Underneath the Presidio Parkway (US 101) as it approaches the Golden Gate Bridge. It passes over a hillside that includes the Presidio Pet Cemetery. If you haven’t yet seen our video about this special place, please check it out below.
Month: May 2023
Dali, Hydrasynth, Sequential, Roland , Oberheim
Dali is the “critical ears of the studio”. And it’s a nice studio, featuring a Hydrasynth, Sequential Prophet X, Roland System-8, an Oberheim Matrix 1000, a Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator, and more.
Submitted by Dirk Vanstraelen via our Facebook page.
Ilya Kovalchuk, Nord Lead 2, Moog Slim Phatty
Whiska, Moog Voyager, 5U Modular
Whiska is doing what cats do below a Moog Voyager and what appears to be a 5U Modular system. From our friend 1000cables (Davor Gazde) on Instagram.
Whiska and me doing our thing
https://www.instagram.com/p/CsViWMotY9K/
Big Merp, Yamaha RX5, and Modular
Today we feature our very own Big Merp in the studio. He was assisting with our recent video on the Yamaha RX5 – specifically the “RX5USB” cartridge. We also one portion of our modular collection, including Metasonix modules, Rossum Morpheus, E350 Morphing Terrarium, Benjolin, Expert Sleepers, Sputnik Modular, Mordax, 4MS, Make Noise, Pittsburgh Modular, Koma Elektronik, 2hp, Folktek, and more.
This is the video we were working on at the time.
We also have a detailed tutorial for the RX5 itself
Nina Ros DJ Set
Nina Ros, the feline companion of DJ Franck Ros, is getting ready for the next set with all sorts of wires coming into the mixer.
From ros_franck on Instagram, where you can see more pics of their setup. Among other items in their arsenal we found a Yamaha DX100, Novation Bass Station and Kawaii R100 drum machine.
Wordless Wednesday: Carrizo Plain Superbloom
A wide view of the superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument back in April.
We have a lot more photos from Carrizo Plain on our Instagram.
Elektron Analog Four and Octatrack
This cat has a pretty cool setup including an Elektron Analog Four – that’s one we don’t see as often – and an Octatrack. We also see a modular system, an FMR Really Nice Compressor, and the mixers and patch bays that are essential for any synth studio. From discotheque_sauvage on Instragram.
This is not the first time we have featured discotech_sauvage, their cat, and their Elektron instruments. Check out this previous post.
Bread and Tuna with Yamaha DX100 and RX7
Bread (orange) and Tuna (black) team up again. Bread is playing the Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer and Tuna has his paws on the RX7 drum machine. Together, they are ready for some retro-1980s Yamaha-synth fun. From thedigitalpurrgatory on Instagram.
The RX7 is quite similar to the RX5 drum machine we have here at CatSynth HQ, and a fine instrument in itself – the only main differences are that the RX5 has separate outputs for different pads and more complex envelope editing. You can find out more about the RX5 (and by extension the RX7) in our recent demo and tutorial.
