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  • Drone Recording: Red Panda, IdiotBox, Elektron, and more

    Drone Recording: Red Panda, IdiotBox, Elektron, and more

    Cat on guitar pedals

    Our feline friend Charlie is ready for a drone recording session. Antoine Marronclษ˜s via Facebook.

    We see some pedals from Red Panda, IdiotBox, and others. Zooming out, we also see an Elektron Digitakt box, a vintage portable cassette recorder, as well as more pedals.

    Guitar pedals, Elektron Digitakt, cassette recorder, laptop with Ableton Live.

    And zooming back in to that cat on the Red Panda Tensor pedal.

    Cat paw on Red Panda Tensor pedal.

    This Tensor pedal is quite intriguing, as I have a longstanding interest in tape effects. From the official website:

    The Tensorโ„ข gives you live reverse and tape stop effects, pitch shifting, time stretching and hold functions that you can combine in creative ways. Slow down, speed up and rewind in real time. Stretch or compress time with no pitch change. Loop, overdub, and randomly slice phrases up to 9.4 seconds (4.7 seconds in stereo).

    http://www.redpandalab.com/products/tensor

  • Wordless Wednesday: Trona Pinnacles

    Wordless Wednesday: Trona Pinnacles

    The eerie alien-like landscape of Trona Pinnacles in the desert of southeast California.

  • Milali with Arturia MicroFreak, Korg MS-20 and Future Retro Revolution

    Milali with Arturia MicroFreak, Korg MS-20 and Future Retro Revolution

    Milali the cat reach a top shelf while stepping on a Future Retro Revolution. Also present: Arturia MicroFreak and Korg MS-20.

    Milali is back, using the Future Retro Revolution to reach…something up on that shelf. We also see an Arturia MicroFreak – a personal favorite of ours – and the Korg MS-20 that we saw in Milali’s previous appearance.

    Submitted by Caroline Sommer via our Facebook page.

  • Cat on Covered Synths

    Cat on Covered Synths

    Cats sitting on synths are a regular occurrence on this site – it’s kinda what we do. But our cat today is sitting on synth covers. Some beautiful covers, actually. There is the ARP Odyssey with classic lettering, and the more oblique “Synthesizers” with future-retro lettering. What actual synth lies beneath the cover and the cat is left as an exercise to the reader.

    Submitted by Barry Whyte via our Facebook page.

  • Jeffin Rodegheri and Cat duo

    Jeffin Rodegheri and Cat duo

    A duo featuring Jeffin Rodegheri and a very serious cat on keyboard. Found via ScottsBassLessons.com on Facebook.

    This music score deserves an Oscar ๐Ÿ˜น๐Ÿ™Œ…

    This cat’s musicality is impressive, and works well with the harmony and counterpoint from the bass.

  • Milali with Korg MS-20 and Future Retro Revolution

    Milali with Korg MS-20 and Future Retro Revolution

    Milali from Stuttgart poses elegantly atop a Future Retro Revolution synthesizer. Below is a Korg MS-20. A beautiful cat with two beautiful instruments.

    Submitted by Caroline Sommer via our Facebook page.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Second Street Return

    Wordless Wednesday: Second Street Return

    An office building plaza where I used to enjoy stopping and sitting. It felt so…urban. It was good to visit again recently after a long hiatus.

  • Behringer RD-8 and Modular

    Behringer RD-8 and Modular

    This cat is singing to accompaniment from a Behringer RD-8 Rhythm Composer and a modular system housed in Arturia RackBrute 6U case. We see offerings from Mutable Instruments, Dopfer, TipTop Audio, Behringer (again), Endorphines, and more.

    Submitted by Michael Caves via our Facebook page.

  • Borat the kitten and Yamaha EZ 200 Keyboard

    Borat the kitten and Yamaha EZ 200 Keyboard

    Borat, an adorable black kitten, jumps up on a Yamaha keyboard (which we at CatSynth identified as the EZ 200) and plays us a song. Found via Borat’s Twitter feed.

  • CatSynth Pic: Two Cats in the Studio

    CatSynth Pic: Two Cats in the Studio

    We have two cats in this studio during purrfect yin-yang pose under a pale blue light. Submitted by Derek Carter via our Facebook page.

    We see an M-Audio Oxygen controller on the desk, and a Moog Sub-37 (or Subsequent?) in the lower right corner.