Tag: cat

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #304

    Just a pretty picture of Luna on a pleasantly gray Saturday morning.


    Weekend Cat Blogging #304 is being hosted by Meowza.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted this Sunday by Nikita Cat.

    And the Friday Ark #333 is at the modulator. (333 is number worth noting.)

  • CatSynth pic: Altbengal

    From tedjames on flickr. I have now added an altbengal tag so you can see his previous images.

    This is a good time to remind readers that you, too, can submit your own cat-and-music pictures or videos via facebook, Twitter @catsynth, or using our submission form.

  • CatSynth video: MiniBubbas – Life Underground

    From noisythang on YouTube:

    Another day, sitting around the old Electric Range. Bless the Andromeda Space Rockers!

    Also on matrixsynth, where you can find more videos (sans cats) including this one:

    “A bunch of stuff, all in sync and out o’ tune!
    Just having fun with Synthrotek 16-step sequencer kit, and pile o’ goop.”

    “16-step clock -> Oberheim XK sync in -> MeBlip
    16-step step 1 trigger -> Bliptronics trigger -> Electric Western Phantastron Sync in -> ADSR
    16-step gate (split 1) -> Pigronix ADSR
    16-step gate (split 2) and CV -> Chimera BC9.

    Somewhat out of tune, hey it’s a demo.

    The synthrotek kit is a fun unit….. (i don’t work for them)”

  • CatSynth pic: Sequential Circuits Pro One

    From an auction, via matrixsynth:

    “It’s the J-wire version, with the good power supply.”
    cat not included?

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #303: Red Stripe

    Our busy schedule here at CatSynth continues unabated, with preparations for a second photo event in a couple of weeks and a new music project that requires quite a bit of practice.  Yesterday, instead of the usual Saturday morning Weekend Cat Blogging, I pulled off the cover of the Nord Stage keyboard to practice, and dropped the distinctive red dust cover (everything related to Nord keyboards is bright red) on the edge of Luna’s beanbag.  But that didn’t in anyway discourage her in anyway from curling up to take a nap – indeed, the dust cover almost looks like a brightly colored blanket.

    It’s amazing how Luna can nap through just about any type of music.  This morning it was songs by the Cardiacs – a little different than our usual fare, but fun and challenging. You can get a taste for what this sounds like (and what Luna is putting up with) below:

    Then again, it can’t be more challenging than some the very artificial experimental sounds that she hears living here.


    Weekend Cat Blogging #303 is hosted by Kashim, Othello and Salome at PaulChens FoodBlog?!

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted today by Billy SweetFeets.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth video: Keyboard Cat Plays SXSW

    Or maybe that’s played SXSW, as this was posted by chuckieart almost two weeks ago.

    Austin, TX: Keyboard Cat knows the only way to get real cred at SXSW is to put up a bunch of posters and set up and play on the street! It’s more exciting than an iPad 2 store!

    Also reposted on matrixsynth.

  • CatSynth video: Clavia Nord Lead 2

    From chronosproject on YouTube, via matrixsynth:

    “Freaky presets from Chronos”

    A delightfully weird video that will definitely wake one up on a Monday morning.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Video and photography

    For Weekend Cat Blogging, we present another video of Luna looking out the window.  She is exciting about something she saw and is chattering away.  There is also a very cute expression about 30 seconds in.

    Yes, I have quite a few videos of Luna chattering or “window-hunting.” It’s in part because it’s one of things that makes me want to record video rather than take still images. There is no time to edit this down, as I am busy preparing for the photo show next week. Here one can see one of the featured prints being prepared, as Luna shows her disdain for the whole process.


    Weekend Cat Blogging #302 is being hosted by Samantha and Clementine at Life from a Cat’s Perspective.

    Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Pet’s Garden Blog.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Mister Kitty and DSI Tempest

    Mister Kitty returns, this time with a Dave Smith Instruments Tempest drum machine!

    Submitted by prophei.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging 301: A Sad Day

    March 11 was a sad day.

    It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our friend Mickey.

    As mentioned earlier this week, he fell very ill and passed away on Friday. He (through his mom) first visited us in late 2007, and they have been regulars on our site ever since, as likely to comment on experimental music shows and photography as Luna’s feline antics. And in turn, we enjoyed getting to know them better through their site. Our thoughts go out to Mom Nancy and the rest of the family today.


    We have been closely following the tragic events in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. Images such as these are heartbreaking, and our thoughts are with the people of Japan right now. While every year brings multiple huge disasters, when it happens somewhere you have visited or affects people you know, it hits harder.

    Our friends at Cats of Wildcat Woods have compiled a list of relief organizations. The Red Cross is always a good place to start, and now you can donate via text messages.

    There is no information currently on Tashirojima, or “Cat Island”, which is off the eastern coast of Japan in Miyagi Prefecture, near epicenter of the earthquake and tsunami, but the fear is that the island was lost.


    Weekend Cat Blogging #301 is hosted by Pam at Sidewalk Shoes.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Two Little Cavaliers.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.