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Nina Ros and Boss PC-2 (Percussion Synthesizer)

Nina naps on top of a Boss PC-2 “Percussion Synthesizer” pedal. From Frank Ros (@ros_frank on Instagram).

A bit about the Boss PC-2 from Vintage Synth Explorer:

The PC-2 is a very simplistic analog synthesizer featuring six controls to help shape various synth drum, percussion and effect sounds. It uses a single VCO with a triangle waveform and a knob to adjust its pitch. The sound is more often of the UFO bleep and bloop variety, although with a bit of help from the OEM manual, you can find the settings to make big bass drum sounds, castanets, tom toms, wood blocks and more. The Sweep knob can give the sound an ascending or descending pitch bend effect. The VCA envelope is limited to a simple Decay control (attack is a fixed hard transient). A simple LFO, switchable between Triangle or Square waveforms, with Depth and Rate controls can be used to modulate the VCO for subtle vibrato to crazy wobbly sounds.

Satie and Pedals (BOSS, Electro-Harmonix, Danelectro, MXR)

Satie poses behind a pedalboard featuring pedals from Boss, Electro-Harmonix (the infamous Big Muff), Danelectro, and MXR. From Antoine Marronclɘs via Facebook.

Satie is the little brother of Tweek, who has appeared several times on CatSynth. You can see all of Tweek, Satie, and Antoine Marroncles via this tag.

Olive with JL Cooper, Studio Electronics, JoMoX, Sequential, Roland, and More

Olive the cat in chair in front of an impressive array of tabletop modules. Next to her is a rugged JL Cooper fader fox; a Studio Electronics BoomStar, and a Yamaha 1980s item below it; a JoMox Alpha Base, a Sequential Prophet '08, sundry rhythm machines from Boss

Olive sits confidently in the command chair in front of an impressive array of tabletop modules. Next to her is a rugged JL Cooper fader fox (I had one of these on loan in the 1990s and wish I still had it). We also see a Studio Electronics BoomStar, and a Yamaha 1980s item below it; a JoMox Alpha Base, a Sequential Prophet ’08, sundry rhythm machines from Boss, and much more.

Submitted by Olive’s human Charles Whiley.

CatSynth Video: Lee with Electro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay

https://vimeo.com/412562048

Lee is exploring the music and space around an Eletro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay alongside a few other devices from Boss and Line 16. Submitted by our friend and sometime collaborator Suki O’kane.

Lee Attempting To Understand My Music

Alternatively, Lee Attempting to Find a Small Object He Can Throw On the Floor.

This sort of thing is all the same to Lee.

https://vimeo.com/412562048

CatSynth video: Taide’n Borg – Jorgos and The Revenge on the Iron Beast

From Sun’s May Flower on YouTube, via matrixsynth.

“Equipment:

Poly synth – Roland Super JX 10
Bass – Korg Monopoly
Synth Lead – Arp Odyssey
Strings – Solina String Ensemble
Drums – Akai S900

Effects:

Reverb – Lexicon LXP 15 II
Analog Delay – EEM 2000 ST
Chorus – Boss CH1 Super Chorus
Stereo Phaser – Arion SPH2”

Spot the cat 🙂