Gracie of Synthetic Dreamscapes poses with a Moog Little Phatty, the first of Moog’s new analog synth line that began in the mid-2000s. As such, this might be the “youngest” instrument we’ve seen her pose with to date.
Gracie and Moog Little Phatty
Cats
Recharging with Circuit Bent Instruments (OK Housecat)
Cat and the Instruments of Bryan Day
It looks like this cat has come over to inspect the many unusual instruments of Bryan Day. So much to explore and stimulate. From Bryan Day on Facebook:
Got a little help from a four legged friend at tonight’s wall shaking session with Scott Arford in Oakland.
Sounds like a great session. For an introduction to the work of Bryan Day you can check out these videos on CatSynth TV!
Gracie and ARP Odyssey
Today Gracie shares with us an ARP Odyssey v1. The first version is distinguished by its darker design and stylized lettering – they took on a more minimalist design for subsequent versions.
As QA manager for Synthetic Dreamscapes, Gracie stands on everything they do.
Sequential Pro 3 Multi-filter Mono Synth and Cat
A leopard-print cat with a Sequential Pro 3 synthesizer. From an auction, via matrixsynth.
“This listing is for a like new Sequential Pro 3 Multi-filter Mono Synth. Unit was purchased new and has approximately 100 hours of use. It is free of physical scratches/blemishes of any kind. It is 100% operational and comes with all original documentation and cables.
Unit will be double boxed with all original packaging.
Cat not included.”
https://www.matrixsynth.com/2024/04/sequential-pro-3-multi-filter-mono.html
Scout, Yamaha SY-35, and Modular
Scout sits behind a Yamaha SY35 synthesizer. We also see a small modular system – we’ll leave the identification of the individual modules as an exercise for the reader.
Submitted by Carl Peczynski via our Facebook page.
The SY35 is an interesting synth among Yamaha’s SY series in that it allows one to move between FM synthesis and AWM (sampling) synthesis via the joystick, a bit like the “vector synthesis” found in the Prophet VS.
Wordless Wednesday: Ocean Beach
Gracie with Roland TR-808 and CSQ-600
Our friend Gracie of Synthetic Dreamscapes proudly shows off some vintage Roland boxes: the well-known TR-808 and the lesser-known CSQ-600 (that’s the one she’s actually standing on).
The CSQ-600 is a digital sequencer, but with analog CV and gate outputs (it predates MIDI). It allowed both step and real-time recording and had four separate sequences that could be chained or stacked. It could potentially fit as a sequencer in today’s analog modular systems.
Servo and Pro Tools (and new LP Release)
Servo sneaks up on Ian Beabout who is busy with an open Pro Tools session.
We reviewed Ian’s album “Colouratura: WTF Was That?!” a little while back.
He now has a new remixed version as an LP!
You can find out more about the LP release here. Definitely recommend checking this album out!
Katie and Fairlight CMI
It’s not every day that we at CatSynth encounter a Fairlight CMI! But here we see the beautiful Katie modeling one of these iconic early digital synths. One of the distinctive features is the large monitor which had a light pen, as we see just behind Katie. It was used to assemble sample patches, observe waveforms, and even edit sequences (Page R).
Submitted by Barry Taylor via Facebook.