First of two videos submitted by vlern via facebook. It looks like he has a new kitten, Stella. Looks like she’s a bit wary of the Monotron, though.
Category: Cats
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CatSynth pic: Theo
Submitted by Julian Dreißig on facebook.
“Scales exercises for four paws.
Theo from Berlin says Hello.” -
Weekend Cat Blogging: Luna and Apple
The influence of Apple and Steve Jobs extends deep into this site and into our lives at CatSynth HQ. For today’s Weekend Cat Blogging, we look at a few of the many photos of Luna with Apple computers and devices:
This last photo is one of our many taken with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone. Indeed, most of the photos, even those not taken with an iPhone, are processed on a MacBook or Mac Pro. Nearly all of the writing is done on a MacBook, and occasionally on an iPad. The technology of Apple has become ubiquitous, even down to blogs featuring cats.
Weekend Cat Blogging #331, is hosted by pam at Sidewalk Shoes, where Smudge says Happy Fall to everyone.
Carnival of the Cats will be up tomorrow at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat.
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
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CatSynth video: circuit bent doomsday device analog synth
From SuperRoss007 on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
Warning: the sound from this circuit-bent device is quite loud and high-pitched. But the cat seems quite nonchalant about the whole thing, casually cleaning herself/himself during the performance.
Luna is a bit like that as well when I fire up even the more esoteric musical gear.
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CatSynth pic: RITM Soviet Synthesizer (Con Moto)
Via matrixsynth, an image of a rare Soviet synthesizer RITM-2, and with a cat. The original post from 2010 is here. The recent post features a performance using the RITM-2.
“16. Con motto VL147 (1897)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911)Edan Gillen performing on the RITM-2 synthesizer.”
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Carnival of the Cats 394
We welcome everyone to Carnival of the Cats #394, a weekly round-up of cat articles from a variety of blogs. New participants are always welcome; and you can find out more at the official Carnival of the Cats site.
Many cat bloggers are marking LIVESTRONG Day, to recognize those who are currently fighting cancer and to remember those who have lost their lives to these terrible diseases. So we are dedicating this week’s Carnival to that effort. Cancer is complex and diverse and affects felines as well as humans, and we hope we continue to find ways to help people survive.
And so let us begin with the round-up.
Cats love resting in the sunshine. And the cats at The Second Half are no different. Above, we see Ed getting a little solar action. Follow the link to see Lizzie in the window.
At Gattina’s My Cats and Funny Stories, Arthur has not been feeling well of late. But he is on the mend and feeling like a king. And as such, he is regally demanding to be served chicken, liver and mortadella. We’re glad to see he is doing well!
Catsparella introduces us to The Cats of Disneyland. Inspired by an interview with Ryan Gosling, the article discusses the presence of feral cats at the Anaheim theme park, and the complex relationship as out-of-side rodent control (and the obvious irony of this for Disney).
If you can’t get enough feline news, Nikita and Elvira are launching the World Mews Repurrt. “We consider it our mission to bring you the news that possibly no-one but our fellow Felines, and their Humans, could give a fig about!”
Our friends at Animal Shelter Volunteer are marking LIVESTRONG Day by honoring family members who are battling cancer and remembering their human and feline loved ones who have lost the battle. We love their graphic for today!
Samantha, Clementine and “honorary cat” Maverick are also marking LIVESTRONG by hosting this year’s slideshow. We encourage readers to check it out. We thank them are their Mom Chandra for all the effort putting this together.
Cokie is a self-described “Bohemian cat blogging from his Hollywood Boulevard apartment”. We’re always happy to hear from more urban cats.
That’s the round-up so far. We will continue to post new entries the end of Sunday US Pacific Time. Thanks to everyone who participated.
Although not officially participating this time, Mog of Mind of Mog and coordinator of the Carnival of the Cats is also recognizing LIVESTRONG Day in honor both human and cat family members who have lost the battle with cancer, and we wanted to give her a mention here today.
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Weekend Cat Blogging #330 and Photo Hunt: Covered
This week we are reaching back into the archives once again for our combined Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt. This week’s theme is covered, and we have photos of Luna covered by a glass surface.
She quite enjoys sitting under glass during the daytime. It’s a way to experience the sunshine and feel “inside” at the same time.
Weekend Cat Blogging #330 is hosted by Mind of Mog.
Photo Hunt 285 is hosted by tnchick. The weekend’s theme is covered.
The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted here at CatSynth tomorrow! If you would like to participate, you can use the Handy Carnival Submission page™ or leave us a comment below.
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CatSynth pic: One’s back view
From Sawa Masaki on flickr.
“Taro stand near by the synth”
I quite like the black-and-white and focus in this photo.
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CatSynth video: My Cat is a Synthesizer, Part 4
The latest in the “My Cat is a Synthesizer” series featuring Clyde:
Submitted by vlern via facebook.
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CatSynth pics: Mattson 3X Experiment
From George Mattson, via matrixsynth.
“I was wondering if I could do a ‘piano finish’ for the case I’m going to make for my EML sequencer/ modular.
In a moment of insanity, I decided to do a test run by building a 3X wide horizontal case. I figured that if it worked, great! If it didn’t, I’d still have something I could use.
One day of building out of canary wood and 15 days of coating, sanding, re-coating, sanding, etc and the final polishing process let me know that yes, I CAN do a piano finish. But, My EML project isn’t going to get one 🙂 It’s a lot of work.
I was trying to set it up where I could get a good angle to catch the reflective surface. Once I scrubbed the kitchen floor, it was as good as spot as any. Our cat decided to check out the new ‘thing’ that was invading the floor. I figured that it gives a good scale comparison. So, there he is, being a cat.
The case measures 44″ W x 11″ H x 3″ D. It contains 36 module spaces.
I decided that it was perfect for creating a system synthetically comparable to an old stock Moog 55. I researched the ‘standard’ module compliment from their brochure and had to sort out cross-generation compatabilities. I came up with the following modules that I’ll need to create a comparable system:
6-VCO’s
1-Noise
2-VC Dual LFO
1-Sample/Hold
3-ADSR EGs
1-MIDI/CV
1-Envelope Follower
1-Quad AD/ASR EG
1-4X Gate Delay
1-8-stage Sequencer (which, I have to finish)
3-VCFs
1-Quad VCA
3-Full VCA’s
1-4-channel Mixer
3-4X Buffered mults
3-4X VC Mixers
1-Utility 1
There was a lot of ‘back and forth’ due to some of the functions were standard within certain modules of mine.
Whether it’s the same or not, who cares. It’s going to be a lot of fun either way :)”
I wonder what the cat thinks. 🙂