Dave Smith founded Sequential Circuits in the mid-1970s, the first manufacturer of professional synthesizers in the music industry. He created and produced the revolutionary Prophet 5, a product that played an important role in the recordings of any type of music and is still valued by artists today. Confirming this are: Peter Gabriel, Chris Martin, Timbaland, Damien Taylor, Peter Krimmel. The third generation of synthesizers was ranked number one in the world by Electronic Musician magazine.