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Dave Smith (inventor of MIDI) R.I.P.

EugenesAxe
EugenesAxe Posts: 3,284
edited June 2022 in Not Sports Related
Inventor of the MIDI protocol, hard to imagine what the music industry would be like without this, one of those things that is part of the fabric of music.
Such a shame he didn’t live to 127…

Rest in peace sir.

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    RIP

    No disrespect meant but at least one lifer might have had a shock reading that thread title 
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,284
    Henry Irving said:
    RIP

    No disrespect meant but at least one lifer might have had a shock reading that thread title 
    Yes have altered the title.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    genius .. R I P
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    EugenesAxe said:
    Henry Irving said:
    RIP

    No disrespect meant but at least one lifer might have had a shock reading that thread title 
    Yes have altered the title.
    Nicely done. Your amendment looks like the ideal template for all future RIP threads.

    A good opening comment too. Somewhere there's a parallel universe where Dave Smith was a tone deaf milkman with no interest in electronics. How many songs would sound completely different without his influence and how many may never have been written. As well as being the driving force behind midi there's also the Sequential Circuits range of synthesizers. I did a quick bit of googling this morning to put together a list of artists who used his synths, before I got bored and decided that it might be a simpler task to list this that don't. Here's a small sample of SC users:  
    • Abba (no Beatles but Paul McCartney did ;))
    • AC/DC
    • Aphex Twin
    • Beck
    • Jeff Beck
    • David Bowie
    • Cars
    • John Carpenter
    • Chvrches
    • Phil Collins
    • The Cure
    • Daft Punk
    • Depeche Mode
    • Dr Dre
    • Bryan Ferry
    • Peter Gabriel
    • Genesis
    • Philip Glass
    • Hall & Oats
    • Herbie Hancock
    • Calvin Harris
    • Michael Jackson
    • Japan
    • Jay Z
    • Jean Michel Jarre
    • Kraftwerk
    • Level 42
    • M
    • Madonna
    • Giorgio Moroder
    • Muse
    • New Order
    • Gary Numan
    • Mike Oldfield
    • Pet Shop Boys
    • Pink Floyd
    • The Police
    • Radiohead
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto
    • Soft Cell
    • Sparks
    • Sufjan Stevens
    • Donna Summer
    • Talking Heads
    • Tangerine Dream
    • Thompson Twins
    • Ultravox
    • Van Halen
    • Vangelis
    • Weather Report
    • Rick Wakeman
    • Steve Windwood
    • Yazoo
    • Thom Yorke
    • Zombie Nation
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,284
    Stig said:
    EugenesAxe said:
    Henry Irving said:
    RIP

    No disrespect meant but at least one lifer might have had a shock reading that thread title 
    Yes have altered the title.
    Nicely done. Your amendment looks like the ideal template for all future RIP threads.

    A good opening comment too. Somewhere there's a parallel universe where Dave Smith was a tone deaf milkman with no interest in electronics. How many songs would sound completely different without his influence and how many may never have been written. As well as being the driving force behind midi there's also the Sequential Circuits range of synthesizers. I did a quick bit of googling this morning to put together a list of artists who used his synths, before I got bored and decided that it might be a simpler task to list this that don't. Here's a small sample of SC users:  
    • Abba (no Beatles but Paul McCartney did ;))
    • AC/DC
    • Aphex Twin
    • Beck
    • Jeff Beck
    • David Bowie
    • Cars
    • John Carpenter
    • Chvrches
    • Phil Collins
    • The Cure
    • Daft Punk
    • Depeche Mode
    • Dr Dre
    • Bryan Ferry
    • Peter Gabriel
    • Genesis
    • Philip Glass
    • Hall & Oats
    • Herbie Hancock
    • Calvin Harris
    • Michael Jackson
    • Japan
    • Jay Z
    • Jean Michel Jarre
    • Kraftwerk
    • Level 42
    • M
    • Madonna
    • Giorgio Moroder
    • Muse
    • New Order
    • Gary Numan
    • Mike Oldfield
    • Pet Shop Boys
    • Pink Floyd
    • The Police
    • Radiohead
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto
    • Soft Cell
    • Sparks
    • Sufjan Stevens
    • Donna Summer
    • Talking Heads
    • Tangerine Dream
    • Thompson Twins
    • Ultravox
    • Van Halen
    • Vangelis
    • Weather Report
    • Rick Wakeman
    • Steve Windwood
    • Yazoo
    • Thom Yorke
    • Zombie Nation
    Brilliant post and yes as @Lincsaddick says, a Genius, music wouldn’t be what it is without him, and his synths truly embody the phrase “you get what you pay for”.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,740
    Chas n Dave?
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,284
    There aint no pleasing you…
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,351
    RIP <skip>
    RIP
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,284
    soapy_jones said:
    RIP <skip>
    RIP
    👏🏻
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    RIP Dave,
    From the days of 5 pins, to USB to midi. From triggers to controllers, from latency to buffers. Midi has silently accompanied my music adventures since the eighties.

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