Talk:Dave Smith (engineer)

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This article claims that the first public MIDI demonstration was between a Prophet 5 and a Roland JP6. The Sequential Circuits article claims that the other keyboard was a Roland JX-3P. According to information on the web, both instruments were introduced in 1983, so it could have been either. Electricdruid 00:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

The article has since been edited to claim that the two keyboards were a Prophet-600 and a Jupiter 6. This is the problem when people don't include references; we have no way to know which of these three permutations is correct. Specifically The Mix Foundation says Prophet-600/Roland Jupiter 6, whereas both the MIDI Manufacturers Association and Dave Smith's own website say Prophet 600/Roland JX-3P. All three sources seem pretty legit. Ordinarily this would favour the latter option, but the Mix Foundation has a photo which they claim is of the demonstration itself, and that shows the back of a Jupiter 6. I believe that it would be best to say simply that "MIDI was first demonstrated at the NAMM festival in January 1983" until the internet sorts itself out. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 01:42, 17 November 2007 (UTC)