
Haku looks on as our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram) handles a Befacio Voltio oscillator module during a modular case reorganization.


Haku looks on as our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram) handles a Befacio Voltio oscillator module during a modular case reorganization.


The lovely Chihiro poses with a Novation AFX Station and plays it, too. From our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram).
Chihiro decided to join me in celebrating International Synthesizer Day by playing glissando with her face on the AFX Station. She also worked the pitch & mod wheels. 😹🎹




Chihiro enjoys rubbing up against the modular in this adorable video. She seems to particularly like the Happy Nerding modules and a MOK Waverazor. I also noticed the Behringer vocoder module, the Piston Honda from Industrial Music Electronics, and more.
From our friend Erik Ribeiro (@ericsuperlazy on Instagram), who notes that Chihiro was probably most taken with the case itself, a Dopfer Low Cost LC with its vinyl-like siding.

Haku sits quietly as our friend Erik Ribeiro explores the Korg ARP 2600 M, the smaller-sized version of their ARP 2600 recreation. Erik also shares his thoughts on the ARP 2600 and his relationship with this iconic synth.
I like that Korg has been making sized-down versions of these classic synths. In addition to the ARP 2600 M, there are the MS-20 Mini and the MiniKorg 700sm. Just like cats, I want to take them all home with me.
Some photos of Haku with the 2600 M




Haku relaxes on top of a 4ms modular pod (safely covered), which contains a 4ms MetaModule plus expanders, and a Doepfer A-111-5 Voice.
Submitted by our friend Erik Ribeiro via Facebook.


It’s rare that we get to see Haku and Chichiro together, but here they are, purrfectly posed behind a small modular “expression skiff”. We see modules from Doepfer, Intellijel, AJH Synth, a Bela Gliss, and a Cre8audio Cellz.
From our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram).

Chichiro is having a little fun with the Modbap Trinity drum module on Modulargrid.
From our friend Erik Ribeiro via Instagram.


Haku helps his human pal Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram) unbox and set up new modules from Infinite Machinery. Erik got these back when we were all at Knobcon. I, too, am still setting up some of the modules that I acquired there.
It appears the Infinite Machinery modules in question are the TZ (thru-zero) Dual VCO and Low Road filter.

And here they are installed and set up to make some noise.



Chichiro inspects a Doepfer Dark Energy Mk1 synthesizer. Submitted by our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram).
The Doepfer Dark Energy was built around the Curtis CEM3394 “synth on a chip”. Curtis filter chips are well known and prolific in analog synthesizers, but this chip also includes a VCO and VCA – in short, a full synthesizer voice. It would definitely be fun to get hold of one of these, either packaged like the Dark Energy or on its own to experiment with.


Haku makes it very clear who owns this patch cord!
From our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram).
