Ins & outs
FOCUSRITE BUYS SEQUENTIAL
Cm How did you get into music software?
UK company Focusrite is celebrating the purchase of Dave Smith’s Sequential synth brand. Both parties seem pretty pleased with the new arrangement, with Smith – whose company will continue to operate independently – saying he expects “great things”.
MK “I started programming audio software in the early 90s. There was not much available on the market in those days, so we had to develop our own. We used ‘trackers’, which were able to play back samples and you’d arrange them to create songs.”