A couple of cats exploring Moogerfooger pedals. From our friends at Moog Music, Inc.
Really feline the effects this Caturday.
📷: tareh78 on IG
Oy vey 😸
Category: Synthesizers
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Alice-in-Wonderland-Themed Anti-Drug PSA with Synth Soundtrack
Via Dangerous Minds, we have this rather trippy PSA from 1971 using Alice in Wonderland as a frame for discussing the dangers of drugs.
The original was created by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (forerunner to the current Health and Human Services department) and can be found in the National Archives.
In hindsight, the video probably fails miserably at its mission – indeed, much of past decades’ anti-drug campaigns seem rather foolish in hindsight. But the imagery is gorgeous and quite captivating, as is the soundtrack. We at CatSynth in particular quite light the sparse synth music. And the cats, both the Cheshire Cat and the real-life cat that appears at the beginning and end 😺. Anyone care to identify the synth(s) used?
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CatSynth: Kitten, MicroKORG, and Reaktor
Kitten atop a MicroKORG synthesizer in the background of a computer running Reaktor software. From demituxford on Instagram, where you can see it as a video loop.
demituxfordI pay £7500 a year to make things like this. Uni has been good 2 me 🐈. #catsynth #reaktor
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CatSynth Pic: Lucy and Eventide Space
Lucy the cat naps with her Evntide Space reverb pedal. Submitted by machew via Instagram.
“Lucy loves space #catsynth”
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CatSynth pic: Cookie Dough and Video Synth
Submitted by Steven Franks via our Facebook page.
Cookie Dough, thinking of “Cat Full Of Ghosts”, Video Equations video synth. #Jellotuna
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CatSynth pic: Black Cat, Korg Volca FM, and More
Cute black cat playing a Korg Volca FM synthesizer. Submitted by Stephen Cort Smith via our Facebook page.
This picture is too adorable, especially because we love black cats. But it’s also a reminder that I need to explore the Volca FM more here at CatSynth HQ as I have only scratched the surface.
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Pi Day Composition Redux
It’s a bit of an on-again-off-again tradition on Pi Day (3-14 in the United States) to share my composition based on the digits of Pi.
It was based on the binary digits rather than decimal digits of Pi, which seemed more universal and also more logical to work with. It uses stretched impulses and square waves for the sounds themselves. At least that is what I recall. It was written in 2011. It’s probably time to revisit the concept with a new piece…
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CatSynth pic: Moog, Sequential, and Sunshine
From electricityforprogress on Instagram.
My second #catsynth post. Buffy in the window on a sunny 70° February day. I know, the realistic Moog isn’t plugged in…Yet. Also remember, #televisionisdrugs (thanks mom!)
We love sunshine and 70-degree February days. And the synths, too.
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CatSynth pic: Rupert and Arturia MiniBrute
By Lee Tizzard via Facebook:
A down to Earth photo of my cat Rupert, relaxing with Conway Pacheco’s Arturia MiniBrute analogue synthesizer…