Poppy the cute black cat is busy as a quality-control engineer for this synth repair job. From Michael Weeks via Facebook.
Poppy the QC inspector
Identification of the synth being repaired left as an exercise to the reader.
midnight monday
CatSynth Pic: Betty and the Yamaha CS20m
Adorable Betty the black cat sits atop a vintage Yamaha CS20m synthesizer. From Edda Jayne Hill via Facebook.
Betty loves the CS20m
And she is certainly in good company! Long before Yamaha’s dominance in the mid-1980s with the DX series of FM synths, they created the CS series of analog subtractive synthesizers. Although similar in topology to other analog synthesizers of the era, they had their own unique sound and character and were prized by many artists.
CatSynth Pic: Mystery Cat and Modular
Today we feature this handsome senior house panther with a modular system. It looks it might be a Moog modular! From Teh Autowitch via our Facebook page.
The Mystery Cat! He’s around 19 years old, deaf, and very helpful.
We wish the Mystery Cat more years to come is his long life!
CatSynth Video: Black Cat and Theremin
We start off this week with a black cat playing the theremin.
We get a peek at some modules below, and I find myself wondering if the theremin is controlling them. She definitely sees the antenna as a toy 😸. It reminds us of our video of Merp with the photo theremin.
CatSynth Pic: Syd and Elektron Analog Keys
CatSynth Pic: Black Cat, Minimoog, EMS Synthi, Rhodes, and Doepfer
CatSynth Pic: Black Cat “Jet” and Minimoog
CatSynth Pic: Studio Cat and 5U Modular System
CatSynth Pic: Studio Panther (Arturia, Elektron, GameBoy)
A gorgeous house panther shows off her studio, which includes a MicroBrute and controllers from Arturia, an Elektron SidStation, and a Nintendo GameBoy. From Shaun Steven Struble on Facebook, who says this about the GameBoy:
My main composition machine. If I can write it in three voices on the gameboy and it sounds good, I know it’ll sound good when I expand it to the other synths.
CatSynth Pic: Shadow and Brodie
Remember our pals Shadow and Brodie? Well, we have another photo of them honing electronic music skills. Via Shadow’s Facebook page.
Sadly, Shadow passed away in February. This is heartbreaking news, and our thoughts and condolences go out to his humans, as well as his feline brother who must miss him dearly.