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Felix and Arturia MicroFreak Vocoder

Gray tabby cat sitting in front of a small keyboard synth and vocoder about to sing into the microphone.

Felix is ready to sing for us through the vocoder on the Arturia MicroFreak white vocoder edition.

Submitted by @colman.jones via Threads.

Gerty, Arturia MiniBrute, Korg Duo Monotron, MS-20

Gerty is back, this time with an Arturia MiniBrute, Korg Duo Monotron, and Korg MS-20. Plus a guitar and a cool Tie-Fighter model.

From Brandon Heartworm Yahiro-Taylor via Facebook.

Couldn’t figure out whether Gerty approved of the weirdo synth recordings i’m working on, then he gave me this face. I know that face, whatever the species it comes from…

Arturia MicroFreak Stellar Edition, Novation X-Station, Zoom MRS-8

This cat is ready to serenade us with a tune on the Novation X-Station keyboard synth. We also see an Arturia MicroFreak “Stellar Hybrid” edition, and a Zoom MRS-8 recorder.

From EnnoVelthuys via Twitter/X.

Sam Sam, MiniBrute 2, Modular, Octave CAT

Black and white cat standing on a covered synthesizer and keenly inspecting the patch bay on an Arturia MiniBrute 2 analog synthesizer. Next to her head is a small modular setup with modules from several manufacturers.

It’s rare that Sam Sam ever gets up on one of the synth desks, so when she did I rushed to snap some photos. This was the best one, with her standing on our vintage Octave CAT (safely covered) and inspecting the Arturia MiniBrute and RackBrute modular setup.

A full account of synth brands in this photo can be found in the tags.

Keks, Modular, and Arturia KeyStep

Keks sits in front of a multi-row and multi-case modular system, along with an Arturia KeyStep. Submitted by nystada via Twitter/X.

It turns out the Keks means “biscuits” in German.

Nugget, modular, Arturia, Behringer

Nugget “the modular cat” poses between a large modular system, Arturia MiniBrute 2S, MIniFreak, and KeyStep, and a Behringer “Gray Meanie” 2600.

From Greg Oakes via the Facebook group Eurorack Modular

Mistie, Arturia MatrixBrute, and new Synth Shelf

Mistie has grabbed a high spot on the new “synth shelf”. In front, we see an Arturia MatrixBrute (Noir edition).

From Robbie Puricelli of Pro Synth Network.

International Cat Day with Sam Sam and Big Merp

Today is International Cat Day (8/8), so we’re celebrating Sam Sam and Big Merp.

Black and white cat sitting on a cat tower. To the left is an audio mixer and patch bay. To the right are several rackmount synthesizers and other pieces of music gear, and the left corner of a large red Nord keyboard.

Brown and white cat sitting on a large red Nord keyboard, depressing some keys. Behind the cat is a computer screen with an open Pro Tools recording session, a small Arturia keyboard synth, and various pieces of audio gear.

Kamal Sabran and Mimi

A really sweet photo from the vault of our friend Kamal Sabran.

‘Centaur’ Ambient with Wavestate, Iridium, Prophet 10 & Minifreak

From Martin Stürtzer on YouTube, via matrixsynth.

This is just a little Sunday treat for you, because I am not able to do a livestream today. The track starts with a pad from the Korg Wavestate, which I used as in its native plugin version. The following sequence uses the wavetable engines of Waldorf’s Iridium. The bass is from the Prophet 10 and the lead melody from the Arturia Minifreak. Effects are U-He Color Copy, Valhalla DSP Shimmer.

Neptun went into a hyperactive state when I started the recording, he played a note (this time in key!) at 03:19

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