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  • Napoleon and Hohner Clavinet

    Napoleon and Hohner Clavinet

    Tabby cat sitting on a Hohner Clavinet. Next to the cat is a smaller Roland analog synthesizer, also sitting on the Clavinet.

    Napoleon sits upon a Hohner Clavinet. From Steve Peglar via Instagram.

    Next to Napoleon, we also see what I think is a Roland SH-9 vintage analog monosynth.

  • Merp and Modular

    Merp and Modular

    Our very own Big Merp leads off the new round of CatSynth pics after NAMM and Buchla & Friends.

    Behind him, we see the large modular system, with the Make Noise Tempi, Buchla Red Panel 158, Stymon Starlab, Sputnik Dual Oscillator, Dreadbox Euphoria, and many other modules. Next to so, and slightly under Merp, we see the Korg SQ-1 step sequencer.

  • Thea and Roland Chorus Echo

    Thea and Roland Chorus Echo

    Thea stands proudly atop a vintage Roland Chorus Echo (SRE-555). It is quite a find!

    Submitted by our friend Charles Whiley.

  • Haku and Infinite Machinery modules

    Haku and Infinite Machinery modules

    Tabby cat with two eurorack-module boxes. One os marked M-infinity and TZ Dual VCO.

    Haku helps his human pal Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram) unbox and set up new modules from Infinite Machinery. Erik got these back when we were all at Knobcon. I, too, am still setting up some of the modules that I acquired there.

    It appears the Infinite Machinery modules in question are the TZ (thru-zero) Dual VCO and Low Road filter.

    And here they are installed and set up to make some noise.

  • Chichiro and Doepfer Dark Energy Mk1

    Chichiro and Doepfer Dark Energy Mk1

    Tortie cat sniffing at a Doepfer Dark Energy, a small analog synthesizer module.

    Chichiro inspects a Doepfer Dark Energy Mk1 synthesizer. Submitted by our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram).

    The Doepfer Dark Energy was built around the Curtis CEM3394 “synth on a chip”. Curtis filter chips are well known and prolific in analog synthesizers, but this chip also includes a VCO and VCA – in short, a full synthesizer voice. It would definitely be fun to get hold of one of these, either packaged like the Dark Energy or on its own to experiment with.

  • Tiny and Prophet-10

    Tiny and Prophet-10

    Tiny sits proudly atop a new Sequential Prophet-10. And Tiny has a lot to be proud of, as this is a fine instrument.

    Submitted by Yluko via Facebook.

  • Pinki with Analog Systems and more modular

    Pinki with Analog Systems and more modular

    Pinki shows off a cool Analog Systems modular, with not one but two Oberkorn 16-step sequencers. There are several other Eurorack modules from other manufacturers on the lower level, which we shall leave as an exercise to the reader.

    From our friend Edda Jayne via Facebook. You can see Pinki’s previous appearances via his tag

  • Oreo with Gakken SX-150 MkII

    Oreo with Gakken SX-150 MkII

    Cat with small red synthesizer. The words "Analog Fog" are written on the side.

    Oreo returns! This time, he is showing off a Gakken SX-150 MkII synthesizer. Submitted by John Weiner via our Facebook page.

    The Gakken SX-150 is a tiny analog synthesizer, sharing some elements with both the Stylophone and Korg Monotron series. It has a solid feature set for such a small instrument, including multiple LFO shapes, independent controls for filter cutoff and resonance, envelopes, and buttons to automatically sweep the filter. Like the stylophone, the stylus is the main pitch control. A purrfectly cat-sized instrument, though the stylus must be a bit challenging for paws.

    You can see Oreo’s previous appearance here.

  • Feline drone chord and SOMA Lyra-8

    Feline drone chord and SOMA Lyra-8

    I’ve been training my cat to play ambient music. Last night he hit me with this hauntingly beautiful chord change after 10 minutes of A7sus4

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    — Jam2go (@jam2go.com) September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM

    A beautiful cat and a beautiful chord. From Jam2go via BlueSky.

    The synth to the left of the cat is a SOMA Laboratory Lyra-8. The keyboard is left as an exercise to the reader.

  • Dizzy Ra Nilsson and Korg Mono/Poly

    Dizzy Ra Nilsson and Korg Mono/Poly

    Cream colored cat sitting on a Korg Mono/Poly synthesizer, looking up at the camera.

    Dizzy Ra Nilsson proudly sits upon a Korg Mono/Poly. Beautiful cat and great synth!

    Submitted by Alison Niedbalski via our Facebook page.