We always love checking with Kamal Sabran and his cats – and we love cats in the studio. But sometimes things don’t go as planned. Watch to the end 😹
Synthesizers
Toro Meets Tiger
Monty and Nord

Monty is getting ready to play some electric piano on his Nord keyboard. From our friend Dave Newhouse (The Muffins, Moon X, and numerous other musical collaborations).
Monty helping with some keyboard tracks for Michael Bass and my collaboration album. (I especially like Monty’s Fender Rhodes sound on this one.)
You can see our interview with Dave Newhouse and Jerry King below.
You also check out his music at https://davenewhouse.bandcamp.com/
Sora and Novation Bass Station

Sora has found a nice napping spot atop this Novation Bass Station.
Submitted by thedigtalpurrgatory via our Instagram account.
Sora loves a good Bass Station.
Nico, Alesis Electronic Drums and Guitars

Nico is the sibling of Hookah the Cat. He prefers electronic drums like the Alesis set we see in this photo. We also see an array of guitars on the wall and some plush animals – Nico fits right in with that arrangement.
Submitted by Darren Douglas Danahy via our Facebook page.
Nico prefers electronic drums and guitars to synthesizers, so I’m not sure if he qualifies for CatSynth – but he does have adoring fans as you can see.
He certainly does and we’re happy to welcome him here at CatSynth. And there is one more little fun fact about him:
Nico likes to steal the drum sticks and hide them from me
Molly, Meris Delay Polymoon, Pladask Baklengs, Strymon El Capistan

Adorable kitten Molly is starting young with her effects pedals. She has a Merris Delay Polymoon, Pladask Baklengs granular effect, and Strymon El Capistan tape echo. From Flavigula on Mastodon.
Nepal and Synthesizer Blanket
PixL, Moog, E-MU SP-12, Yamaha, more

Meet PixL, who debuts with a couple of very stylized photos. This first one features PixL atop a Moog synthesizer (specific ID left as an exercise to the reader). This next picture includes an E-MU SP-12 drum machine, a Yamaha TG-33, and more. From burnsfield_art on Instragram.
There’s a new kid in town.

Make Noise, Mutable Instruments, Mordax, More

A beautiful black-and-white photo of a tabby cat in front of a modular system featuring modules from Mutable Instruments, Make Noise, Mordax, and more. I do like alliteration, but we do also see interesting modules from Noise Engineering and 4ms.
From hshmodular on Instagram. They also introduced us to Toulouse in this previous post.
Russian Blue Cat, Korg Minilogue, Strymon Big Sky, Elektron Digitakt

A beautiful Russian blue cat with a Korg Minilogue, a Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal, and an Elektron Digitakt lurking in the shadows. From ee_split on Instagram.