Sutter Street in downtown San Francisco near Union Square. We see the jumble of different architectural styles and heights that characterize these blocks.
This photo was taken in late February. The traffic and bustle of activity feel so long ago.
Author: catsynth
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CatSynth Video: Katy’s Organ Solo
Katy performs an organ solo. Apparently, she has been practicing quite a bit.
From Wayne Jackson of Later Days, who is also the founder of Woodstockhausen and μhausen (micro-hausen). See all our μhausen posts here. And check out this video from the 2018 event.
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CatSynth Pic: Big Merp, Sensel Morph, Arturia MicroFreak, and Modular
Our very own Big Merp is our featured cat as he sits in the middle of our demo rig featuring a Sensel Morph (with Buchla Thunder overlay), Arturia MicroFreak, and our modular synth setup.
If you haven’t already done so, please check out our recent video with Big Merp’s performance and our demo connecting the Sensel Morph to the modular via Max/MSP.
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CatSynth Pic: Arturia CS-80 V
A beautiful gray cat reviews patches for the Arturia CS-80 V. From Tomás Mulcahy via the Arturia V Collection users group on Facebook.
She’s reminding me to take a break from the patch sheets!
Our cats are definitely good at reminding us to take breaks, especially in these times.
If you haven’t yet done so, please check out our demo/tutorial of the mighty CS-80 V.
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Wordless Wednesday: Garden of Stones
As we count down to the start of Passover, we look back at my visit to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York last November. The Garden of Stones is a living memorial to the holocaust, with an arrangement of trees and stones that complement and contrast the architecture of the building. From this perspective, they also frame 1 World Trade Center quite nicely.
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CatSynth Pic: Zatoichi and Metasonix G-1000 (F**king F**ker)
Our friends at Metasonix are notorious for the colorful names on their products (especially the pre-modular pedals). Here we see Zatoichi the cat posing with the G-1000 “Fucking Fucker”, a mangling tube-based guitar amp.
Here is a demo of the G-1000 from Big City Music.
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CatSynth Pic: New Cat Module
It looks like someone managed to integrate their cat into their Eurorack system. From klusa_daba_music via Instagram.
new kind of modular, sounds really organic 🦑🦑
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CatSynth Pic: Merce, Jomox Resonator Neuronium, MicroKORG, and Fluxus
Our friend Merce joins us again, with the Jomox Resonator Neuronium along with the MicroKORG. He also shares this classic Fluxus piano piece by George Brecht.
When you can’t even get a Fluxus piece right. George Brecht, “3 Piano Pieces,” from Water Yam, 1962
Even we at CatSynth sometimes find it hard to Fluxus right in these anxious times.
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CatSynth Pic: LepLoop
A rare LepLoop synthesizer and groove box in front of a fanciful feline artwork. From LepLoop on Instagram.
We at CatSynth are not particularly familiar with the LepLoop, so we looked it up. Here is a brief summary from a 2016 Sound On Sound article.
The LepLoop is an analogue synth, sequencer and percussion module all the way from sunny Italy. Hand-built into a light wooden enclosure, this tiny groovebox is pock-marked with patch points and able to hook up with MIDI, CV or DIN Sync gear. Regardless of its connectivity, the LepLoop inhabits a wayward world of its own when it comes to traditions such as melody and control. This is because at its heart is a sample and hold generator that provides source material for a looping analogue sequencer. Notes generated at random are captured and — if you like what you hear — worked on until you feel like dipping in again.
Inside are two VCOs, a noise source, a low-pass filter, a dedicated bass drum, twin VCAs (each with a simple envelope) and a switching system offering near-modular flexibility.
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Wordless Wednesday: Lucky Cat
“Lucky cat” figurine purchased in Shanghai, China in 2009. It appears in many of our synth-demo videos.