Adorable kitten and a very cool modular sequence. From florigenix on Instagram, who gave a shout-out to the Befaco Muxlicer sequencer-and-switch module. I certainly hope the kitten found its forever home.
Cats
White Cat, Arturia MiniBrute 2S, Hydrasynth
A beautiful cat poses with an Arturia MiniBrute 2S and a Hydrasynth (Desktop edition) in the background. From giorgiozucco on Instagram.
This cat has joined us before.
Hookah the Cat, Roland, Korg
Hookah the cat is back! This time he has a Korg Microsampler, Roland JD-8000, and Roland PianoPlus 70.
You can hear some of Hookah’s music here:
You can also see Hookah’s previous appearances on CatSynth via this link.
Kitten with Korg Kronos, Moog Sub 37, and more
The beautiful Kitten (her name is Kitten) sits on a Korg Kronos workstation. We espy a Moog Sub 37 in the background along with numerous other keyboards whose identities are left as an exercise to the reader.
Submitted by Brian Anderson via our Facebook page.
Kitten, Behringer 2500 series, Erica Synths
This adorable kitten is standing on an Erica Synths modular system in front of a full set of Behringer 2500-series modules. The latter are recreations of the legendary and rare Arp 2500 modular synthesizer.
From giorgiozucco on Instagram.
Ansel, JL Cooper Synapse, and Zara
Our friend Ansel poses next to a JL Cooper Synapse MIDI processor. We see one of his fellow cats hiding just below – we’re pretty sure this beautiful black cat is Zara.
From Charles Whiley via Facebook.
The JL Cooper Synapse is a MIDI router and processor which can route and merge various MIDI inputs and outputs. It’s very similar to the Digital Music Corp MX-8 that we have at HQ, but bigger. I recall seeing the JL Cooper one in brochures earlier on but it was out of my league at the time. Ansel is lucky to have found one, though.
Kitty Oscillator (Novation, Moog)
Sunbub (Rhodes stage piano and Roland Amp)
Goonbug (aka “Goombub”) has found a nice patch of sun on this Roland amp. We see a keyboard in the back that appears to be a Rhodes stage piano. It is clearer in this photo.
While not technically a synth, the Rhodes electric pianos are among my favorite instruments and definitely an important part of any keyboard studio.
From @DuderDudre on Twitter.
CatSynth Pic: Snowy and Modular
We have another photo of Snowy getting comfortable on the large modular system. Snowy was also featured last week.
From Exit Chamber via Twitter.
Shiro and Yamaha SK50D
We close out a week of white cats with Shiro playing a tune on a Yamaha SK50D. From hdgenis in Mexico City via Instagram.
The SK50D is a two-manual beast of an instrument, an ensemble synthesizer with a drawbar organ, strings, a mono bass synth, and more. It was released in 1980 and is quite rare. Shiro is demonstrating the organ section for us, along with a one-note vocal.