Cats

CatSynth Pic: Cat and Nord Keyboard

Cute cat with a Nord keyboard. From Man-l Adsr on Facebook.

Clearly, this cat has great taste in keyboards (this looks to be an early Nord Electro). We also see some of those stickers identifying names and notes of keys that we have seen a few other recent keyboard photos.

CatSynth Pic: Erica Synths

Black cat – green eyes like our Luna – with a rack full of modules from Erica Synths. From James Johnson via Facebook.

Both the cat and the modules are gorgeous!

CatSynth Pic: Oberheim OB-Xa

A tabby cat proudly walks across a vintage Oberheim OB-Xa, perhaps to try out their latest patch. From Michael Butler via Facebook.

If you have not yet done so, please check out our recent video on Arturia’s new OB-Xa V.

CatSynth Pic: Milly and Arturia MatrixBrute

Milly the black cat stands proudly behind an Arturia MatrixBrute. From Stuart Russell via Twitter.

Milly (behind the beast)
https://twitter.com/stuartr_comp/status/1268214963216228353

And what a beast it is 😸

CatSynth Pic: Esper and Ensoniq DP/4

Esper has found a nice napping spot underneath an Ensoniq DP/4 effects processor. Submitted by Xeper Kalypso via Facebook. Photo slightly enhanced in the studios of CatSynth HQ to bring out the cat and the synth 😸

The DP/4 was quite the popular and powerful effects system in its day. Some of the algorithms were included in the Ensoniq ASR-10 as well.

CatSynth Pic: Roland TB-03 and TR-09

Black cat Tromo with Roland Boutique TB-03 and TR-09 synths.

By Elie Sakr via a new treasure trove thread on the Facebook group Synthesizer Freaks.

CatSynth Pic: Cat and Digital Piano

Cute cat with a 88-key digital piano. From Karl Jensen via Facebook.

The “FIMO HK 200” border is apparently from FIMO, a film-emulator app for iOS and Android. It looks a lot like the Hipstamatic app I have been using for years – I will definitely check it out.

CatSynth Pic: Bill and Juno 6 Nip Pillow

Bill seems to be enjoying his new Juno-6 catsynth pillow. From vintagesynthesizermuseum via Instagram.

Bill on the boat, with his Juno 6. Thanks @catmanofwestoakland for the Juno catnip pillow.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAq1AAiDOND/

I think Big Merp would love one of these, too 😺

If you can not already done so, please check out this video from our visit to the Vintage Synthesizer Museum.

CatSynth Pic: Otillia Returns

We have some more pictures of Otillia napping on her Casio keyboard. It seems she really finds this spot comfortable.

From @Minim2010 on Twitter.

Moi Ottilia je pique plein de roupillons partout avec ce beau temps. Mais même si maman a remis une petite table exprès pour moi dans la chambre, rien de mieux pour faire DO-DO que le synthé !
https://twitter.com/Minium2010/status/1263198827785445377

CatSynth Pic: Buchla Skylab

Cat with Buchla Skylab modular synthesizer.

Today we have a rather handsome cat next to a rather handsome Buchla Skylab system. It includes the “Thunder”-style controller and a 227e module as a customization. Overall a very impressive modular synth.

From user @ddp on Twitter. And it was quite an interesting turn of events to discover one another. It was through our cat-blogging friend Sue Strong who longtime readers might remember from the old Carnival of the Cats and Weekend Cat Blogging days. Good times!