The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits, by David Abernethy, A Morris AM Publishing New Zealand
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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. Includes over 240 photos and illustrations (paperback)
The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits, by David Abernethy, A Morris AM Publishing New Zealand - Amazon Sales Rank: #366583 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-10
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 11.00" h x .65" w x 8.50" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 274 pages
The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits, by David Abernethy, A Morris AM Publishing New Zealand Review Mark Vail, Music journalist, author, teacher, musician: "The story of Sequential Circuits includes thrilling successes and unfortunate demise. Thanks to Dave Smith'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 Circuits' instruments and Dave Smith's work, David Abernethy delivers the essence of the story in this beautifully written and detailed book."Dominic Milano, Keyboard magazine writer/reviewer, editor: "David 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."Stanley Jungleib, Sequential's Publications Manager, Seer Systems founder: "Sequential was the dominant US synthesizer think-tank for a decade. David Abernethy fairly and carefully accounts for the diverse contributions of the talented lot that made it work. Anyone interested in making their career in this business should study its lessons, as many of Sequential's graduates remain influential in the field to this day."
About the Author David Abernethy is a musician, writer and electrical engineer from Auckland, New Zealand.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Extensively researched and illustrated. Many great synth and synthesist stories--indispensable if you're into analog. By P. Gleeson David Abernathy has done a really amazing job. This, needless to say, will be the definitive book on Dave Smith, Sequential Circuits and the Prophet. Painstakingly researched and beautifully illustrated with many color photos. I'd spring for the paperback edition rather than the Kindle because, as the only person who hasn't given this 5 stars so far has written, the Kindle edition lacks some of the photos.I'm going to say a little more because, as it happens, I'm a small part of the story that Abernathy tells and know many of the other musicians he mentions, owned a couple of those rare single-manual Prophet 10s (and was even crazy and ill-advised enough to do a performance with one of these amazingly unreliable early 10s with a symphony orchestra) and have known Dave Smith since he was this kid who showed up at my studio one evening with his unlikely sequencer design (the tempo range took it up into a range where it behaved like a digital oscillator!).This book wasn't written to make money or for any other reason than just to do something --in this case tell the story of one synthesizer and everyone involved with it -- as well as it can possibly be done. That, to me, is the highest kind of action--doing something as well as it can possibly be done without any particular regard for the rewards. If you're interested in analog synths in the 70s, this is a great read. This book and Mark Vail's are the two essential histories.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. It's very well written and has tons of pictures of the various Sequential Circuits product as well as advertisements and the lik By Blave I've been interested in synths since I was 15 or 16 (I started building the PAiA 2720 kit-based synth while still in high school), and remember fondling a Prophet 5 in about 1979. So this book sounded very interesting -- and it is. It's very well written and has tons of pictures of the various Sequential Circuits product as well as advertisements and the like. Even though I'm a guitar player and can barely play keyboards, I've had a number of synths over the years just to play around with, and the book has me lusting for a Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6. This might end up being the most expensive book I've ever bought ;^) .
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The author does a great job of linking Sequential's rise and fall with the ... By S. Khan I've never been much of a player but have always had a technical interest in synthesizers, especially vintage analog/digital hybrid polysynths. The story of Dave Smith and Sequential is very well told here and contains enough technical detail to appeal to someone with a casual interest in synthesizer technology. The author does a great job of linking Sequential's rise and fall with the changing technology and marketplace of the time as well as its own morphing corporate culture. If you're interested in the culture, technology and business of synthesizers, this book should be very appealing.
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