Focusrite Acquires Sequential

Holy moly https://www.musictech.net/news/industry/focusrite-acquires-analogue-synth-powerhouse-sequential/

I know the guys at novation, focusrite doesn't interfere with them at all, Dave's getting pretty old and he probably thought the brand wouldn't survive once he passes... interestingly, focusrite is owned by the guy who founded soundcraft and presided over its good desks before harman took over and h then saved focusrite after Neve's quest for perfection tanked it. They came up with a more reasonable ISA desk first then made modules available as outboard, did the red and platinum range trading on the neve rep and then the interfaces came in. Hopefully they don't change their business practices when their CEO passes or retires because he's gotta be old, soundcraft desks go way back. Mine's the same age as me and its well into the second generation.

I'm glad to hear Focusrite have been fairly hands-off. Seems like Dave & company found a best-possible scenario if it was time to sell.

Yeah, Dave is getting pretty old so it’s kinda nice to know the team and the brand have a safe home when he passes. I’d be interested to see if any ideas from Novation make their way into Sequential gear and vice versa.

All this talk of Dave's age, sheesh (not just here, but all the usual music sites).

Dave was a triathlete back in the day. I suspect he still takes great care of himself. Benefit of the doubt: he still has plenty of life left to live, he just wants more time to do other things. :)

You're right though it's such an iconic brand you can understand fans' desire for Sequential to be around when we get to Dave's age. I work in tech and I'm older than most of the people I work with so I'm very aware of the ageism in tech. Seems like for the current generation every -ism is banned except ageism 😞