Back ديف سميث (صانع آله موسيقيه من امريكا) ARZ Dave Smith (Ingenieur) German Dave Smith Spanish Dave Smith (ingénieur) French Dave Smith (mérnök) Hungarian Dave Smith MG Dave Smith (ingenieur) Dutch 戴夫·史密斯 Chinese
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| Born | David Joseph Smith[1] April 2, 1950 |
| Died | May 31, 2022 (aged 72) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering |
| Occupation | Synthesizer designer |
David Joseph Smith (April 2, 1950 – May 31, 2022) was an American engineer and founder of the synthesizer company Sequential. Smith created the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory, the Prophet-5, which had a major impact on the music industry.[2] He also led the development of MIDI, a standard interface protocol for synchronizing electronic instruments and audio equipment.
In 2005, Smith was inducted into the Mix Foundation TECnology (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Hall of Fame for the MIDI specification. In 2013, he and Japanese engineer Ikutaro Kakehashi (founder of Roland and Boss Corporation) received a Technical Grammy Award for their contributions to the development of MIDI as its primary co-inventors.
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