Tag: cat

  • CatSynth video: Serge modular * Dubstep

    From TQDOQ on YouTube, via matrxsynth. See if you can spot the cat.

    This is the way we do it in Japan. Dubstep music using TRAKTOR and a
    vintage design Serge Modular synthesizer.
    Syncing is accomplished over Wi-Fi MIDI clock, with TRAKTOR as the
    master and Ableton Live as slave. Latency is compensated “on the
    fudge”.

    This set up is being ported to local clubs in Tokyo, where the DJ
    lives. The cat “nyamu” lives in a tower, inside the studio…

  • CatSynth pic: Rhodes and Prophet 600

    Submitted by Ian Miles Becker via Twitter.  Two classic instruments, Rhodes 73 electric piano and Prophet 600 synth.

    You can always follow us on Twitter @catsynth and share your own cat-and-music pics with us there.

  • Cat pic: Pika

    Submitted by Olivier Grandovec of Cat Prints via our Facebook page.

    “My cat Pika, sleeping up on the kitchen cabinet.”

    What sort of music (electronic or otherwise) do you imagine with this picture?

  • Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt: Quirky

    We usually present Luna in an elegant or creative manner, but for this week’s Photo Hunt theme of Quirky, it is an opportunity to present her quirky goofy side. That is particularly visible when she gets a new scratcher and fresh catnip:

    As one can see, she is quite happy and blissful, though perhaps a bit less dignified than usual.


    The Saturday Photohunt is up. This week’s theme is Quirky.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Mind of Mog.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Meow Mix

    Submitted by Morgan Pittman via Facebook. Many readers know Morgan (“Mo”) as the editor of The Cat Blogosphere and faithful caretaker of many cats.

  • CatSynth pic: Mandarina and modules

    From Travis Johns via the CatSynth Facebook page.

    Mandarina “assisting” with some modules – March is the hottest month in Costa Rica and my studio is on the second floor of a building with a metal roof so daytime temperatures render it unusable – so I’ve been bringing work home with me in order to work at night when the temp’s a little more bearable. Unfortunately, there’s usually a certain orange snag to that plan. The modules themselves are from a class I’m teaching called TicoTronics – teaching basic electronics and circuit design via open source synth schematics, modified to use only components common to Costa Rica. For more info – www.vauxflores.com

    You can see an example of Travis Johns’ creations and here.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Works of Art

    Coming downstairs a couple of days ago, I saw Luna posing exactly like this next to a sculpture and quickly snapped a photo:

    As we have often shown on these pages, there are ample opportunities to Luna to pose with artwork here at CatSynth HQ, but this pose was exceptionally regal. I sometimes wonder if she is conscious of her poses (at least from the perspective of a cat).

    This was the Instagram version of the photo. If you are on Instagram, you are welcome to follow as at catsynth.


    The Carnival of the Cats will be up tomorrow at the newly redesigned Opinionated Pussycat.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Max

    Submitted by Erwin Kant via our Facebook page.

    “Max wanting to record”

  • Wordless Wednesday: Cortland