A beautifully composed photo of Winston playing a Korg NTS-1 Nu: Tekt kit. Submitted by Ryan Garner via our Facebook page.
The NTS-1 is an interesting little device. It has the same oscillator/DSP system as the Minilogue XD and Prologue, and allows one to create new oscillators and effects for any of these three devices. We have one here at CatSynth HQ.
It looks like this cat has come over to inspect the many unusual instruments of Bryan Day. So much to explore and stimulate. From Bryan Day on Facebook:
Got a little help from a four legged friend at tonight’s wall shaking session with Scott Arford in Oakland.
Sounds like a great session. For an introduction to the work of Bryan Day you can check out these videos on CatSynth TV!
From madsoundfactory on Instagram.
Meows and Melodies! Welcome the Mad world of the MSF (Mad Sound Factory) 🎵
Milo proudly sits next to a freshly built version of the classic (EMS Synthi) VCS3. Submitted by Keith Winstanley via our Facebook page.
As mentioned, this is not an original VCS3, but a modern custom build that Winstanley recently completed.
It’s one I’ve been building on and off for about 10 years, just bought and installed the Ghielmetti patchbay, pin park and Predtopatch socket 🙂 It has a lot of features the original hadn’t but using original components and circuitry 🙂
We hope that Keith and Milo have a lot of fun playing their new instrument!
A cool “triple maneki neko” converted into a light-sensitive synth with light sensors, LEDs, volume and CV controls. From polwor.2 via Instagram
Resultados de las clases de “Diseño y Manufactura” para @elprimerextranjero !
Dos sensores de luz, perilla de volumen, CV, y luces
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuj8-y3uazs/
We’ve seen Tweek and Satie before on CatSynth, but I think this is the first time we have seen them together. Tweek is the tabby on the left and Satie is the gray on the right. Between them is a modified toy piano with springs and piezo microphone. The springs and the chamber of the toy piano make for some great resonance. And it is a purrfect input source for the modular system.
From Antoine Marroncles via Facebook. You can see Satie’s previous posts and Tweek’s previous posts via their links.
This is so cool! The “Cat Synth” is a creative project by Julia Makivic that puts a simple electronic synthesizer inside a plush cat toy. From tink_punk via Instagram. Here it is in action, along with more photos.
Translated from Bosnian to “Google English”:
we can't wait for you to meet the instructor of our first workshop @juliamakivic on Saturday 💓Julia recently worked on an interesting CatSynth project in collaboration with researchers from the University of the Arts in London @ual_cci and we share her video and photos with you. In this project, alt controller designers (aka makers) are connected with people with disabilities to create an accessible video game interface/controller for them. Julia's Cat Synth helps a pregnant woman with autism who wanted to find a way to bond with her baby and ease anxiety during medical appointments. The CatSynth produces soothing sounds through a speaker located in the tail and has two modes: for motion and for touch. The touch was intended for moments when the pregnant woman felt tired and did not move much.
Definitely curious to hear those sound samples from this Broken Cat toy instrument 😺
Satie joins us again. This time he has a Make Noise 0-Ctrl, an impressive modular system that includes offerings from Erica Synths, Mutable Instruments, Make Noise, Intellijel, and Bear Modules. There are also a couple of intriguing DIY instruments at Satie’s disposal.
From Antoine Marronclɘs of DAFAKE, via Facebook.
