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  • Weekend Cat Blogging #326

    In between days at my current photography show in Oakland, we are catching up with a little quiet time on the patio:

    It’s actually a typically foggy San Francisco morning, which may not be clear from the distortion in the Hipstamatic photos.

    In the second photo, Luna is perhaps showing a bit of disdain for my recent absence – in addition to the photography show, I had a performance this past Thursday with my band Reconnaissance Fly. And lots of time rehearsing and hanging for both events over the previous week. So I think someone deserves a little extra attention soon.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #326 is hosted by Pam at Sidewalk Shoes, with help from Patchouli and Coco.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up tomorrow at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator

  • CatSynth video: elka synthex demo by polynominal.com

    In the midst of our busy performance/exhibition week, a little light fun with cats and synthesizers:

    From polynominal.com on YouTube, home of Mimi. Look for some appearances by Mimi in the video (including a couple of photos that have previously appeared here on CatSynth.

    If you have your own cat-and-gear photo or video to share, let us know via facebook, twitter @catsynth, or by contacting us directly.

  • CatSynth video: Serge WAD and euro playing together nice

    From DrOctave1 on YouTube, via matrixsynth.

    “Serge WAD playing with the euro and not calling names.”

    What’s that on the top right?”

    I quite like this demo, and the special guest on the top right is a nice touch.

  • CatSynth pic: Synth Kitty (Nord and Korg)

    From allisonallison on flickr.

    I see a Korg MS2000 and various Nord keyboards.

    Readers can always submit their own cat-and-gear pictures via facebook, twitter @catsynth, or contacting us.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #325

    We are sending thoughts for all our friends and family on the east coast of the U.S. today:

    This graphic from our friends at the Cat Blogopshere is a reminder to take care of our companion animals during the storms as well. We hope everyone stays safe (and relatively dry). I am particularly watching events in New York, where I grew up and to which I am still connected.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #325 is hosted by Kitties at Mom’s Sunday Cafe.

    Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at iMeowza.

    And the Friday Ark is on hiatus this week.

  • CatSynth pic: RMI DK-20 (USA) Digital Synthesizer…from 1980s

    Image from an auction, via matrixsynth.

    “Rare very early digital synthesizer from 1981/2. Three seperate outputs ~ bass/solo & treble ~ in zones across the keyboard. Preset or user-change. Non-velocity basic polyphonic organ/clavinet/lute/bass tones with vibrato variants and decay/sustain features.”

    This is not a synth I had previously heard of.

    “HISTORY Made in USA by RMI (of 368X prog-rock fame). Imported by KK… The DK-20 was RMI’s attempt at digital synthesis; in 1981 this was the beginning of an age of synthesizers…..ARP/Moog/Oberheim to name a few more famous….”

  • CatSynth pic: Mouse?

    From Sawa Masaki on flickr.

    “It is true mouse, but this is ‘Marble Mouse’. 😉

    If you have your own cat-and-electronic-music pictures, you can send it to us via facebook, twitter @catsynth, or our contact page.

  • CatSynth video: Studio Tour with Zac the Black Cat

    From hyperdust7 on YouTube, via matrixsynth.

    Quick view around the Fernforest Project Studio. My black cat likes sitting on things that are black and stylish. He thinks he fits in well and looks cool.
    Synths in order – Doepfer Modular A-100, Moog Etherwave Theremin, Moog Voyager Old School, Schlagswerg analogue drum machine, CP-251 moog control processor, Dave Smith Mopho and Tetra, Mackie Onyx firewire mixer, PC, M-Audio Oxygen 25, NI Maschine and a Monome my brother built.
    The music is called “Dark Glow” by me. you can find the whole track on soundcloud.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt: Drink

    For today’s combined Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt theme of Drink, we both dig into the CatSynth archives and present some more iPhone Hipstamatic experiments.

    First, from the archives (all the way back to 2007), we see Luna enjoying a drink of water:

    And some experimental photos of cat figurines and a modernist shot glass.

    I tried two different settings. I like the black-and-white film simulation, but I also wanted a color version to bring out the blue color of the glass.

    And one more of Luna today wandering by my morning cup of coffee:

    Weekend Cat Blogging will be hosted by Kashim, Othello and Salome at PaulChen FoodBlog?!”

    Photo Hunt: Drink (#279) is hosted by tnchick.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted tomorrow by When Cats Attack!

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator

  • CatSynth video: IPad, TouchOSC, Buchla 200e demo.

    From legionhwp on YouTube, via matrixsynth.

    This is an instructional demo from the blog: Http://SynthandI.blogspot.com

    The first half of this explains what is needed to connect an IPad running a midi controller App (in this case TouchOSC) to the Buchla 200e modular synthesizer. The second half of this video show a bit about the patch I made in TouchOSC and discussed the possibilities for further exploration.”

    Watch for the cat at the beginning of the video.