Year: 2024
Gracie with Roland TR-808 and CSQ-600
Our friend Gracie of Synthetic Dreamscapes proudly shows off some vintage Roland boxes: the well-known TR-808 and the lesser-known CSQ-600 (that’s the one she’s actually standing on).
The CSQ-600 is a digital sequencer, but with analog CV and gate outputs (it predates MIDI). It allowed both step and real-time recording and had four separate sequences that could be chained or stacked. It could potentially fit as a sequencer in today’s analog modular systems.
Servo and Pro Tools (and new LP Release)
Servo sneaks up on Ian Beabout who is busy with an open Pro Tools session.
We reviewed Ian’s album “Colouratura: WTF Was That?!” a little while back.
He now has a new remixed version as an LP!
You can find out more about the LP release here. Definitely recommend checking this album out!
Katie and Fairlight CMI
It’s not every day that we at CatSynth encounter a Fairlight CMI! But here we see the beautiful Katie modeling one of these iconic early digital synths. One of the distinctive features is the large monitor which had a light pen, as we see just behind Katie. It was used to assemble sample patches, observe waveforms, and even edit sequences (Page R).
Submitted by Barry Taylor via Facebook.
Wordless Wednesday: Desert Rocks
Enid and Blue Octave CAT
Enid poses atop an unusual blue Octave CAT. A purrfect combination!
From catsofportlandoregon via Instagram.
Blaze with Roland SP-606 and SP-404 MkII
Introducing Blaze, one of the newer members of the household with our friend Alessandro Cilano (automageddon on Instagram). We see her with a 20-year-old Roland SP-606 as well as an SP-404 MkII.
Blaze is still a kitten and gaining her “catsynth” paws.
Jazzy and Modular
Jazzy’s photo looks like one of those classic “classy” synth ads from the 1970s or 1980s. He certainly knows how to pose.
We see a Moog and Behringer modules in Jazzy’s modular system.
From Eevo Lute Music & Technology (@eevolute) on Instagram.
You can see some of Jazzy’s other appearances via his tag.
