R.I.P.

elmegil · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:24 pm Post subject: R.I.P.

The word is that Ray lost his battle with stage 4 cancer this past Thursday.

He will be greatly missed.

blue hell · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:36 pm Post subject:

Ow man ... sorry to hear that ... Ray did great stuff not only but he documented very well .. rare that is ... he will be remembered for that. Thanks Ray for all, be well in the after-life with peace and rest and all and the eternal great designs.

PHOBoS · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:38 pm Post subject:

fuck, a huge loss to the synth DIY community

diablojoy · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:26 pm Post subject:

RIP Ray

your modules where among the first for me and DIY
my large scale modular is mostly MFOS
you will be missed greatly

isak · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:04 am Post subject:

Very very sad Sad

Snaper · Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 217 Location: Hungary

Can't believe this...

Cfish · Joined: Feb 24, 2016 Posts: 477 Location: Indiana

Sad loss of a really big fish in this rather small DIY synth pond.
Thoughts and prayers for the family.

AlanP · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:45 am Post subject:

Skrog Productions · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:58 pm Post subject:

R.I.P. Ray , so sad , your spirit is in all the whole worlds diy MFOS builds.
From Weird Sound Generator's to big modulars.

Dave.

StephenGiles · Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 507 Location: England

Very sad, condolences to Ray's family.

analog_backlash · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:11 pm Post subject:

I just woke up at 4.45am to see the gofundme message that Ray had died. I feel numb. He lifted me from a monumental depression and got me building synths (before I joined this forum). I only shared a few emails with him, but it still feels like a friend has gone. I can imagine what his family are going through now (my above mentioned depression started with losing both of my parents within 5 months of each other), but I hope that they can see that he has left the world that little bit better than it was before.

Farewell Ray,

Gary

sompost · Joined: Aug 17, 2010 Posts: 58 Location: Switzerland

This is really sad. After Ray had published a spring reverb circuit on Facebook a month or two ago, I was hoping that he was soon going to be well again. It was not to be.

Like for so many, so for me his SoundLab Mini Synth was my first step into the world of synth DIY.

Rest in peace, Ray.

khakifridge · Joined: Jul 15, 2014 Posts: 27 Location: UK

RIP Ray. What an incredible legacy he's left us.

wackelpeter · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:03 am Post subject:

That's very sad news when you visit EFM after a few weeks break.

R.I.P. Ray

prgdeltablues · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:28 am Post subject:

Very sad news indeed. Like so many others here, I too first got the synth bug from Ray's WSG and Soundlab. And without his detailed documentation I probably wouldn't have started.

RIP

philpeery · Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 137 Location: new jersey, usa

I just saw this, and it has knocked me for a loop. I am very saddened by the news of Rays passing, we have lost a true DIY champion.

I had been getting ready to start my mostly MFOS modular project back up again when I learned Ray was ill. The modules I built with his designs and PCB's all worked right off the bat, and make my synth, and the music I make with it, unique. Every time I emailed him with a question, he responded with the best guidance, intelligence, and humor. He was a true gentleman, and even though I never met him in person, I will miss him.

Thanks Ray. For me, you made Synth DIY fun again.

Gaetano_AU · Joined: Oct 08, 2011 Posts: 64 Location: Australia

Terrible news, Ray will be missed. There are a lot of people in the DIY community that learned a lot from building Ray's designs, myself included.