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[[File:Ray Wilson pro pic.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]'''Ray Wilson''' (1956–2016)
== Biography ==
=== Education and how MFOS got started ===
First employed at a steel mill he bought sold and traded analog synthesizers, mainly Korgs, Mini-Moogs, and a variety of the patchable semi-modular Rolands. There he also went through an electronic repairman apprenticeship program. Supplementing the classroom training with [[breadboard]] experimentation, a Heathkit [[microprocessor]] trainer kit, and a great deal of reading and maths. Learning enough to spend the next fifteen years in the medical electronics industry.<ref name="book" />
Together with a friend in the 1970s through into the early 1980s he sold [[electronics kits]] under the name Waveform Processing, advertised in [[Radio Electronics magazine]]. While keeping on researching, breadboarding and developing [[monophonic]] and [[polyphonic]] synths. Coming across the versatile [[OnChip Systems|Curtis Electromusic Specialties]] ICs designed by [[Doug Curtis]].<ref name="book" />
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Developing and publishing a simple, battery-powered mini-synthesizer, called the [[Sound Lab Mini-Synth]] for which he started selling PCBs, led in 2008<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/company/music-from-outer-space-llc Music From Outer Space LLC], LinkedIn</ref> to the birth of his brand [[Music From Outer Space]] (MFOS). The information available on the MFOS website is respected by synth-DIYers the world over.<ref name="book" />
On the 21st July 2016 Ray died of cancer
== Not open source ==
Ray was happy to share his circuit designs and knowledge with hobbyists but did not give permission to mass or hand produce what he considered his intellectual property.<ref name="mfos">{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth_new/ELECTRONICS/MakingMoneyWithMFOS.php |title=Making $Money$ With MFOS |accessdate=2016-07-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219234252/http://musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth_new/ELECTRONICS/MakingMoneyWithMFOS.php |archivedate=2017-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.synthbeat.com/synth-diy/ Ray Wilson of “Music From Outer Space” On Do It Yourself Synthesizers], Synthbeat.com</ref> MFOS designs are now owned by [https://synthcube.com/cart/music-from-outer-space synthCube].
== Writings on electronic music ==
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