Finnegan finds a convenient spot next to an Elektron Octatrak. From @emptyvessel on Twitter.
new addition to the hardware table, I’d love to sample it but I can’t locate any standard audio connections, advice appreciated.
Our experience at CatSynth is that sampling cats is…challenging.
Cute cat with a “Rare USSR Analog Noisebox” as described in this auction and seen on matrixsynth.
“Two LFO waveforms
Two LFO frequency bands
Filter, echo block with LFO delay time modulation
Audio input, CV inAn interesting device using the sound from a gloomy drone to the sounds of dolphins. The device is filled with various sound effects and sounds.
Toggle switches of the Soviet military acceptance, will last a long time!
Also USSR transistors and microcircuits are a powerful base for a unique sound.
Another photo of this instrument.
Strangely, the auction appears to have been canceled. But I am intrigued by the idea of new instruments based on Soviet components, so we will see if it ever returns.
Returning to a favorite subject of mine, the sculpture Icosaspirale by Charles Perry at Maritime Plaza in San Francisco. The “velvet” and bokeh effects were done with the Lensbaby Velvet 56 lens.
The subject line says it all! Cat with a very impressive Buchla modular system, including the multiple-touch controlled voltage source. From Reed Hays via Twitter.
Finnegan as a kitten learning to record tracks in Bitwig Studio via the Korg microKEY. From emptyvessel on Twitter.
Flashback 4 years, it was unusual at the time for him to be confident enough to come near me, let alone “help” with advice in my @Bitwig sessions. He was only about 6 months old at this point. He looks like he only has one paw because the other one was swatting the mouse pointer
A rather royal picture today as Princess Leia (the cat) lounges with a Zoia pedal from Empress Effects. From occurian on Instagram.
We at CatSynth were not familiar with the Zoia, but it looks intriguing. From the official website:
The ZOIA is basically a modular synthesizer in pedal form. Instead of being a delay effect or tremolo, the ZOIA provides the modules necessary to build a delay or tremolo from the ground up. But since you’re the one building it, you can make it do whatever you want. With the ZOIA you can build your own custom effects, synthesizers, midi controllers, and virtual pedal boards. And to make life a little easier, we’ve created modules for all your standard guitar effects. So for instance, if you want a phaser, you can just plop down a phaser. You don’t have to break out the textbooks to learn that they’re built out of all-pass filters. (Of course, if you’re a nerd like us, you can use the ZOIA to build them out of all-pass filters).
https://empresseffects.com/products/zoia
We at CatSynth are nerds, too, and this build phasers from all pass filters.
This cute black cat looks ready to play a Ciat-Lombarde Plumbutter. We also see a Korg Volca Modular, another Volca, and a device that looks to be a Pocket Operator. We at CatSynth also respect this cat’s well-organized patch cables.
From Jackie Rogo via Facebook.
My puss plays a plumbutter
A cat with a Behringer MS-101 synthesizer (red edition). The cat looks rather grumpy.
From Simon Friend via Facebook.
“You said you were getting an SH-101 goddamit!”
The MS-101 ios Behringer’s re-recreation of the infamous Roland SH-101 analog synthesizer. Like the original, it comes in red, blue, and gray, and has that crunchy bass sound. We at CatSynth had the opportunity to try it out at Behringer’s Pre-NAMM event back in 2019.
