Chuck is back! And this time he has an Arturia KeyStep, Roland MC-101, Modal Electronics Skulpt, and Elektron Model:Samples. From Morgan Webster via our Facebook page.
Author: catsynth
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Mr Maximillion and Wall of Synths
Our friend Mr. Maximillion poses in front of a “wall of synths”, including classic offerings from Roland, Akai, and Ensoniq. Among them is an Ensoniq ASR-10; we still have one here at CatSynth HQ.
From Charles Whiley via Facebook.
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Colleen “Night Looping – Movement II”
Musician Colleen (Cécile Schott) plays a beautiful live set on two Moog Granthmoders, several MoogerFooger pedals. Her cat Sol is sleeping blissfully atop a vintage Roland Space Echo (RE-201). Watch all the way to the end 😺
From the Instagram post of the same video:
Today you can listen to the suite of 3 movements that closes the album, “Night looping”, a homage to insomnia, to laying in bed at night and thinking in loops about the best and the worst that could happen to you, or that may already have happened to you… Available on all platforms.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw2zdvwtxCd/
I hope you will enjoy this video of “Movement II”, which I shot in the sleepy presence of my beloved Sol one week ago. Technical explanations are in the subtitles of the video, and as usual, I’ll be happy to reply to any question you may have! As with the whole album, this song uses only one synth, the @moogsynthesizers Grandmother, and one delay, in this case the Moogerfooger MF-104M. Nothing else, and no digital production involved.You can find more of Colleen’s music at colleencolleen.bandcamp.com
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Kamal Sabran jams in the studio with his cat
It’s always fun to check in with our friend Kamal Sabran as he jams in his unique studio with his cats. We see a Behringer Neutron, a Roland SP-404SX, a vintage Ace Tone Rhythm Fever, an analog oscilloscope, and reel-to-reel. I’m definitely curious about what the reel-to-reel tape is contributing to the music in this jam.
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Newt on the Piano (Rock Cats)
Newt has been practicing and getting more adept at the piano. She is one of the Amazing Acro-Cats and a member of their band the Rock Cats.
To find out more about the Acro Cats, including upcoming shows and their rescue work, please visit https://rockcatsrescue.org/
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Wordless Wednesday: Chollas
Chollas in Joshua Tree National Park this past spring. Photo taken with my Soviet-era Helios 44-2 lens and edited in Adobe Lightroom the partial monochrome effect.
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Bread and Teenage Engineering OP-1
Bread is curled up on the Teenage Engineering OP-1. We saw Bread’s sibling Kielbasa (aka “Not Tuna”) with the same OP-1 recently.
From thedigtalpurrgatory on Instagram.
Bread snuggled up between me and the OP-1. Good morning, Bread.
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Sidney Crosby on Pedals and Mini-Synths
Sidney Crosby does what cats do best and has jumped up on the platform with numerous pedals and mini-synths belonging Scott Smigiel.
Submitted by bittersweetdb on Mastodon.
Here’s Sidney Crosby on @ssmigiel’s live setup of many pedals and mini synths.
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Big Merp on the Modular Desk
Big Merp loves attention and always wants to be where the action is. So it’s fairly common to find him on this spot between the MacBook Pro and the Modular system. And in this instance, he struck a particularly handsome pose 😻. You can see quite a few of our Eurorack modules, including our prized Metasonix yellow and silver tube modules in the upper left corner of the case, as well as many others that have appeared in our recordings and videos over the years. A full list of brands is in the tags.
This is also where we shoot a lot of our hardware demo videos, so it often ends up cluttered. But we always make sure there is space because you never know when Merp is going to jump up and say hi.
