Author: catsynth

Wordless Wednesday: Rite Spot Cafe

The Rite Spot Cafe in San Francisco is a great little venue in the Mission District for food, drink, and live music. We saw our friends in Past Present Future play there a couple of weekends ago and featured them in a recent CatSynth TV episode.

Dahlia and 1010music Blackbox

The beautiful Dahlia returns, this time sitting under the desk with a 1010music Blackbox portable sampling synthesizer and sundry audio gear. From our friend Rob Robinson via Facebook.

She is the true wizard of the studio, if any magic happens at all it’s because of her. 🙂

Sam Sam, MiniBrute 2, Modular, Octave CAT

Black and white cat standing on a covered synthesizer and keenly inspecting the patch bay on an Arturia MiniBrute 2 analog synthesizer. Next to her head is a small modular setup with modules from several manufacturers.

It’s rare that Sam Sam ever gets up on one of the synth desks, so when she did I rushed to snap some photos. This was the best one, with her standing on our vintage Octave CAT (safely covered) and inspecting the Arturia MiniBrute and RackBrute modular setup.

A full account of synth brands in this photo can be found in the tags.

Nomi tests the presets (Korg, Behringer)

The adorable Nomi tries out some sounds with a Korg keyboard, Volca, and a Behringer Neutron.

Submitted by our friend David Van Brink via Facebook.

Wordless Wednesday: Alexanderplatz geometry

Behringer Model D and CME UF 80 keyboard

This cat has found a nice napping spot on the desk near a Behringer Model D synthesizer and a CME UF 80 controller keyboard. And the orange towel suggests this is a regular spot.

From Patrick Summey on Facebook, who assures us that “she is a fixture” 😺

Keks, Modular, and Arturia KeyStep

Keks sits in front of a multi-row and multi-case modular system, along with an Arturia KeyStep. Submitted by nystada via Twitter/X.

It turns out the Keks means “biscuits” in German.

Russet with portable modular and Portastudio

Beautiful Persian cat Russet sits in front of a very portable modular system and a TASCAM digital Portastudio. Submitted by Barry C (aka Legacy Systems) via BlueSky.

This is our Persian cat – called Russet – assisting me with some evening noodling on my very portable modular rig.

Wordless Wednesday: POLIN Geometry

An interesting view of POLIN Museum of the History of the Polish Jews in Warsaw, featuring several different layers of geometry and texture.

Tweek and Modular

Tweek peeks from behind a modular system in this moody black-and-white photo.

From dafake via Instagram.