher	AM Publishing New Zealand
ReleaseDate	2015-07-04
Studio	AM Publishing New Zealand

The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The complete story of Sequential Circuits

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