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Cute feral cat Hissy return! Hungry as ever ๐Ÿ˜ป

Our cute feral feline friend Hissy returns. She is doing well, but hungry as ever! Indeed, she ate two cans of food plus crunchies on this occasion.
Her markings and …
voice suggest that she is at least partly Siamese.
She is still quite skittish, although learning to trust people more.

#cats #caturday #shorts
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Cute feral cat Hissy return!  Hungry as ever ๐Ÿ˜ป
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Cute feral cat Hissy return! Hungry as ever ๐Ÿ˜ป
Our cute feral feline friend Hissy returns. She is doing well, but hungry as ever! Indeed, she ate two cans of food plus crunchies on this occasion.
Her markings and …
voice suggest that she is at least partly Siamese.
She is still quite skittish, although learning to trust people more.

#cats #caturday #shorts
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Magical Mystery Tour | The Beatles' Underrated Psychedelic Masterpiece!
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Magical Mystery Tour | The Beatles' Underrated Psychedelic Masterpiece!
Today with look at Magical Mystery Tour. The album combined music from the soundtrack to their film of the same name, along with singles like “Strawberry Fields Forever” and …“Penny Lane”.
Magical Mystery Tour is often overlooked and perhaps under-appreciated, but it is a favorite of ours here at CatSynth. It includes several classics, including the previously mentioned songs, and represents the peak of their psychedelic musical explorations. In some ways, it speaks to us even more than “Seargent Pepper”.
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Ensoniq ESQ-1 by Cherry Audio | A detailed look at a 1980s synth classic!
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Ensoniq ESQ-1 by Cherry Audio | A detailed look at a 1980s synth classic!
CatSynth proudly presents a detailed look at the new Ensoniq ESQ-1 from our friends at Cherry Audio!

We go over most of its features, and explore some of the presets …
including original ESQ-1 factory presets, the new ESQ-1 preset bank, the Andrew Longhurst ESQ-1 Collection, and Soniq Odyssey by John Dyson.

To find out more, please visit https://cherryaudio.com

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This popular synthesizer from the mid-1980s combined single-cycle digital waveform oscillators with analog filters and amplifiers. Abundant modulation sources allowed for dynamically changing sounds and was very much in tune with the overall tone of the era.

00:00 Introduction
00:31 History of the Ensoniq ESQ-1
01:33 Overview of the Ensoniq ESQ-1 by Cherry Audio
03:14 Original factory presets
05:07 Play panel
06:12 Oscillator 1 and DCA 1
11:04 Mixing oscillators
15:15 Oscillator AM and Sync
19:27 Filter
23:25 Amplifier: DCA 4 and Envelope 4
25:40 Modulation Matrix and Macros
32:31 Voice modes
34:17 Arpeggiator
37:33 Sequencer
41:58 Effects
44:56 Dual layer modes (and dual effects busses)
51:52 ESQ-1 Presets
51:14 Andrew Longhurst ESQ-1 Collection
57:23 Soniq Odyssey for ESQ-1
59:34 Conclusion


Photo credits
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ensoniq_ESQ-1.jpg
https://www.matrixsynth.com/2018/07/ensoniq-esq-1-vintage-synthesizer.html
https://www.matrixsynth.com/2026/03/ensoniq-esq-1-early-metal-cased-sqx-10.html
https://www.matrixsynth.com/2025/08/ensoniq-esq-1-legendary-80s-synth.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SID_chips.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yamaha_DX7_synthesizer_-_combined_image_with_diagonal_and_top_views.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roland_D-50_Front_(tweaked_image)_f.jpg
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