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Selma, Tommy, Oberheim Xpander, Roland D-50

We see the inseparable Tommy and Selma next to an Oberheim Xpander and a Roland D-50. We also see a PGM-1000 programmer for the D-50, and various pedals.

Submitted by René (@sportcatmusic on Instagram), who shares this:

Selma is the orange one and Tommy is the black one. They were rescued from Ibiza 16 and 18 years ago. Since then, they’ve been together 24/7 every day, very lovingly. Selma passed away 2 months ago. Tommy has been alone since then and is having a difficult time.

We at CatSynth are saddened to hear of Selma’s passing, and send our condolences to Tommy and René for their loss 😿

Sam Sam with Vintage Yamaha and Korg synths

Sam Sam has been recently sitting in front of the studio equipment rack. Above her, we see some vintage instruments from the 1980s, including our Yamaha TX802 and TX81Z FM modules, and a Korg DVP-1 “Digital Voice Processor”. Our Korg Volca and Roland Boutique synths are stored in the open space.

Dahlia with Roland JP-8080 and other synths

Dahlia strikes another beautiful pose, this time next to the Roland JP-8080. In the background, we also see a Korg MiniKorg 700, an Ensoniq ESQ-1, and a red Roland SH-101. We at CatSynth particularly covet a couple in this collection.

Submitted by our friend Rob Robinson (@orderofthestatictemple on Instagram).

Dahlia, Roland MC-202 and JP-8080

The beautiful Dahlia returns, and she has brought some great vintage Roland machines: the MC-202 rhythm composer and the JP-8080 virtual analog module.

Submitted by our friend Rob Robinson (@orderofthestatictemple on Instagram).

MC-2oh2 and Grand Duchess Dahlia Darling of Meowington Manor (Dahlia for short)…I interrupted a meowing and rubbing tirade to snap this pic. She went back to meowing and rubbing immediately after. She’s the best puss.

Nina Ros and Boss PC-2 (Percussion Synthesizer)

Nina naps on top of a Boss PC-2 “Percussion Synthesizer” pedal. From Frank Ros (@ros_frank on Instagram).

A bit about the Boss PC-2 from Vintage Synth Explorer:

The PC-2 is a very simplistic analog synthesizer featuring six controls to help shape various synth drum, percussion and effect sounds. It uses a single VCO with a triangle waveform and a knob to adjust its pitch. The sound is more often of the UFO bleep and bloop variety, although with a bit of help from the OEM manual, you can find the settings to make big bass drum sounds, castanets, tom toms, wood blocks and more. The Sweep knob can give the sound an ascending or descending pitch bend effect. The VCA envelope is limited to a simple Decay control (attack is a fixed hard transient). A simple LFO, switchable between Triangle or Square waveforms, with Depth and Rate controls can be used to modulate the VCO for subtle vibrato to crazy wobbly sounds.