Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius
Arguru | |
|---|---|
Benalmádena, Spain | |
| Genres | Psychedelic trance,[1] pop[citation needed], techno, dance |
| Occupation(s) | music producer, songwriter, and programmer |
| Instrument(s) | FL Studio |
| Years active | 1996–2007 |
| Labels | Out of Orion[1] |
Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius (November 2, 1978 – June 3, 2007), also known as Arguru (sometimes Argu), was a prolific
NoiseTrekker and Directwave. Worked for the company discoDSP and was later hired by Image-Line and involved in the development of Deckadance and FL Studio 7. Arguru died in a car accident on June 3, 2007.[2][3]
Biography
Juan Antonio Arguelles was born on November 2, 1978, in
psytrance as a duo in Malaga under the name Alienated Buddha. They released the album Inpsyde on Out of Orion in February 2002.[1] In May 2000 he created Psycle until version 1.0, which he then released into the public domain
.
Arguru worked for the software company discoDSP with George Reales since July 2002. discoDSP is known for developing
DJ software Deckadance
, released in 2007.
Other projects
- Aodix 1,2 and 3 were basic sequencer programs that used the amiga style "tracker" interface, with an integrated sampler and integrated synth that were progressively dropped in favor of a VST host.
- Aodix 4 is a digital audio workstation program that is advertised as "the ultimate bridge between tracking and sequencing",[5] co-authored with Zafer Kantar,[6] and with the participation of Paul Merchant and Marc De Haar. Aodix 4 brought several innovative technologies to trackers such as pattern zoom and subtick timing and VST support with modular routing. Aodix 4 was a commercial software at its first release, but was re-released as freeware after the death of Juan Antonio.
- music trackers.
- Psycle is a complete modular music creation environment with a tracker interface. Versions up to 1.0 were created by Arguru. After that it was released into the GNU GPLand available for all major platforms.
Death
On June 3, 2007, near the city of
The whole music software community was appalled by Arguru's unexpected death, and showed their strong support to Arguru's relatives.Discography
- Inpsyde by Alienated Buddha (Out of Orion, 2002)[1]
Legacy
- In 2007, deadmau5 and Chris Lake wrote an instrumental titled "Arguru" for the album Random Album Title in memory of Arguru.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Alienated Buddha". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ a b Hispasonic - Fallece Juan Antonio Argüelles, "Arguru"
- ^ Image-Line: Argu
- ^ a b "FL Studio Creator Died in Car Accident". Future Producers forums. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ KVR: Arguru Software Aodix
- ^ "About Aodix and Arguru Software". www.aodix.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Sonicspot - NoiseTrekker Archived 2009-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Renoise InDepth - Arguru died in car accident Archived 2008-12-21 at the Wayback Machine