Author: catsynth

  • Wordless Wednesday: The Infinite Road (Carson Sink, Nevada)

    Wordless Wednesday: The Infinite Road (Carson Sink, Nevada)

    US 95 looking southbound in the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin in northern Nevada.

    If you haven’t yet seen our video of US 95 in the Carson Sink (traveling in the other direction), please check it out here.

  • Yamaha SK50D, CP10, Moog, More

    Yamaha SK50D, CP10, Moog, More

    This cat holds court in an impressive collection of vintage synthesizers and sits on a Yamaha SK50D. We also see a Yamaha CP10, a Moog synthesizer, an electric piano in the back, and more! From Sai Barker via Facebook

    She is enjoying the vintage synths. Happy Sunday! Greetings from Mexico.

    We at CatSynth are also enjoying all the vintage synths. If you can identify any of the others in this photo, please let us know in the comments.

  • CatSynth Video: Jump!

    CatSynth Video: Jump!

    Amusing from Jezebel Delgado on Facebook. This cat is doing the purrfect pedal tone for the start to Van Halen’s infamous “Jump”

    Speaking of Jump, please check out our review and demo of Arturia’s OB-Xa V.

  • Gray Cat and Novation Impulse 61

    Gray Cat and Novation Impulse 61

    A beautiful gray cat plays a noisy bass drone (C# and D#) via a Novation Impulse 61 synthesizer. From Conspirador Norteño on Twitter.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Warm Water Cove Revisited

    Wordless Wednesday: Warm Water Cove Revisited

    A bright return to an old favorite, Warm Water Cove Park on San Francisco’s central waterfront.

  • Kat on a Korg PS-3300

    Kat on a Korg PS-3300

    Cool cat with a lion cut on a Korg modular synth. This appears to a vintage Korg PS-3300. From Very Records via Twitter.

    Kat on a Korg.. 🙂

    The PS-3300 is a rather rare synthesizer, but an impressive one. I did get to play the closely related PS-3100 early this year at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum. You can hear a bit in this video.

  • Drum KAT Cat

    Drum KAT Cat

    Meiko gets ready to lay down some rhythms on the Drum KAT. From our friend Charles Whiley.

    You can see Meiko’s previous appearances here, and all of Charles’ contributions to CatSynth here.

    The Drum KAT has long been a fixture in the world of MIDI percussion. I remember the rectangular pad with “Mickey Mouse ears”, as well as the KAT Mallet and the “MIDI Kiti” that converted external triggers to MIDI, something that would still be valuable today with the proliferation of CV, modular, and alternative sensors for making music.

  • Ringo plays Korg Triton and Waldorf Blofeld

    Ringo plays Korg Triton and Waldorf Blofeld

    Ringo plays a minimalist tone cloud on a Korg Triton Synthesizer. He also has a Waldorf Blofeld if he wants to add another sonic layer to his performance.

    From our friend Damien Olson in New York. You can see a bit of a concert we did together in Brooklyn last year in this video.

  • CatSynth Pic: Fern and Behringer Model D

    CatSynth Pic: Fern and Behringer Model D

    Fern poses with her Behringer Model D synthesizer. From Mouth Full of Corpses on Twitter.

    fern please dust your synth

  • Wordless Wednesday: Radio Tower

    Wordless Wednesday: Radio Tower

    Radio tower atop “Communications Hill” in San Jose, California.