Cats

CatSynth Video: Small Circular Harp

From Tim Kaiser of Kaiser Electrical Instrument Company. He makes very interesting and unusual electrical instruments. Check out his other appearances on CatSynth via this tag.

CatSynth Video: Catastrophic Lockdown Beats

Catastrophic Lockdown Beats…

Ft. Jazzy Feline & Aurelia Hysterica pic.twitter.com/Epe97IE2ZK
— tali (@TaliCleary) April 28, 2020

That is one jazzy feline 😺

CatSynth Video: Lee with Electro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay

https://vimeo.com/412562048

Lee is exploring the music and space around an Eletro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay alongside a few other devices from Boss and Line 16. Submitted by our friend and sometime collaborator Suki O’kane.

Lee Attempting To Understand My Music
Alternatively, Lee Attempting to Find a Small Object He Can Throw On the Floor.
This sort of thing is all the same to Lee.
https://vimeo.com/412562048

CatSynth Pic: Chubs and Ableton Push

Chubs works on a new composition with an Ableton Push control surface. From a3chmusic via Instagram.

My friend Chubs, trying help me with a new melodic song I’m working on. 😍

CatSynth Pics: Leo in the Studio

Leo is stepping to play the keyboard and work on his next track. From our friend 6bq9 on Twitter.

CatSynth Pic: Giuliano, Mae, and MicroFreak

Giuliano (orange) and Mae (black) enjoy a jam session with the Arturia MicroFreak. Submitted by Alessandro Cilano via our Facebook page.

Giuliano in particular seems to be enjoying it.

The MicroFreak has become one of our main instruments for live performance as well as experimentation. Here is one of our videos demonstrating its features.

You can also see more posts of Giuliano.

CatSynth Pic: Albert and Korg Electribe SX

Albert the black cat with Korg Electribe SX (red, SD card)

Albert sits atop a Korg Electribe SX (red, with SD card reader) as he contemplates his next composition. Submitted by David Cole via our Facebook page.

The SX was a major step forward for the popular Electribe series; plus it had a cool red metal case, and vacuum tubes.

CatSynth Pic: Norman in the Music Room

We have some pictures of adorable kitten Norman in the music room of iceman bob. These come to us via Twitter.

To see just how tiny Norman is, here are some guitars for scale.

CatSynth Video: Katy’s Organ Solo

https://www.facebook.com/stanley.jackson.1848/videos/3255233757838822

Katy performs an organ solo. Apparently, she has been practicing quite a bit.

From Wayne Jackson of Later Days, who is also the founder of Woodstockhausen and μhausen (micro-hausen). See all our μhausen posts here. And check out this video from the 2018 event.

CatSynth Pic: Big Merp, Sensel Morph, Arturia MicroFreak, and Modular

Our very own Big Merp is our featured cat as he sits in the middle of our demo rig featuring a Sensel Morph (with Buchla Thunder overlay), Arturia MicroFreak, and our modular synth setup.

If you haven’t already done so, please check out our recent video with Big Merp’s performance and our demo connecting the Sensel Morph to the modular via Max/MSP.