An udu drum at CatSynth HQ, photographed and processed with the Hipstamatic iPhone app.
This particular udu was featured on the track Xi from my 2005 album Aquatic.
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Kitten and iPhone synth (Sad Pajamas)
An adorable kitten plays with an iPhone synth app, making continuous theremin-like sounds.
From the Instagram account of the synthpop duo Sad Pajamas. You can hear one of their tracks (with feline-themed cover art) below and via their Bandcamp page.
Highway☆ 1.2.0 now in the Apple App Store!
We are excited to announce the release of Highway☆ 1.2.0 for iPhone and iPad! It is available in the Apple App Store.
This new version includes some of our most requested features.
- Switch between map and satellite views. This saves battery and bandwidth on the road.
- Sometimes connectivity on the road can be poor or non-existent. Highway☆ now matches missed routes once connectivity is restored.
There many more features we have in store, but for the moment we turn our focus to the 1.2 version for Android. And we are looking forward to putting the app through its paces on our upcoming road trip to NAMM 😺
Highway☆ Released on the App Store!
We at CatSynth are excited to announce the release of our newest app Highway☆ for iPhone and iPad, available on the App Store!
This app comes out of long-term interest in highways and road travel, something we explore periodically on this site. It’s a sort of “Pokemon Go” for travelers and road geeks, where you can discovery and collect highways as you travel.
It also has features for exploring new places on your device, and finding more information about the roads. You can also connect with other users and compete for the top scores.
It is completely free, so please download and have fun, especially if you are planning to hit the road this summer. And please let us know what you think or if you have ideas for new features 😺
And we are currently busy at work on an Android version, which we hope to share soon.
CatSynth: The App! 2.5.0 for iOS Released
We have a new version of CatSynth: The App! available on the Apple App Store. This is a tremendous update. The best version of CatSynth: The App! ever. We have rethought the user experience while preserving the distinctive style. It also happens to match Sam Sam’s markings quite nicely.
It is smoother and simpler to browse and read articles on your mobile device. And for the built-in Mystery Synths, we have added MIDI input support!
You can play the synths with an external MIDI controller or sequencer using either the network or (on iPads) a class-compliant MIDI USB device. We will have some video demos of this soon.
If you have an iOS device, please do try out the app and let us know what you think! 😺
CatSynth: The App! for iOS 1.4.142 is released!
We’re happy to release the first major update for the iPhone/iPad version of CatSynth: The App!. 1.4.142 (yes, it’s the square root of 2) has the following new features and improvements:
- New Mystery Synth #3!
- Facebook or email login for comments, favorites and more.
- Numerous bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements
It’s that last one that really took the longest: the under-the-hood improvements using a completely rebuilt backend. We might have more to say about the technology that went into it (it’s pretty cool from the point of view of a computer-science geek), but for now we simply ask that if you have an iPhone or iPad, please download and enjoy the new app.
And yes, 1.4.142 for Android is coming soon, too!
