Cats

Mensa Cat Monday: Knock Knock

A new mathematical Mensa Cats cartoon by J.B.

Jerry and Ensoniq ESQ-1

Jerry sits handsomely atop an Ensoniq ESQ-1 synthesizer; it looks like he is ready to share a large tone cluster with us.

Submitted by Erik Gibbels via our Facebook page.

Boris and Frazetta on a Juno 106

Boris and Frazetta sit atop a vintage Roland Juno 106 synthesizer. We also a Roland Boutique SH-01A, and Akai MPC, and a Korg MS-20.

Submitted by Sally Czar via our Facebook page.

Martha and Hammond XK-3 Organ

Martha sits atop a Hammond XK-3 organ. Submitted by Duncan Cook via our Facebook page.

Olive, Korg DW8000, Yamaha MOTIF

Tab cat sitting and looking at the camera. Behind her are two keyboards stacked - a Korg DW8000 and a Yamaha MOTIF

The lovely Olive returns, this time with a Korg DW8000 and Yamaha MOTIF. From Charles Whiley on Facebook.

I have been fascinated for a little while with DW8000. I encountered it back in the 1980s, but it was overshadowed for me by offerings from Yamaha, Roland, and Ensoniq. It came back to my attention a few years ago, and I started looking for an EX8000 (the rack version) – ultimately, I settled on its new successor, the Korg modwave.

You can see Olive’s previous appearances via her tag.

Bucky and Modular

Bucky poses handsomely next to an impressive modular system. We see many familiar modules, including Mr. Grassi, the Rossum Panharmonium, Erica Synths, Mordax DATA, and more. Bucky is certainly going to have some fun exploring these modules.

From our good friend alphastare via Mastodon

Are we doing cats and synths, is that a thing here? Let’s go!
Meet Buckminster aka “Bucky”!
He also has a sister who I’ll introduce soon.
#cats #catstodon #JoinIn #catsofmastodon #catsandsynths #kitties #ModularSynthesizers #Eurorack #Synthesizers

“Cats and synths” will always be a thing for us on every social-media platform, and we look forward to meeting Bucky’s feline sister.

Pittsburgh Modular Taiga: Experiments in Waveshaping & Chaos

Tiger and composer-performer Sarah Belle Reid demonstrate the new Taiga semi-modular synth from Pittsburgh Modular.

To find out more about the Taiga, please visit https://pittsburghmodular.com/taiga

Mensa Cat Monday: Shakespeare and Music

There's a lot of music in Shakespeare's works, don't you think?

Yes, quite. I always monder if Hamlet were to play a 7-string guitar...

..would he use the tuning D-E-A-D-D-A-D?

We at CatSynth are happy to welcome back the Mensa Cats in a brand-new comic by J.B.! This one deals with the intersection of Shakespeare and music in a delightfully droll manner.

Barney and empty mixer

Barney is back, and he is struggling with his new experimental empty-mixer track. From @bigbadchang on Twitter.

Barney could really use your help. His empty mixer album just isn’t coming together. Also he hasn’t been fed in three minutes. Art truly is suffering.

We hope this feature on CatSynth serves as some consolation.

Groundhog-Synth Pic: Herman and Yamaha RX5

Closeup photo of a stuffed groundhog sitting atop a Yamaha RX5 drum machine.

It’s Groundhog Day, so we’re featuring the venerable Herman, the stuffed-toy groundhog I have had since childhood, atop our Yamaha RX5 drum machine. Definitely a vintage vibe on both counts.

If you haven’t yet seen or detailed demo and tutorial on the Yamaha RX5, please check it out.