Cats

Mininova, Yamaha and Luna

A cute black cat named Luna – not my Luna – walking next to a Novation Mininova synthesizer atop a Yamaha AN1x. From Aidan Taylor via Facebook.

It’s always a treat to come across other black cats named Luna. Our little girl would be proud.

CatSynth Pic: Behringer Crave

This adorable cat is playing a Behringer Crave semi-modular synthesizer. From Do Bo via Facebook.

CatSynth Pic: Roland System 8, Behringer VC340, Vermona DRM-1

This handsome cat is in command in the studio, with a Roland System 8 (top), Behringer VC340 vocoder (center right), and a silver device that will be left as an exercise to the reader. [Update. An astute reader identified this as a Vermona DRM-1]

From Dirk Vanstraelen via Facebook.

“Acid Cat” with Behringer TD-3 (Red edition)

This young cat is learning how to tweak bass tracks on a Behringer TD-3. From Michael Caves via Facebook.

Acid cat

I have to admit, this red TD-3 is quite pretty (especially with the translucent case). A quite Google search also turned up a purple edition…

Cat in the Studio (Behringer, Modular and more)

The white cat from Kamal Sabran’s studio returns. We see a Behringer Poly D and DeepMind, sundry modular, and a lot of beautiful retro gear including reel-to-reel tape recorders. A microKORG appears to be stacked in the lower-left corner.

From our friend Kamal Sabran in Malaysia via Facebook.

new film score / kambing soon

CatSynth Pic: Akai MPC1000

This cute cat has found a cozy space from which to lay down some rhythms on an AKAI MPC1000. From Holly Lanasolyluna via Facebook.

CatSynth Pic: Boss DR-660

A cute orange cat and a Boss “Dr. Rhythm” DR-660 come together in this bright photo. From Fa Szi via Facebook.

There is an old DR-660 here at CatSynth HQ, but I haven’t been able to get it to work. This image inspires me to try it again.

Mackie and MacBeth M5 (plus Future Retro and Yamaha)

Mackie the cat with a MacBeth M5 synthesizer. We also see a Future Retro Orb sequencer and a Yamaha Reface. From Phil Walling via Facebook.

Mackie (cat) working the ‘Mackie’ (MacBeth M5)

The MacBeth M5 is modern but rare analog synthesizer. It is reminiscent of a black-and-orange ARP 2600, but is a completely different instrument.

While reminiscent of the 2600, this is not a clone. It’s a semi-modular synthesizer that features a significant array of real-time analog controls with absolutely no digital circuitry at all. Totally faithful to the design and concept of early analog synthesizers, all sounds must be created by hand, tweaking knobs, patching cables and using a bit of creativity. There is no patch memory, no MIDI and no USB. Just really great analog sounds.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/macbethm5.php

CatSynth Pic: Line 6, Sequential, Waldorf, Arturia, Eurorack

Cute cat with a Line 6 delay pedal, Sequential (Dave Smith) Tetra and Mopho, Waldorf Blofeld, two – yes two – Arturia BeatStep Pros, and sundry Eurorack modules. (I can’t get enough of the word “sundry”)

From Wellington Bär via Facebook.

CatSynth Pic: UDO Super 6

Our Maine Coon friend is back, this time with a brand new UDO Super 6 synthesizer. From lwxbeats on Instagram.

#udosuper6 landed home today and she can’t wait to play with it! 😃

The UDO Super 6 takes inspiration from Roland Jupiter series (one can see this in the switches, sliders, etc.), but is its own instrument, using FPGAs to implement the oscillators and sporting a binaural architecture with separate voices for each stereo channel. We at CatSynth would be very curious to try this out.