Downtown Brooklyn, near Fulton Market
Author: catsynth
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Pittsburgh Modular Taiga: Experiments in Waveshaping & Chaos
Tiger and composer-performer Sarah Belle Reid demonstrate the new Taiga semi-modular synth from Pittsburgh Modular.
To find out more about the Taiga, please visit https://pittsburghmodular.com/taiga
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Mensa Cat Monday: Shakespeare and Music
We at CatSynth are happy to welcome back the Mensa Cats in a brand-new comic by J.B.! This one deals with the intersection of Shakespeare and music in a delightfully droll manner.
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Barney and empty mixer
Barney is back, and he is struggling with his new experimental empty-mixer track. From @bigbadchang on Twitter.
Barney could really use your help. His empty mixer album just isn’t coming together. Also he hasn’t been fed in three minutes. Art truly is suffering.
We hope this feature on CatSynth serves as some consolation.
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Groundhog-Synth Pic: Herman and Yamaha RX5
It’s Groundhog Day, so we’re featuring the venerable Herman, the stuffed-toy groundhog I have had since childhood, atop our Yamaha RX5 drum machine. Definitely a vintage vibe on both counts.
If you haven’t yet seen or detailed demo and tutorial on the Yamaha RX5, please check it out.
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Game Cat Synthesizer
Error Instruments have rereleased their Game Cat noise synthesizer.
I might just have to get one of these.
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Cat and Arturia MiniBrute
A moody photo of a cat looking out the window while their human plays an Arturia MiniBrute. I instantly recognized the instrument as we have one at HQ.
From Dario Duarte (@darioduartenunez) on Instagram.
Saturday, cat and synthesizer
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbSyEkmOzlx/Duarte is a composer based in Argentina who described his music as “Post-classical, neoclassical, ambient”. You can hear some of his music on his bandcamp page. Here is his latest release.
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Casio SK-5 32-Key Sampling Keyboard
A cute cat positing with a Casio SK-5 sampling keyboard. From an auction, seen on matrixsynth.
via this auction
“kitty not included
works like a charm and has been taken care of very well. has some signs of use but nothing alarming. will need new batteries for sure. perfect lofi sounds. the organs are my favorite.”
https://www.matrixsynth.com/2023/01/casio-sk-5-32-key-sampling-keyboard.htmlThe drum pads on the SK-5 are instrument, and different from the SK-1 and SK-10 that we have here at CatSynth HQ.
