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  • Meelee with Deluge, Moog, Mutable Instruments and More

    Meelee with Deluge, Moog, Mutable Instruments and More

    Meemee the cat with a Synthstrom Audible Deluge, a Moog Mother-32 and Subharmonicon, and a variety of Eurorack synthesizer modules.

    The adorable Meelee joins us today from Hong Kong with quite a setup. She has a Synthstrom Audible Deluge, a Moog Mother-32 and Subharmonicon, and sundry Eurorack modules including several from Mutable Instruments, Make Noise, Endorphines, Expert Sleepers, 4ms, Electro-smith, and more. Submitted by Jan Hohmann via our Facebook page.

    The Deluge from Synthstrom Audible is a new one for us. It is a portable synthesizer, sampler, and sequencer. A very popular combination these days as we see many instruments that combine these features in different ways.

  • Xandra with FolkTek, Moog and other modules

    Xandra with FolkTek, Moog and other modules

    The beautiful Xandra – a Siamese oriental shorthair cat – sits proudly in front of a modular system featuring offerings from FolkTek, Moog, Malekko and more. Xandra fits purrfectly with the aesthetics of the FolkTek modules.

    From Ignus Ajpuu viua Facebook.

  • Orion with Modular and Elektron (Make Noise, Doepfer, Flight of Harmony)

    Orion with Modular and Elektron (Make Noise, Doepfer, Flight of Harmony)

    An older photo of Orion with an Elektron Analog Four (Mk1) and a Eurorack system featuring a Flight of Harmony Choices joystick, various offerings from Make Noise and Doepfer, and more.

    Submitted by Justin Sullivan (@justin3am) via our Twitter account.

  • Kitten in a Serge Modular

    Kitten in a Serge Modular

    A Lynx Point Siamese kitten in a Serge Modular. From autowitch on Instagram.

    Please visit autowitch’s bandcamp to find out more about their music.

  • Orion with Behringer Neutron and module assembly

    Orion with Behringer Neutron and module assembly

    Orion watches as his human assembles a new synthesizer module. We a Behringer Neutron semi-modular synthe behind him.

    From Orion’s Instagram (orion_s_life). You can see his other appearances on CatSynth here

  • Chase Bliss Blooper and Circuit-bent Walkman

    Chase Bliss Blooper and Circuit-bent Walkman

    This cat is completely bilssed-out next to a Chase Bliss Blooper pedal and circuit-bent Walkman (speed controls). Between the cassette and the pedal, a lot of looping fun to be hand here.

    From Antoine Marronclɘs via Facebook.

    The Blooper is an intriguing little pedal, and looks quite practical for looping fun. From Chase Bliss’s website:

    Within this little blue rectangle is an intricate machine to explore, unravel, and make your own, with infinite opportunities and outcomes…there is loop saving, eight layers of undo and redo, and external syncing. On the creative end, there are two channels of modifiers, a lo-fi Stability control, and three looping modes. blooper’s heart is Additive mode, which allows you to record sound modifiers directly into the loop like any other overdub.

    https://www.chaseblissaudio.com/shop-pedals/blooper

  • Elgie, Crumar Orchestrator and Sequential Six-Trak

    Elgie, Crumar Orchestrator and Sequential Six-Trak

    The adorable Elgie returns, this time with a Crumar Orchestrator and Sequential Six-Trak. Submitted by Eston Lathrop via our Facebook page.

    The Crumar Orchestrator was released in 1977 and provides an orchestra-in-a-box with Brass, Piano, Clavichord, Cello, and Violin sounds, as well as a Bass sound. They can be combined and each has its own level control. It is particularly good for the Brass and String sounds which are reminiscent of the ARP Solina (we at CatSynth have used the Arturia Solina V on a few recordings).

    The Sequential Six-Trak was released in 1984. As a synthesizer, it was a smaller cousin to the Prophet series, but it did include many of the Prophets’ features like cross-modulation. There was also an onboard sequencer six-track sequencer (hence the name) and full MIDI support, including controllers for the various parameters.

  • CatSynth Pic: Cat & Modular

    CatSynth Pic: Cat & Modular

    Handsome cat and a modular synth. Life is good.

    From weedsnob via Instagram.

  • Green Cat and Moog Modular

    Green Cat and Moog Modular

    This cat has some amusing photos in front of a Moog modular. The images are also rather…green. You can see more in the Instagram post from dj.wadada embedded below.

  • Lola and Roland MC-202 Rhythm Composer

    Lola and Roland MC-202 Rhythm Composer

    Lola (the calico cat) is inspecting a Roland MC-202 rhythm composer. From exfade_electronics via Instagram.

    More accent? Lola (the cat) probably has a better grasp of the sequencer than I do!

    The MC-202 was among Roland’s first grooveboxes. It has a synthesizer architecture (and visual look) similar to the original SH-101, but also looked ahead to the TB-303.