Author: catsynth

  • Wordless Wednesday: Purple House

    Wordless Wednesday: Purple House

    Bright purple building at the intersection of Market Street and Waller Street in San Franciso. It just so happens to be the SF LGBT Center, all decked out for Pride.

  • Toro Meets Tiger

    Toro Meets Tiger

    Tiger, the orange kitten, is excited about this freshly unboxed Behringer Toro bass synthesizer.

  • Monty and Nord

    Monty and Nord

    Monty is getting ready to play some electric piano on his Nord keyboard. From our friend Dave Newhouse (The Muffins, Moon X, and numerous other musical collaborations).

    Monty helping with some keyboard tracks for Michael Bass and my collaboration album. (I especially like Monty’s Fender Rhodes sound on this one.)

    You can see our interview with Dave Newhouse and Jerry King below.

    You also check out his music at https://davenewhouse.bandcamp.com/

  • Sora and Novation Bass Station

    Sora and Novation Bass Station

    Sora has found a nice napping spot atop this Novation Bass Station.

    Submitted by thedigtalpurrgatory via our Instagram account.

    Sora loves a good Bass Station.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Microcosmic

    Wordless Wednesday: Microcosmic

    A space-age-looking kinetic sculpture at a station along the new T line extension in San Francisco. The sculpture, titled Microcosmic, was created by Santa-Cruz-based artist Moto Ohtake. Besides being interesting in itself, it’s also cool because I have a commissioned piece by Ohtake here at CatSynth HQ!

  • Nico, Alesis Electronic Drums and Guitars

    Nico, Alesis Electronic Drums and Guitars

    Nico is the sibling of Hookah the Cat. He prefers electronic drums like the Alesis set we see in this photo. We also see an array of guitars on the wall and some plush animals – Nico fits right in with that arrangement.

    Submitted by Darren Douglas Danahy via our Facebook page.

    Nico prefers electronic drums and guitars to synthesizers, so I’m not sure if he qualifies for CatSynth – but he does have adoring fans as you can see.

    He certainly does and we’re happy to welcome him here at CatSynth. And there is one more little fun fact about him:

    Nico likes to steal the drum sticks and hide them from me

  • Molly, Meris Delay Polymoon, Pladask Baklengs, Strymon El Capistan

    Molly, Meris Delay Polymoon, Pladask Baklengs, Strymon El Capistan

    Adorable kitten Molly is starting young with her effects pedals. She has a Merris Delay Polymoon, Pladask Baklengs granular effect, and Strymon El Capistan tape echo. From Flavigula on Mastodon.

  • Nepal and Synthesizer Blanket

    Nepal and Synthesizer Blanket

    Nepal is looking very relaxed on this synthesizer blanket. We a see a Sequential Mopho (yellow), Korg Mini Kaoss Pad (red), as well as several others.

    From Brian T Geigner via Facebook.

  • PixL, Moog, E-MU SP-12, Yamaha, more

    PixL, Moog, E-MU SP-12, Yamaha, more

    Meet PixL, who debuts with a couple of very stylized photos. This first one features PixL atop a Moog synthesizer (specific ID left as an exercise to the reader). This next picture includes an E-MU SP-12 drum machine, a Yamaha TG-33, and more. From burnsfield_art on Instragram.

    There’s a new kid in town.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Auburn

    Wordless Wednesday: Auburn

    Looking north on Auburn Street, a narrow street between Chinatown and Russian Hill in San Francisco.