No, that’s not Sam Sam, but a similarly marked cat (at least from the back). She is inside her own “synth fortress” with w Korg Poly-800, and Yamaha CS01, DX100, and VSS-30 synthesizers. From thedigitalpurrgatory on Instagram.
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Her very own (almost) color-coded fortress of synths while the wooden cat watches her sleep. [Korg Poly-800, Yamaha CS01, Yamaha DX100, Yamaha VSS-30]
Cat posing with a Korg Prologue synthesizer. From James Maier on Facebook.
“Stop playing with that and pay attention to meeeee.”
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The Prologue is a mixed analog and digital synth, with an intriguing open architecture for the digital oscillators. You can read on brief NAMM review of the instrument here.
Handsome Marcel returns, and enjoys participating in a modular-synth session with his human polynominal. Both are longtime friends of CatSynth and you can see their previous posts here.
Gracie is back! This time with an Ensoniq SQ-80 synthesizer. From Alsún Ní Chasaide (Alison Cassidy) via Facebook.
It seems that Gracie really likes this particular synth 😸
The SQ-80 is an interesting synth that came out about the same time as the Ensoniq EPS (which along with its successor the ASR-10 were mainstays of my studio until about 2000). From Vintage Synth Explorer:
The SQ-80 is basically a reved-up ESQ-1 with a total of 75 waveforms, a 61-note keyboard with velocity & aftertouch, floppy disk drive for storing patches and sequences, and an enhanced sequencer. Great for organs, analog-type sounds, pads and sound effects. Like the classic ESQ-1, the SQ-80 functions in providing analog-type 4-pole lowpass filtering and editing of digital waveforms. Each voice can combine up to 3 of the 75 waveforms. These waveforms include multi-sampled transient attack waves such as violin bow, plectrum picks, mallet, hammer, breath attacks and percussive sounds. There are also 5 sampled drum sets. Three LFOs are onboard for some pretty wild modulation of the sounds you create or edit.
This cat knows how to frame his poses purrfectly 😸
Most of the modular is obscured by this cutie, but we do espy a pair of KOMA Field Kits, as well as a Buchla Music Easel.
From catsofmodular on Instagram.
This cat has found a cozy resting place between a Yamaha Reface DX and various violin cases. From our friend Chrissie Caulfield on Twitter.
Cat makes den from musical instruments pic.twitter.com/HUXmZ7Yrw9
— Chrissie Caulfield (@Chrissie_c) October 5, 2018
