John Blacet has passed away.

soup · Post by **soup** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:13 am

Anyone know?

Admin edit: changed the thread title

BananaPlug · Post by **BananaPlug** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:48 pm

Hmm. The website is coming up “not found” but the domain name seems to still exist. Maybe the hosting company is having a bad day?

Things have been getting quieter in Blacet land. I hadn’t looked recently.

chachi · Post by **chachi** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:06 pm

he’s been slimmin down the website recently, might just be updating it.

soup · Post by **soup** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:42 pm

Fuck. John Blacet passed away last month...

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/sonomaw ... t6658.html

Lots of love, peace and blessings to his family and loved ones. Rest in peace.

Post by **Kent** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:50 pm

Are you certain that is the same guy?

soup · Post by **soup** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:07 pm

I dearly hope I'm wrong but I'm fairly certain. But my information is only from the internet, I have only had a handful short email conversations with John and have no inside information.

slow_riot · Post by **slow_riot** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:44 pm

Blacet's address is Lakeview, and his last login here as 'fracmonkey' was 21/06.

cebec · Post by **cebec** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:16 pm

That sucks. RIP John Blacet, long live Blacet. My first modular order was from Blacet over 15 years ago.

Cybananna · Post by **Cybananna** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:15 pm

That’s terrible to hear. He was always nice and helpful when communicating and has made some great modules. Some are still among my favorites

scozbor · Post by **scozbor** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:17 pm

WTF?????

Blacet was my intro into modulars around 12yrs ago. I still regret selling my system.

So sorry to hear this.

RIP John. Thanks for all the audio adventures.

diophantine · Post by **diophantine** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:18 pm

This is awful news to hear!! Sadly it looks legit; there's also references to his blacet.com email on some gliding sites, etc., so he was part of that community.

On June 19th there was a cryptic email sent out to the mailing list:

Subject: Blacet Research News: Order Window Closed

Sorry, closed for now.....

I figured it was in reference to the FX3030 being discontinued, as the website was still up... but it went down a few days later, and then came back up. But now the DNS record is gone (though there's still a record for email).

Really saddened to hear this. I didn't know him well, or arguably barely knew him - he never ever mentioned anything personal. But his designs, contributions, and inspiration to this community were immense. My thoughts & condolences go out to his family!

chachi · Post by **chachi** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 6:16 pm

noooooooooooooooo

ignatius · Post by **ignatius** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:21 pm

soup wrote:Fuck. John Blacet passed away last month...

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/sonomaw ... t6658.html

Lots of love, peace and blessings to his family and loved ones. Rest in peace.

after googling around it appears it is same guy. he posted in some hang gliding/flying forums and put his email in there which is blacet@blacet.com

i couldn't find an obituary though and i searched several county/newspaper obit sites.

diophantine · Post by **diophantine** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:17 pm

As it sounds like the guy on the gliding site is in contact with John's family, I've written to him asking him to please extend our condolences to the family and ask if there's any way we can help as a community.

I'll let you all know if I hear anything...

In the meantime I'm listening to some great recordings made possible by Blacet circuits! RIP!

tIB · Post by **tIB** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:07 am

Very sad to read this - John was a great designer and a very helpful guy. Be good if someone could change the thread title.

Hermetech Mastering · Post by **Hermetech Mastering** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:58 am

RIP John, bought my first ever modular module off him in 2002 I think. Always great service, designs and prices.

Moog$FooL$ · Post by **Moog$FooL$** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:25 am

sad.

i feel the same as many of you..... this forum & Blacets Kits were my entrance to this world.

hopefully someone will keep his legacy alive much like what has been done with Paia.

BugBrand · Post by **BugBrand** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:43 am

That's very sad news indeed.

Perhaps he was the betamax to Doepfer's VHS?

Anyways, always had a load of respect for his wonderful unified system!

a100user · Post by **a100user** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:02 pm

Very sad, used to have some of this stuff, great kit.

chocolatyshatner · Post by **chocolatyshatner** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:21 pm

Damn, another synth legend down. I always wanted to try a Blacet system, but ended choosing Eurorack as my first modular instead.... I sometimes considered selling all of my Euro for a "back to basics" Frack rack, but went with diy Serge after Euro. What a bummer. Rip John.

Post by **Be Sandy?** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:28 pm

That's a shame.
I never had need to deal directly with him but I always enjoyed the Blacet modules I owned over the years.

GrantB · Post by **GrantB** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:28 pm

Rest in power John Blacet, original synth DIY legend.

werock · Post by **werock** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 3:50 am

Another big loss for the electronic music world.

I didn't know anything about John beyond his modules (not sure anyone did), but they were always great designs that made them highly functional and usable.

Condolences to his family and friends.

e-grad · Post by **e-grad** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:00 am

Just back from my holidays and that's sad news.

The Blacet Time Machine was my first DIY project and my first step in my move from Euro to Frac. Pretty much one of the most underrated designer of synth circuits.

Sad.

jkjelec · Post by **jkjelec** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:53 am

What sad news. Rest in peace John Blacet.

Besides his great modular designs, Didn't he design the "syn-bow"? It was a unique controller/synthesizer.

MUFF WIGGLER

MUFF WIGGLER

John Blacet has passed away.

John Blacet has passed away.