We at CatSynth introduce Mister Kitty!
Photos submitted by prophei.
Although hard to see in this photo, the modular features several of the modules we reviewed in our Analogue Haven @ NAMM article. Mr. Kitty poses with synths from Oberheim and Moog in the first photos.
A quartet of cat-and-synth photos from mubotics, via matrixsynth:
Pixel and the Roland SH-101:
Tessie and the Korg MS10:
Sonar and the June 106 (what a great name for a musical cat):
Sprocket and the M-Audio Axiom 61 (technically, just a controller keyboard):
Weekend Cat Blogging #244 is hosted by Kashim, Othello and Salome together at Paulchens FoodBlog?!
The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at iMeowza.
The monthy Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will be hosted by Nikita Cat
And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
Retro Synth Ads posted this fact sheet for the Octave CAT yesterday:
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I believe we have seen seen this picture with the actual cat before. Additionally, the spec sheet contains the blank patch diagram that I have occasionally used for the Octave CAT.
You can see full-size images as well as additional analysis at Retro Synth Ads.
Submitted by vlern via facebook:
You can click here to see the previous video of the “Vlern Clyde Cat Synthesizer”.
Luna obliged with some cuteness for this photo series. She really is a fantastic photography model, when she chooses to be.
Weekend Cat Blogging #243 is hosted this week by Jules and Vincent at Judi’s Mind Over Matter.
The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted on Sunday at Kashim, Othello and Salome.
And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
Our last post from NAMM 2010 features more images from the Analogue Haven booth, where I spent a fair amount of time.
First up, a modular from Make Noise:
I was particularly intrigued by the two-dimensional sequencer module (in the lower left). A wide variety patterns can be generated along the X and Y axis and modified by selectively removing elements or subsections.
This video probably doesn’t do it justice, but it at least provides some atmosphere:
A portable modular rock (from Analog Rocket) featuring modules from The Harvestman, including the Hertz Donut and Piston Honda:
If I put together a modular system anytime soon, I would want that monorocket case.
Livewire modules, also some remakes of Wiard modules by Malekko Heavy Industry:
Of course, there are a splattering of Doepfer modules in many of these setups.
A compact modular setup from Tiptop Audio:
Muzundrum is a “game of musicians”. In the standard game, players take turns rolling 12-sided (dodecahedral) dice that contain one of the twelve tones in standard Western music and attempting to place the die on the board to form chords and scales from standard tonal music theory. For example, if a player rolls a G, he or she can place it next to a C and E on the board to form a C-major triad.
There are of course many variations on the game. And the twelve sided dice can also be interesting tools for chance compositions or guided improvisation.
We now have a pair of sample dice here at CatSynth HQ:
The black die has the standard tones as described above, while the white has the solfege syllables do, re, mi, fa, so, etc.
