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I’m sorry don’t have the emotional energy to comment in depth or correct some of the misconceptions about analog synths or the electronic music world or any of that right now. Tried for a bit but having trouble focusing

If HN is interested I’d be happy to do an AMA later. Dave was my mentor and friend for the past 15 years. I got to know him and his family well. It will be a challenge to hold up the torch he started but we’re gonna do our best

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Hi Pym. First of all my deepest condolences to all of you in the sequential family. Reading the news this morning and I was truly left stunned. Dave was taken from us way way way to early. He was a true ledgend and genius, and will be greatly missed. He seemed like such a wonderful man. I recently mentioned to a brother of mine that Dave was my hero, and he still is, and forever will be. I shed tears on more than one occasion today reading comments and stories pouring in from those who were lucky enough to have met him. Linked is a photo of my setup, sans a poly evolver which will soon join. I've also owned a tempest and mono evolver. These instruments mean everything to me, they are not just mere physical and material objects. They are harbingers of that which cannot be put in to words. I have been meaning to write an email to Dave and all of you on the team THANKING YOU for the awesome, amazing and inspiring instruments you put out on a consistent basis. They have enriched the lives of so many people, no least my own, and for that I am eternally grateful.

Going forward I can't help but feel anxious about the future of sequential. I hope you will all be given the authority to continue and innovate in the Sequential way, the way in which Daves spirit can be carried on. I have no doubt nor does anyone else in the community that you guys will kick ass. Thanks again for everything you have all done and will continue to do. Please do an AMA when you are feeling up to it. Love, J

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its good to see you here--I've read your posts on other music forums. Many of us who work in tech, play in electronic music. While I know the P5 and being part of the analog renaissance are what most will remember him for, to me his most important contribution is the work he did on MIDI as the universal language of synthesizer control. I also highly appreciate that while the DSI synths never had a polyAT keyboard, most, if not all of them would still respond properly, so a Kurzweil midiboard driving a Prophet 12 module was one of the greatest performance instruments out there (not being an analog snob, the P12 was, to me, Dave's greatest instrument.)

Yes! Few people realize that the DSI synths accept polyphonic aftertouch - it is a beautiful feature.

The Prophet T8 of course featured polyphonic aftertouch and its keybed was also used in the Synclavier.

With current and upcoming keyboards like the HydraSynth, Iridium keyboard and UB-Xa we may be entering a polyphonic aftertouch renaissance.

(The HydraSynth even has a ribbon controller like the CS-80...)

I'd love to see a new Sequential synth with a polyphonic aftertouch keybed like the one used in the Iridium.

> If HN is interested I’d be happy to do an AMA later

Yes please!

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