Author: catsynth

  • Tuna and Yamaha DX100

    Tuna and Yamaha DX100

    Tuna returns with his Yamaha DX100 (because it is clearly his).

    Submitted by @thedigitalpurrgatory via Threads.

    It’s Friday the 13th but not a bad luck with this adorable cat.
    This is Tuna, btw.
    That’s a Yamaha DX100 that he uses as his chair or bed.
    And that’s a mini-blep if you look closely.

  • Shiro and Saruman, Yamaha SK50D, Strymon Timeline

    Shiro and Saruman, Yamaha SK50D, Strymon Timeline

    A very sweet photo featuring both Shiro and Saruman atop the Yamaha SK50D and to either side of the Strymon Timeline! I love how they seem so friendly with each other (unlike Sam Sam and Big Merp who are more like frenemies).

    From our friend Héctor Genis (@hdgenis on Instagram).

  • Tuna and Sora and Yamaha DX100

    Tuna and Sora and Yamaha DX100

    Tuna sits on a Yamaha DX100 synthesizer, and Sora sits nearby. According to @thedigitalpurrgatory on Threads, they are looking at an orange stray cat that showed up in their home.

    Perhaps this mysterious orange visitor will show up in a future CatSynth pic…

  • Parches, Roland TR-707, and Space Echo

    Parches, Roland TR-707, and Space Echo

    Parches poses with a vintage Roland TR-707 drum machine and a Space Echo RE-200. The 200 is a much rarer version than the popular RE-201 Space Echo. It has most of the same features, but a different look and feel.

    From our friend Héctor Genis on Instagram.

  • Wordless Wednesday: S-Bahn

    Wordless Wednesday: S-Bahn

    The S-Bahn in Berlin, as captured using a Lensbaby Edge-35 lens

  • Ansel and rack-mount synths

    Ansel and rack-mount synths

    Ansel is showing off an absolutely insane (in the good sense of the word) tower of vintage rack-mount synthesizers. From top to bottom, we see:

    • Novation Supernova Rack
    • E-MU Audity 2000
    • Casio VZ-10M
    • Yamaha TX-802
    • Yamaha TG77
    • Roland SC-880
    • Oberheim Matrix 1000 (x2)

    Below the rack and just above Ansel we see a Sequentix Cirklon sequencer.

    All in all, quite impressive – we at CatSynth are a bit envious 😺

    From our friend Charles Whiley via Facebook.

  • Lucy and Optigan

    Lucy and Optigan

    Lucy sits with her back to us – as cats are wont to do – on top of a covered EMS VCS3 Putney and a rare vintage Optigan. Submitted by Hamstall Ridware via BlueSky.

    The Optigan was an electronic organ that featured playback of chords, drums, riffs, and other patterns via optical plastic-film discs. In some ways, it was analogous to the magnetic tape playback in a Mellotron, but it was more for backing elements rather than as the main timbral source (although one could certainly create discs to use it that way).

    The vintage portable radio is a nice touch, too.

  • Desi and M-Vave keyboard

    Desi and M-Vave keyboard

    Desi strikes a handsome pose next to an M-Vave MIDI keyboard. (We finally identified the keyboard from Desi’s previous appearance)

    From @mikecohen415 on Instagram.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Plac Grunwaldski

    Wordless Wednesday: Plac Grunwaldski

    Brutalist highrise buildings with rounded windows. Dramatic clouds in the sky.

    The brutalist Plac Grunwaldski housing complex in Wrocław, Poland