After a brief stint there, the Sequential design team moved over to Korg, where John was product manager for the Wavestation series (keyboard, AD, and SR racks, 1989-1992). He also assisted Billy Cobham in setting up his Moog Modular 55 for various recording sessions (featured on 'Inner Conflicts' and on Stanley Clark's 'School Days'), as well as appearing on several other projects, most notably with Herbie Hancock for the Eddie Henderson release, 'Mahal'.Īt the end of 1987, Sequential was bought by Yamaha. A review of a CD which combining the second and third albums can be found here (and for fans of West Coast music, can be purchased on ). John was responsible for the original 40 factory programs of the Prophet 5, the world’s first programmable polyphonic synthesizer, making him the ‘Father of factory preset/sound developers', and as Sequential's Product Specialist created 99% of all of the factory sounds and sequences (as well as most of the original Prophet VS waveshapes), also contributing to the User Interface (UI) design for the following Sequential products: Prophet 5, Prophet 10, Prophet 600, Prophet T-8, Prophet VS, Drumtraks, 6-Trak, MultiTrak, Tom, Max, Studio 440, and the Prophet 20 libraries.Īlso during this time, John was bassist and synthesist for the Nielsen-Pearson band (1974-1980), performing on 3 albums with them. This association led to development of the Prophet 5, and then on to the entire line of Sequential Circuits products. In 1976 he met Dave Smith, and started working with Dave to promote his Model 800 sequencer, and then helped specify the Model 700 Programmer. John Scott Bowen started out as the first official Moog clinician in 1973, demonstrating and contributing to designs for Moog Music.
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