Nod to The Legend · The inventions · 1983
MIDI
Dave Smith and Ikutaro Kakehashi
Sequential's Dave Smith and Roland's Ikutaro Kakehashi pushed for one standard so instruments from different makers could talk. MIDI launched in 1983 and they both received a Technical Grammy in 2013.
Still heard: Every controller, piano roll and soft synth runs on it.
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