Poppy the cute black cat is busy as a quality-control engineer for this synth repair job. From Michael Weeks via Facebook.
Poppy the QC inspector
Identification of the synth being repaired left as an exercise to the reader.
Cats
CatSynth Video: Piano woogie boogie massages for meow
Perhaps not a synth per se, but still a wonderful moment of cats and music. I especially like that it’s more bluesy than most cat-and-piano jams 😺🎶
From Haburu on YouTube.
CatSynth Pic: Abstraction
Apropos of yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday post, we have a geometrically proportioned CatSynth Pic today. With the balance of colors (red for the Behringer and Focusrite on the left vs the gray on the right) and the stacked keyboard, this could be right out of our architectural series.
Submitted by Pete Dolan via our Facebook page.
CatSynth Pic: Tabby Cat and “Guess the Synth”
We have another round of “guess the synth” today with this adorable young gray tabby cat. Submitted by Colman Jones via our Facebook page.
If you have a guess on the synth, please leave it in the comments below.
CatSynth Pic: Betty and the Yamaha CS20m
Adorable Betty the black cat sits atop a vintage Yamaha CS20m synthesizer. From Edda Jayne Hill via Facebook.
Betty loves the CS20m
And she is certainly in good company! Long before Yamaha’s dominance in the mid-1980s with the DX series of FM synths, they created the CS series of analog subtractive synthesizers. Although similar in topology to other analog synthesizers of the era, they had their own unique sound and character and were prized by many artists.
CatSynth Pic: Guess the Keyboard
Our tuxedo friend is obscuring the label for this keyboard, so we invite readers to identify it.
Submitted by André Bénédicte Fragé via our Facebook page.
CatSynth Pics: #NationalCatDay with Sam Sam and Big Merp
Of course, every day is National Cat Day (or International Cat Day) here at CatSynth. But we are marking the occasion by letting Sam Sam and Big Merp share their own pics. Above, we see Sam Sam in one of her favorite spots in the studio, in front of the Yamaha TX802 and cassette deck. Sam Sam would also like to share her recent studio video.
And lest Big Merp is left out of the fun, here is a pic of him hanging out behind the main modular synth.
CatSynth Pic: Cat through Guitar Pedals
This may be the best thing you hear today (besides Sam Sam’s new video on CatSynth TV). From Simon The Magpie via YouTube.
Music: https://simonthemagpie.bandcamp.com
Website: http://www.magpieplace.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonthemagpie
Podcast: https://magpiepirates.simplecast.com
CatSynth Pic: Meiko in the Studio
Our week of cats in the studio concludes with the return of Meiko. It looks like she is pretty intent on the knob positions and laptop controls, probably putting together a great mix with her human Charles Whiley.
Submitted by Charles Whiley via our Facebook page.
CatSynth Pic: Bisou in the Studio
Bisou joins us from France today in a very tidy studio. We at CatSynth are quite impressed with the plastic covers – and should probably consider getting those for our space. Beneath the covers, we do espy an Arturia MiniBrute 2, several offerings from Korg, and more.
Submitted by Greg Roussac via our Facebook page. Here is another pic of Bisou sans synths.
