We take a break from our NAMM backlog for a cat-and-synth pic this Tuesday. From Kids at Midnight, via matrixsynth:
Arthur interrupts work on the latest tune, finding the laptop a nice warm place to settle down. He once changed the preferences on my Pro Tools with his arse and it took me about a month of fiddling and a call to a help desk to get it back to normal. Cat hair can also be a problem at the Kids At Midnight HQ. Shall be pooling our money and investing in a Dustbuster …
From sduck409 on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
“”Bigfoot the cat gets minimal on a Roland JD-800”
Bigfoot should really join in one of our Droneshift performances!
I managed to get this photo of Luna sitting in front of a ledge overlooking the downstairs. I think she matches the works of art on the wall quite well.
Astute readers may recognize the large black painting from one of our reviews last October. See if you can pick out the artist.
Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted this weekend by The Meezers.
The Carnival of the Cats will be up on Sunday at iMeowza.
And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
From I Can Has Cheezburger?:
We have actually seen this picture before (with a different lolcat caption). You can see the previous version here.
From Kevin Kelly of The Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum, via matrixsynth:
The Technos Acxel is an interesting synthesizer, based on manipulation of spectra in the frequency domain. This is something several of us have been doing in software for quite a while.
In addition to the Acxel and the Rhodes Chroma, I see an E-MU EMAX in the background.
From James Price, via matrixsynth:
“This is my mostly empty dotcom with my kitten, Button, inside.”
“dotcom” of course refers to the Synthesizers.com rack, which apparently doubles as a comfortable napping spot.
We would like to remind everyone that you can submit your own cat-and-music pictures via our online form, via facebook, or @catsynth on twitter.
Our first Weekend Cat Blogging of 2010 begins in grayscale:
Luna is on her favorite beanbag chair in a relatively clean studio. Nearby is a crate full of old audio interfaces – it seems we have quite a few E-MU, M-Audio and Digidesign interfaces, some in various states of disrepair or obsolescence. We rely on one or another of these portable interfaces for live shows.
Meanwhile, Luna drifts off to sleep…
Weekend Cat Blogging will be hosted by Pam at Sidewalk Shoes.
The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Mind of Mog.
The monthly Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will be hosted on Sunday by Samantha and The Orange Kitty at Life from a Cat’s Perspective.
And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
From Retribution Body on flickr, via matrixsynth:
“I’m very happy with the new rig. It’s very West Coast Serge / Buchla compared to the ARP, it’s a very different beast. I’m looking forward to doing some serious recording with it.”
“Once again, Ernie is very helpful.”
You can see more on the associated flickr set.
From softestthing on flickr:
There are several other pictures in the “kitteh can has moogs” series featuring Harrison (aka “harry potterbelly”). You can see the all of them here:
I realized that we have actually met this cat once before, in “kitteh can has modz”.
