Samba the blackc cat poses with a MicroKorg. Submitted by Paul Hayworth via our Facebook page.
Tag: cat
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CatSynth pic: Kitten on a Minimoog
From @moogmusic via Twitter, as part of an amusing conversation that also included matrixsynth.
Can you guess which one is the rescue? @matrixsynth @catsynth pic.twitter.com/q0ruxB3v
— Moog Music Inc. (@moogmusicinc) February 1, 2012
@moogmusicinc @catsynth I think the Mini needs rescuing right about now. 🙂 http://t.co/ZG6rdkVLvH
— matrixsynth (@matrixsynth) September 5, 2013
So which one do you think is the rescue, the kitten or the Minimoog?
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CatSynth pic: Oberkorn SL16 and Oberheim SEM Pro
From Rob Robinson via Facebook.
Quite by accident, starting a new tune with Oberheim SEM Pro and Oberkorn SL16. Puss is helping.
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CatSynth video: cat toy keyboard
From Taki76 on YouTube:
“Meow”
I need to find this cat toy keyboard! It would be great for circuit bending and future performances.
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CatSynth pic: Hohner Electra Piano
From Michael Van Dijck via our Facebook page.
Here is an example of the Hohner piano in action:
In this video, Chick Corea plays a Hohner Electra piano with Miles Davis. (Keith Jarrett is playing a different electric piano.)
Electric pianos are of course not strictly synths, as they are electro-mechanical rather than electronic. But these instruments are favorites of ours here at CatSynth.
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Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Day of Rest
It’s not unusual for Luna to spend most of her day napping in sun puddles, but it’s a rare occasion when I get do so as well. This month has been rewarding but also exhausting, with work, the Portland trip, multiple shows and sundry other events and obligations. Fortunately, this weekend is largely free and thus a good time to rest as well as attend to health and home. And of course to spend time with Luna.
The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Mind of Mog.
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
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Black Cat Appreciation Day
Today, August 17 is officially Black Cat Appreciation Day. Of course, that could apply to any day here at CatSynth.
My black cat Luna, who was originally adopted from a shelter, certainly gets a lot of appreciation and love.
Black cats are sleek and gorgeous. And I have often found them to be among the most sweet and affectionate of cats. Luna is no exception on either front.
Sadly, black cats are still among the last to be adopted from shelters in the United States. Whether it’s lingering superstition or plain bias is hard to say. I see way too many heartbreaking stories of abandoned black cats in kill shelters reaching the end of their time. Black Cat Appreciation Day is an effort to highlight the plight of black shelter cats but also to celebrate them as wondrous companions. This video, from the Meadow Lake Humane Society of Saskatchewan, Canada, always gets to me:
There are numerous local groups on Facebook and elsewhere dedicated to helping black cats, and I encourage interested readers to check them out.
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CatSynth video: Creepy Space Cat
From kj6bbs on YouTube, via matrixsynth.
“Discovered something new tonite.” [sic]
That is indeed part of the fun of modulars, of electronic music in general. Did you spot the cat in the video?
