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  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Luna’s Birthday and Quiet Weekend

    It’s a quiet rainy weekend here at CatSynth HQ. Indeed, we are expecting more nasty storms today and tomorrow. That makes it a perfect time to stay inside and catch up on things, and of course to extend celebrating Luna’s Birthday. If you haven’t already done so, go check out her birthday photos.

    A friend of ours send a birthday card. Here we see Luna examining it.

    With the quiet time ahead of us, it might also be a good opportunity to try a recipe from Meow Chow, particularly if it something that both felines and humans can enjoy.

    I always notice how much the cat on the front of the book looks like Luna 🙂

    Weekend Cat Blogging #390 is hosted by Kashim, Othello and Salome. They are also announcing that the Weekend Cat Blogging round-up will be coming to an end this month. It is a bit sad, but it does seem that it’s popularity has been dwindling. We will certainly be here to mark the final one later this month.

    Meanwhile, the Carnival of the Cats continues, and will be up this Sunday at .

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator. They even had Luna’s birthday up before I could post it – thanks!

  • Happy Birthday Luna!

    November 30 is Luna’s birthday as listed in her adoption records. My ketzela is officially eight years old today. She looks all grown up and beautiful in the portrait above, but she also can still seem like a kitten, as in this photo where she receives some birthday scritches.

    Please join me in wishing her a Happy Birthday!

  • CatSynth video: Borgatron, beer, disco light and cat

    From SolarisBorgatron, via matrixsynth, where you can find additional info and videos.

    “A Demo of the Borgatron in action … a beer and a disco light.”

  • Wordless Wednesday: Screaming Cat on Spring Street



  • CatSynth video: Donna’s stone table dance

    From Ebotronix on YouTube, via matrixsynth.

    Korg MS 20 duophonic via
    Kenton Pro Solo & Pro Solo Mk 2
    Yamaha MCS 02
    FX TC M 3000 Boss VF 1
    Logic Master Clock & Drums

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Bronx Cat

    After the Issue Project Room show in Brooklyn last Saturday, I headed north to the Bronx. Out on the street in Riverdale in the Bronx, I came across this cat:

    The cat was a bit shy, keeping a bit of distance, but not running away either. It eventually went up one driveway.

    It seemed to be a pet cat, not a stray, and after several entreaties came up to me, even head-butting my hand. It is always a treat to encounter cats when out and about.

    Weekend Cat Blogging Thanksgiving Edition is hosted by Jules and Vincent over at Judi’s Mind Over Matter.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted this Sunday by Nikita and Elvira at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat.

    And the Friday Ark is hosted by the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Mister Kitty

    Mister Kitty returns today, with the impressive synth collection he shares with prophei.

    I will leave off the list of synths as an exercise to the reader. Anyone care to give it a try? 🙂

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Luna (Noise Research)

    We at CatSynth are always curious about musical contraptions whose names include “Luna”. The latest we have encountered is luna_NT from Luna Noise Research (aka luna_lab).

    Of course, I had to coax Luna to pose with it. She was mildly curious (as she is with anything that arrives at CatSynth HQ).

    But what does this contraption sound like? I managed to rustle up a 9-volt battery and fire it up. Here is a brief video of what we encountered:

    You will have to pardon the bad iPhone videography. But it does give an idea of what the basic functions do. What I can do with it musically remains to be seen.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #387 is hosted by Samantha, Clementine and Maverick.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Mind of Mog.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator

  • CatSynth pic: Hop ? (Prophet 5)

    Another from Sawa Masaki on flickr. More at tjlaser.com

  • CatSynth pic: Mimi and Juno 60

    From our friends at polynominal.com, Mimi returns once again, with a Juno 60.

    At 16, Mimi is a senior cat.  But she is still going strong, and has the best synthesizer collection of any cat we know!