From Missy Mouse on flickr, via matrixsynth.
“I suppose I should really have been stopping this, rather than taking a photo…! “
Also from Missy Mouse: “Musical Feets”
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CatSynth video: Daphne-on / Tenori-on
A video from our friend sushiluv on flickr, featuring Daphne
“Old lady checks out a new toy”
You can see more photos from sushiluv featuring the cats Daphne and Gonzo here on CatSynth.
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AXIS keyboard for Bohlen-Pierce Scale
Cats, alternate music controllers and tunings collide in this video on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
C-Thru Music has lent me this keyboard, called the AXIS, for a few months, and I am rearranging the keys for the Bohlen-Pierce Scale, a macrotuning based on a 3/1 frequency ratio, divided by 13 equal steps. See http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/BP for research on the BP Scale. This particular AXIS toured with the Lionel Richie Band on loan, went to me, and in two weeks I will be flying to Boston to give this AXIS to the Berklee College of Music, Synthesis Department – namely to Dr. Boulanger who will use it for his classes and for the new microtonal club. I teach Electronic Music at Scottsdale Community College. Come join the fun!
We have discussed the BP (Bohlen-Pierce) scale here at CatSynth in the past (and reviewed a piece by John R Pierce SF Tape Music Festival).
You read more about the C-Thru Music AXiS. It’s another interesting controller that I haven’t had the opportunity yet to try out.
Weekend Cat Blogging: Sunshine
On this rather busy weekend, we take a moment to enjoy the sunshine:
I have heard several people refer to Luna as “sunshine.”
Weekend Cat Blogging (Valentine’s Day Edition) is hosted by Gree and Othello.
The Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will be at Digicats.
The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted this Sunday by Kashim, Othello and Salome. (Looks like Othello is pulling double duty.)
And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
Wordless Wednesday: Lines, light and shadow
CatSynth pic: protective coloration
From Sawa Masaki on flickr:
“My kitty on my synthesizer.”
You can see more cat photos in his flickr photostream.
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CatSynth Pic: Morning
Weekend Cat Blogging: The construction is over!
The construction at CatSynth HQ is finally done.
To their credit, the construction crew did an impressive job cleaning up. As one can see in the above photograph, it is beginning to feel like home again, albeit with a few boxes scattered about.
Luna tentatively explores as things move back into place. There is still a lot of work to do, however. And no where more so than in the upstairs studio area. I was never particularly happy with the layout, and this is an opportunity to do it right. But it will take some significant effort to plan and organize. And I do want space as soon as possible to resume more serious creativity, musical and otherwise. So it is going to be a balance between “doing it right” and “doing it quickly (and cheaply).”
Weekend Cat Blogging #192 is being hosted by Mr Tigger and the M-Cats Club.
Kashim, Othello and Salome will host this weekend’s Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos.
The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Pet’s Garden Blog
And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
CatSynth motivational poster: Tali and Serge
From Carbon111, via matrixsynth:
Actually we have seen
As a bonus, another poster of Tali in the studio that Luna might appreciate:
CatSynth pic: Sid
from g, via matrixsynth:
“Here is my late Cat, Sid… he loved hanging out with me when I worked on the synth, and also patch cables were one of his good games 😉
Sid-Charlot:
Mar 1996-
Sep 2008”
We at CatSynth send our thoughts for Sid’s family. As matrix says: “Cats and pets in general are the few things in life that unconditionally have your back, through the good and the bad times.”
Unconditional love and hanging out together while working on the studio. What more could one ask for?
