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10/23/2026

Sequential Artist Spotlight: Hainbach

Based out of Berlin, Germany, electronic music composer and sound artist Hainbach creates shifting audio landscapes THE WIRE called “One hell of a trip”. He has been fascinated with electronic sounds since he discovered the dial on the radio. Never losing his childhood wonder, he still searches for the sounds in between on uncommon electronic instruments, tape and test equipment, making even the “unmusical musical”.

Through his YouTube channel, Hainbach brings experimental music techniques to a wider audience. He is an award winning film composer, and his compositions for ensembles have been featured at Witten, Gaudeamus and Impulsfestival Halle. His music software and hardware is used by musicians world-wide. He tours regularly, and has taught at Humboldt University, Manchester School of Arts, Hybrid Arts Lab Dresden, MRC Copenhagen, among others.

"I used to own a Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Desktop, the first modern analog I bought for my early Hainbach shows. I modded the outside to make it look less like an Austin Powers prop and ran it alongside a X0B0X. That was a rather early era of Hainbach, where I was still singing on stage.

I had also played an original Prophet-5 at Willem Twee on my album with Ah! Kosmos, 'Blast of Sirens'. I found it an incredibly useful instrument to write music on, and it’s still high on my wish list.

In my shows with Ah! Kosmos I play [the Fourm] mostly very minimally – hold a note or a chord and work the filters. The bass it produces is astounding. It really cuts through."

Full interview can be read at www.sequential.com/hainbach

10/17/2026

Sequential and Oberheim will be attending SynthFest UK on Saturday October 24th at The Octagon, Sheffield. We'll have our Fourm, Prophet-5 & Take 5 from Sequential and OB-X8 & TEO-5 from Oberheim. Please visit www.synthfest.co.uk for more information.

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10/15/2026

We recently teamed up with NYU and UK-based musician Jason Dasent on how to make our synths more accessible and easier for blind and low vision musicians.
David Gibbons, CEO of Sequential and Oberheim, shares the story behind the collaboration, and how relatively simple steps can help make electronic instruments more accessible to musicians everywhere:

San Francisco, CA — October 14, 2026— In August last year, I was introduced to Jason Dasent. (https://www.jasondasent.com) He’s a very talented UK-based musician and music producer and he already knew several of my colleagues from across the Focusrite group. He also happens to be blind and has...

10/11/2026

The Brooklyn Synth Expo is next weekend! Please visit synthandpedalexpo.com/brooklyn-synth-pedal-expo for attendee information.

The Deli and Delicious Audio are excited to announce the 2026 edition of the Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, a pop-up event of guitar effect pedals and synthesizers. 10-30% OFF ON MOST GEAR ON DISPLAY!List of Exhibitors | Giveaways | Intro to Synthesis Workshops | Product Presentations (TBA) BUY TICK...

10/10/2026

Sequential Artist Spotlight: Dave Fulton / Møtrik

New artist interview featuring the Prophet-6 desktop and Fourm:

Dave Fulton has been playing with synthesizers since the early 80’s and spent many of those years repairing them! With a primary focus on Berlin School EM, he plays electronic music with his band Dweller At The Threshold and composes darker ambient solo albums like 'Hard Particles' and 'Defective AI'.

Fourteen years ago he founded Møtrik, with drummer Lee Ritter quickly adding Cord Amato, Erik Golts and Jonah Nolde. To date the band has released four albums and two EP’s, and tours as frequently as their families and jobs allow.

"...I loved just about all of Dave Smith’s devices over the years and purchased many of them as I could afford them. Currently I use a Sequential Tom, Prophet-10, Prophet-5 Desktop, Prophet-6 Desktop, OB-6, Pro 2 and now the Fourm. The Prophet-6 desktop and the Fourm are in the live rig. The sound and MIDI implementation is consistent among the product line so it’s easy to program them. The Fourm duplicates the P5 sounds and is pretty aggressive and the P6 is kinda its own beast but has effects and the desktop version pairs neatly with the Fourm."

Full interview can be read here:

Dave Fulton has been playing with synthesizers since the early 80’s and spent many of those years repairing them! With a primary focus on Berlin School EM, he plays electronic music with his band Dweller At The Threshold and composes darker ambient solo albums like Hard Particles and Defective AI....

10/04/2026

Fourm keyboard and Prophet-6 desktop featured in live performance by Møtrik on KEXP:

http://KEXP.ORG presents MØTRIK performing live in the KEXP studio....

10/03/2026

The 2026 Brooklyn Synth Expo is almost here! Visit Sequential & Oberheim this October 17-18 at 100 Sutton in Greenpoint, NY. Please visit the Synth Expo page or synthandpedalexpo.com for more information.

09/25/2026

Sequential Artist Spotlight: Art School Girlfriend

London-based, Wrexham-raised artist and producer Art School Girlfriend (Polly Louise Mackey) recently released her third album ‘Lean In’ via Fiction Records. Armed with the freedom and space to experiment, ‘Lean In’ was self-produced in her own East London studio and sees Art School Girlfriend set to move from cult bedroom artist to one of the UK’s most vital artist/producers. Last year, Art School Girlfriend shared ‘LYATT’, a shoegaze and techno-tinged meditation on love quickly followed by ‘The Peaks’, which was recently added to the BBC Radio 6 Music playlist.

"Ten years ago, my self-produced demos found their way into the hands of Paul Epworth through one of his engineers, JHJ. I had never used an analogue synth before, I was making everything in the box in my bedroom. Paul had recently set up The Church Studios and his record label Wolf Tone. He invited me to use the studio on downtime and finish self-producing the demos. He was the first person who told me I could properly produce and those demos turned into my first EP. I got to use those studios for around 7 years in total, and during that time I graduated from bedroom producer to studio producer. There’s a whole section of Studio 1 called ‘synth city’ where all these incredibly historical synths are stacked up ready to go. There was an Oberheim Matrix 12 that I used all over my second EP, Into The Blue Hour. I also fell in love with the Dave Smith / Roger Linn collaboration drum synth Tempest, which I used for all the rhythms on my self-remixed EP. There was a Prophet 12 around for a while that was used heavily on my first album."

Photo Credit: Zak Watson

Full interview can be read below:

Photo Credit: Zak Watson London-based, Wrexham-raised artist and producer Art School Girlfriend (Polly Louise Mackey) recently released her third album ‘Lean In’ via Fiction Records. Armed with the freedom and space to experiment, ‘Lean In’ was self-produced in her own East London studio and...

09/21/2026

Pe 21 septembrie, în cadrul Cenaclul Sintezaur III, aducem 10 Sequential Fourm la Control Club. 🎛️

De la 18:30, Iulian Cazan aka Jay Bliss ține un workshop gratuit de introducere în sound design, cu 20 de locuri hands-on, câte doi participanți la fiecare synth, pe căști. 🎧

🖥️ partea teoretică se vede și pe ecranul mare
👀 dacă nu prinzi loc la synth, poți urmări workshopul și din public

Și dacă rămâi până mai târziu, spre final intră în scenă și colegul nostru Alexandru Zglimbea, cu o sesiune despre acustica de home studio, cu exemple și sfaturi practice despre cm să-ți pui camera la punct. 🔊

Dacă vrei unul dintre cele 20 de locuri la Sequential Fourm, înscrierea se face aici 👇

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