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Arguru passes away in a car accident

Submitted by bantai on June 5, 2007 - 11:00

We are sad to hear that Arguru has died in a car accident on 3 June 2007.  He was a very talented programmer and creator of a lot of great software, including NoiseTrekker, which formed the basis for the very first version of Renoise.

Arguru

Juan Antonio Argüelles Rius will be remembered as a very productive and talented developer, starting new projects every few months.  His work includes NoiseTrekker, Aodix, Modix, and Psycle and plugins such as DirectWave and StarDust.  He was also recently involved with projects for ImageLine FL Studio.

We offer our condolences to Arguru's family and friends. Rest in Peace, Arguru.

Original announcement (translated from Spanish)

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23 comments

Submitted by Drule (not verified) on July 10, 2007 - 09:58
Jesus Christ, that is horrible. My condolences go out to his family and friends. Rest in Peace.
Submitted by nthlogik (not verified) on June 6, 2008 - 03:29
i stand here in utter shock to find out Juan Antonio Argüelles Rius has passed away. i didn't know him personally at all, though, i have complete respect for the man that has built a great many things..... i remember using his psycle 1.7.4 program a number of years back and it seemed very clear to me he was a person to honor/pay homage to ..... with a long standing mantle of programming genius he was & always will be remembered for.
Submitted by iXR (not verified) on July 15, 2008 - 02:38
See u forever...... DJ iXRaeL
Submitted by Olli Niemitalo (not verified) on August 9, 2008 - 08:53
Sad news indeed. :( Love from yehar/#musicdsp
Submitted by Apr0nz (not verified) on December 13, 2008 - 23:41
Rest in peace my friend! :(
Submitted by nagz (not verified) on January 24, 2009 - 19:25
A good friend passed away.. it's been a while now thought, but the significance remains :( i remember discussing the possibilities in Psycle a lot back then.. see ya man!
Submitted by Sourcekode@msn.com (not verified) on April 1, 2009 - 21:16
I'm a really Renoise freak. It was THE tracker continuing the scandinavian oldskool tracker-like interface where notes are falling down. I really prefer Renoise (TWNN) above left to right win applications like fruityloops and many other. TWNN gave me that oldskool tracker interface with new DISTORT! and Cutoff/ Resonance control. For me he was the first giving me that ability in tracking and use only computer- applications to create good (semi)professional recordings. Today the 1st of April i 2009 was looking for an old copy of TWNN and then... . Thank you for your very usefull software Juan. I will always remember you. C64-Amiga-PC scene BLASTS!..
Submitted by Asuyuka (not verified) on June 3, 2009 - 20:34
It's been two years to the day and it still hurts to think about his passing. I hope you're being treated well in wherever, Arguru. =(
Submitted by sax (not verified) on June 15, 2009 - 17:57
I'm very sad to read this. I use your software since many years.. thank you for all Arguru, rest in peace.
Submitted by Sneaky (not verified) on July 6, 2009 - 16:40
Found out who Arguru was on wikipedia yesterday, and today i read that he has died. Obviously a genius of a man, respect.
Submitted by rool (not verified) on August 17, 2009 - 21:16
i was actually trying to find some contact info to thank this guy. after switching from amiga to pc, i've been searching for an amiga-style tracker and i've been working for years now on his noisetrekker... really sad news. he definitely brought music to my life. respect.
Submitted by sonia (not verified) on August 27, 2009 - 17:57
En nombre de la familia de Juan Antonio agüelles ¨Arguru¨, quiero dar las gracias a todas las personas que han sentido su muerte.
Submitted by It-Alien (not verified) on September 8, 2009 - 12:43
a translation of the above message from spanish: "On behalf of Arguru's family, I thank all people who were touched by his death."
Submitted by Xmau5 (not verified) on May 11, 2010 - 21:40
this is why deadmau5 make the song Arguru
Submitted by Johan Adler (not verified) on July 21, 2010 - 08:51
I just found out about this horrible loss that occurred more than three years ago, when searching for more information about the wonderful programs of his, Saiko r7 & 10r9. I can not remember when I first started playing with and greatly enjoying Saiko, but I really do love them, and it makes me very sad to read about the death of such an inspired and inspiring musician and programmer. Not having used any of his other creations, I ask you not to forget Saiko. It was difficult to find any information about Arguru on Facebook, until I made a search on his full name finding a page that so far only contains information collected from Spanish Wikipedia. (Searching for Arguru gave a lot of links to Deadmau5 but I saw none explicitly about Arguru himself.) Johan Adler Stockholm, Sweden
Submitted by D-Kem (not verified) on September 28, 2010 - 02:48
Very sad and a huge loss. 3 years too late but sincere condolancies to family and friends. A genius lost, RIP.
Submitted by homi (not verified) on October 21, 2010 - 21:44
Terrible loss , RIP brother , Thank you
Submitted by Ben (not verified) on February 6, 2011 - 01:00
I seek after Saiko and I see that... I think I'll play with it differently now. Condolences.
Submitted by Alice (not verified) on March 11, 2011 - 16:08
You are not forgotten!
Submitted by Imba (not verified) on March 31, 2011 - 00:23
Hope you're resting in peace buddy, we're not forgetting about you.
Submitted by Dave (not verified) on May 7, 2011 - 04:08
In honor of your memory. You made this in 2000.. RIP http://bit.ly/ljib3s
Submitted by devgchr (not verified) on June 17, 2011 - 23:15
Rest in peace. You are missed.
Submitted by Sheldon Lawrence (not verified) on December 23, 2011 - 11:50
Paying my respects. Thank you for creating so much cool and free software. Yours is truly a generous and extremely intelligent soul with a passion for creation. You have made your mark on the world.
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