The cats Napoleon and Wellington lounge near an Arturia MiniBrute synthesizer. Submitted by Steve Peglar via our Facebook page.
You can read me NAMM 2012 review of the Minibrute here.
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The annual Outsound Music Summit will be starting this weekend at the Community Music Center (544 Capp St) in San Francisco. And once again, we at CatSynth will be there. I will be participating the Touch the Gear Expo this Sunday (July 21, 7PM) with technologies ranging from iPad soft synths to the analog modular system. I am also curating the concert on Friday, July 26, featuring Transient, a project of David Molina, Matt Davignon’s PMOCATAT ensemble, and a reunion of Fuzzybunny, an electronic improvising trio featuring Tim Perkis, Chris Brown and Scot Gresham-Lancaster. It should be a great show.
The best way to experience the Summit is in person, so if you in the Bay Area, I encourage you to attend one or more of the programs. Ticket information can be found here. But for those who cannot attend, you can follow @catsynth on Twitter and Instagram for live updates, and here on the blog for more in-depth reviews of the shows.
flickr by Luchs Later, via matrixsynth.
You can read about my encounter with the Moog Sub Phatty at NAMM here.
From DJjondent on YouTube, via matrixsynth.
“Dark Energy 303 acid Jam
I’m using a basic single voice Doepfer A111-5 for this patch.
Its a modular version of the Dark Energy.The basic patch can be broken up as follows:
Audio section:
VCO sq wave (out) — (in) VCF303 (out)—- (in)VCA – Doepfer A132 (out)— (in) mixer.Clock:
LFO sq wave — (in) RCD (out) —- Multiple (x4) —– Brains —– Rene (xClock) —– Envelope Generator(ADSR gate of A111-5/dark energy) —– Env Trig (of VCF303)
Voltage control:
ADSR (out) —- CV1 in of VCA
Top row of Pressure Points —– Xmod Rene (controls Slide)
2nd row of Pressure points —– ACcent in on VCF303 (Controls ACcent)
3rd row of PP —– VCF 303 CV (sequenced filter cutoff)Remember to set Rene to Snake mode & activate slide.”
Mimi is back! This time with duo picture of the Juno 60 vs Juno 106. Submitted by Eric Pochesci of polynominal.com.
As for the dichotomy, I would personally opt for the Juno 106.
Maggie the cat poses with an original Korg Monotron. Submitted by Pas Musique. Follow the link to find out more about their current musical adventures, including CD releases and upcoming shows. You can also read a review of their performance in San Francisco last year.
