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Death of Chris Capel, Creator of Chris’s Dynamic Compressor for Audacity

May 19, 2011 By 9 Comments

With great sadness, I must tell you that I that Chris Capel, the creator of Chris’s Dynamic Compressor plugin for Audacity, died near the middle of April, 2011.

Chris’s blog posts frequently conveyed a spirit of depression, between mathematics, puzzles, and programming. His last blog post was on April 11, 2011. In that most recent post, Chris’s dad commented on April 20, 2011:

I don’t know if anyone follows Chris’s blog in it’s entirety. It was one of the ways I tried to keep touch with how Chris’s life was going. If you have read it, you know that Chris struggled with life.

Chris’s agony with living has ended. Sad does not begin to describe the emotion I feel.

I hope you have peace now son.

I had several times requested to interview Chris on The Audacity to Podcast™. I respected Chris’s work and losing him means losing more than a great programer—it means the end of a life that was worth cherishing.

UPDATE: I’ve been in touch with Chris’s dad Chuck and working to host Chris’s Dynamic Compressor in memory of him.

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  • http://www.percyquest.com/demigodslive/ Elena

    I am truly saddened to hear this news. I myself used, and still currently use, Chris’ Dynamic Compressor. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

  • http://timnormanphoto.com Tim

    Too often we do not verbally let those who have touched us know that they have. Today I got a call from a client who was thrilled with the work I did for them. I wasn’t satisfied with it, but they were. It was nice to hear. Though I didn’t know Chris, I hope he knew his work was appreciated.

  • http://bluecollarcoaching.net James Dibben

    How horrible!

    I had just come by to get a copy of his plugin and I find this news. Yuck!

  • Alan

    Not sure if anyone is aware, but Chris's website is no longer available. I hope that someone finds a way of hosting his excellent work in his honour and perpetuating the memory. I also hope that someone interested in the technology can get hold of the source and keep it alive and growing.

    • http://noodle.mx Daniel Lewis

      Thanks for letting me know. I'll see what I can do.

  • http://postcardsfrompangea.blogspot.com/ JosepZ

    I'm in a state of shock. I periodically checked Chris's Metablog only to see how he was doing. I tried to cheer him up a few times, telling him how I had went through stuff similar to how he described his bipolar disorder back when I was younger. And I was not the only one to try so. But, in the end, it was useless. Very, very sad news.
    Rest in peace, bro. And it also makes me sad to see that this is the only reference to his death in the whole World Wide Web… :(

    • http://www.Noodle.mx Daniel J. Lewis

      Thanks for stopping by.

      Yes, it was a great loss. I've been in touch with Chris's dad and the family is still in pain but trying to keep on living.

  • Nameless one

    I'm shocked, I didn't know. I was searching the last version of his great plugin (the 1.27 was beta yet) and I found this sad news. My sincere gratitude for him and his work.

  • Gasto5

    Wow , a great loss for humanity, and more directly to me because I admired and highly used his ·Compress Dynamics· work. Hats off to a great man.