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The making of Sequential’s all-analog, polyphonic, expressive Fourm
Sequential’s new Fourm is a 4-voice polysynth with an all-analog signal path and polyphonic aftertouch and a price under a grand. To pull it off, Sequential designed an all-new expressive keybed and adapted their signature analog circuitry from the Prophet-5 (and Prophet-10). I spoke to Sequential about their instrument and the engineering that made it all happen.
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Sequential Take 5: Dave Smith’s legacy, now on desktop, $1299
One of Dave Smith’s last projects was overseeing the tech platform that would become Take 5. And that was a breakthrough: everything great about the Prophet-5 meets fresh modulation and effects and an accessible price. Now, you can bring Take 5 home for $1299 as a compact desktop unit. Oberheim’s TEO-5 desktop is also out today at that price, thanks to that underlying tech, but let’s talk Sequential first.
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2025
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Arturia V-Collection 9, feature by feature: a dreamy, futuristic update, new and old
Arturia’s V-Collection 9 is more than just another “add some more instruments, update a few things” V-Collection refresh. This one goes somewhere new and dreamy – both with new instruments that aren’t remakes of old stuff, and some of the biggest advancements coming in the form of rebuilds for some of your favorites.
Dave Smith himself tours the Prophet-5 in a six-part series, one year later
Peter Kirn - November 16, 2021
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The ultra-rare Sequential Prophet T8, reborn as a flagship add-on
Peter Kirn - May 15, 2019
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