Oberheim (the cat) and JL Cooper Synapse MIDI router

Oberheim the black cat next to a JL Cooper Synapse MIDI router

Oberheim the cat is back, this time with a JP Cooper Synapse MIDI router and processor. From Charles Whiley via Facebook.

The JL Cooper routers were among the earlier MIDI devices I read about as I was understanding what is needed to go from one synthesizer to a home studio. I never did get one (not practical for me at that time in the late 1980s), but I still have the Digital Music Corp MX-8 that got later on to serve a similar purpose.

Zelda and Nord Modular G2

A very sweet picture of Zelda the cat sleeping atop a Nord Modular G2 engine. From tomhallsonics via Instagram.

I give you a picture of baby girl, deep in a dream state, while I make obnoxious squeaky sounds (how she manages to sleep to it I’ll never understand)

To find out more about Tom Hall’s music, please visit his Bandcamp page.

I have long been intrigued by the Nord Modular, though we don’t have one here at CatSynth HQ.

Orion and ARP 3620 keyboard

Handsome Orion poses in a sun puddle in front of an ARP 3260 keyboard. This is the keyboard that goes with an ARP 2600 synthesizer. From Justin Sullivan (@justin3am) on Twitter.

The original ARP 2600 didn’t have a keyboard built in. The 3260 was the keyboard that one could attach, and usually appears with it in regular use. You can see our video from NAMM 2020 testing out the 2600 reissue from Korg (which includes the keyboard).