I read earlier this week that Max Neuhaus passed away.

Last year, when I was working full time at Electronic Music Foundation, I was briefly involved with trying to find a commercial home for Auracle, Max’s online interactive improvisation tool.  Go check it out.  You have to download a plugin called JSyn to make it work, but it’s pretty fun and easy to get started.  I know there are other tools out there like this, but I’m pretty sure Max’s was one of the first.