Felix Visser, the founder of the legendary Dutch synth manufacturer company Synton (1973-1989), has passed away.
Christmas is just around the corner, the festival of love, family, gifts, or simply a beautiful, happy time. But I’ve received sad news from the Synthesizer world.
Felix Visser, founder of the legendary Dutch Synthesizer company Synton, has passed away.
Felix Visser
He was known to many as the Dutch Bob Moog. Felix Visser founded Synton in 1973 after purchasing an EMS Synthi AKS and set out to produce similar equipment with more of the functionality he sought in an analog synth.
Together with the developer/designer Bert Vermeulen, he created several synthesizers, which are now very rare because they were not produced in large quantities.
This includes various models of the Synton Syntovox, the System 2000 and System 3000 modular synthesizers, and the Synton Syrinx, released in 1983.
Fast-forward to 2018 and 2019, when Felix showcased two new Synthesizer prototypes: the PAN and the Syntono prototype at Superbooth. Neither was ever released. His collaboration with This Is Not Rocket Science on the Fenix IV modular synth was released to market.
Following Rene Ubach’s passing in early December, another familiar face from the Dutch Synthesizer community has left us. Very sad news. Thank you so much for everything you did and for your instruments, which we will be talking about for many years to come.
My condolences to the family Visser. RIP Felix. Here is a written interview with Mr Synton for your review.
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