"Michel Waisvisz died peacefully in his home last night after fighting the mean cells in his body for the last eight months.
He was born on the 8th of July 1949 and lead STEIM as Director for 27 years. He left us on a day when artists and friends from around the world gathered downstairs to perform for a full-house season-closing concert.
Michel was a musician, visionary and occasional gardener - touched by sound and forever happy to be surprised. He was the source of an enormous surge of energy that continues to flow through STEIM into the world.
We will miss his touch, crackle, inspiration and constant improvisation of the now.
After undergoing a sex change operation in 1972, Walter Carlos is now known as Wendy Carlos. She's probably best known for scoring films like Clockwork Orange and Tron, and was great buddies with Bob Moog -- she even helped to develop Moog's technology through early adoption and feedback of his synths. She also photographs solar eclipses. Pretty cool."
YouTube via salzmanufaktur "A day and a night in the Electroplankton universe. The Plankton named 'Sun Animalcule' grows when you hit the touchscreen. And when the sun goes down in plankton land, the pianoish singleshots turns into pads."
Update: A little more info on the Wilson Delay in this video via Bakis Sirros on AH:
"a new Serge M-odule has been released! it is the Wilson Delay M-odule and it costs 2250 USD.
it includes:
the Wilson Analogue Delay module, a Dual Transient Generator, a MIX PRO,
and an XFader. photos are in the photos section (m-class album) of the Yahoo Serge
group."
"Sequential Circuits Pro One analog mono synthesizer serial # 8479... a wonderful green color. Although I doubt it's a factory paint job, it's very nicely done and looks like it's been this way for a long time."
images via this auction "VCO w/ Tuning and sweep between square and triangle wave (both are PHAT) VCF w/ Cutoff, Resonance, and Env/Mod (sounds just like the real thing) VCA/VCF Accent Envelope Decay Master Volume On the back: 1/4"output, VCF IN, MIDI IN, adapter in (12vAC), and midi 4 mini toggle switches."