This cat has a pretty cool setup including an Elektron Analog Four – that’s one we don’t see as often – and an Octatrack. We also see a modular system, an FMR Really Nice Compressor, and the mixers and patch bays that are essential for any synth studio. From discotheque_sauvage on Instragram.
This is not the first time we have featured discotech_sauvage, their cat, and their Elektron instruments. Check out this previous post.
Bread (orange) and Tuna (black) team up again. Bread is playing the Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer and Tuna has his paws on the RX7 drum machine. Together, they are ready for some retro-1980s Yamaha-synth fun. From thedigitalpurrgatory on Instagram.
The RX7 is quite similar to the RX5 drum machine we have here at CatSynth HQ, and a fine instrument in itself – the only main differences are that the RX5 has separate outputs for different pads and more complex envelope editing. You can find out more about the RX5 (and by extension the RX7) in our recent demo and tutorial.
Saruman performs for us on the Yamaha SK50D vintage analog ensemble synthesizer.
From hdgenis (Héctor D. Genis) via Instagram and Twitter.
Saruman en el estudio grabando algunas de sus ideas para una nueva canción.
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We’re now getting to the point where I can start to translate Spanish myself without resorting to Googlish.
“Saruman in the studio recording some of his ideas for a new song”
We start out the week with a warm and uplifting video from Sarper Duman and his cat. The shared love between them and for music always brightens my day.
Handsome Toulouse sits atop a modular system featuring modules from a wide variety of makers, including Make Noise, Mutable Instruments, Noise Engineering, Expert Sleepers, Wrong Electronics (the intriguing-liking Vector Space module in the lower left). From hshmodular, who also has a series going into detail on several of the modules on their Instagram. Check it out!
Kamal Sabran’s cats have appeared several times on CatSynth. This time, human and cat are together as they work on some experimental tracks. We see a Roland SP-404SX sampler/sequencer, a Behringer Neutron, a vintage Ace Tone Rhythm Fever, an analog oscilloscope, and an analog reel-to-reel tape recorder.
Check out their new album and more at spacegambusexperiment.bandcamp.com.
Pumpkin has an impressive set of vintage synthesizers, including the Roland System 100 modular, Roland TR-808 drum machine, ARP Odyssey, and Korg MS-10. From Lowfish on Twitter.
This is the setup for the track “c100” on the forthcoming Lowfish album “Grey With Breaks.” Pumpkin (my cat) gets ZERO credit for her contributions to this record. You can pre-order the limited edition “cloudy grey” LP version from Bleep here:
Please check out their new album. And we at CatSynth are here to recognize Pumpkin’s contributions.
Bread is back, and this time he is playing two of Yamaha’s classic FM instruments, the legendary DX7, and the smaller DX100. From thedigitalpurrgatory via Instagram.
Bread likes his frequencies modulated.
The DX100 is a four-operator FM synthesizer, similar to the DX27 and DX21, but lacking the extended features of the TX81Z. The DX7 is, of course, the six-operator FM workhorse of its era, and the most well-known of the entire line.
