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  • #808Day and #WorldCatDay

    #808Day and #WorldCatDay

    Today is both 808 Day – after the Roland TR-808 drum machine – and World Cat Day. As a bonus, the date works in both American and international formats. Is there a greater confluence of this blog’s core themes than this date? 😸 🎹

    The picture above was from an old Reddit post. We have featured a few cats with the TR-808’s successor, the TR-8, such as this post from 2017, courtesy of adrianhalo on Instagram.

    They have a very different look – the TR-8 was part of Roland’s AIRA series with the glowing controls. The sound and technology is also different, but both instruments have found their way into a great variety of music.

  • CatSynth Pic: Coco and TR-09

    CatSynth Pic: Coco and TR-09

    Coco gets ready to program her Roland TR-09 drum machine. Submitted by Daniel Warner via our Facebook page.

    The TR-09 is a recreation of the Roland TR-909 as part of the Boutique series. It has the original controls and layout of the “909”, but in the Boutique form factor; plus some modern additions like USB.

    You can see Coco’s previous appearance on CatSynth here.

  • CatSynth Pic: Roland JD-Xi

    CatSynth Pic: Roland JD-Xi

    Beautiful white cat with Roland JD-Xi synthesizer. Submitted by André Luiz via our Facebook page.

    The JD-Xi is a small affordable synth that includes analog modeling, PCM-based sounds, and a vocoder. It seems in some ways similar to a couple of the Boutique line, though its interface is closer to that of the AIRA line. We at CatSynth are particularly curious about the vocoder features…

  • CatSynth Video: Drum Machines, MicroBrute, Kaoss Pad and more

    CatSynth Video: Drum Machines, MicroBrute, Kaoss Pad and more

    This has to be one of the sweetest things we have seen in a long time! From our friend Kamal Sabran via Facebook. We see a young man and young cat, who clearly love one another, playing a drum machine. There is also an Arturia MicroBrute, a Korg Kaoss Pad, and some cool retro devices including a reel-to-reel tape recorder and analog oscilloscope.

  • CatSynth Pic: Roland TR-8 and Korg Monologue

    CatSynth Pic: Roland TR-8 and Korg Monologue

    Black cat with Roland TR-8 and Korg Monologue

    Beautiful black cat with a Roland TR-8 AIRA drum machine and a Korg Monologue synthesizer. From Chris Weinhardt via Facebook.

  • CatSynth Pic: Boulette, Roland TB-303, and Access Virus

    CatSynth Pic: Boulette, Roland TB-303, and Access Virus

    Boulette finds a napping spot in between a Roland TB-303 and Access Virus. From LeCoin Coin via Facebook.

  • CatSynth Pic: Modular, Roland, Korg, Arturia

    CatSynth Pic: Modular, Roland, Korg, Arturia

    Today we have a seriously cute cat with a modular system, a Roland System-1m, Korg SQ-1, Arturia keyboard and more. From Simon RD via Facebook.

    Identification of the individual modules left as an exercise to the reader.

  • CatSynth Pic: Yamaha and Roland

    CatSynth Pic: Yamaha and Roland

    Cute calico cat with Yamaha and Roland keyboards. From Slaid Szczerba via Facebook.

  • CatSynth Pic: Leo, Access Virus TI, Roland SP404sx, and Arturia BeatStep Pro

    CatSynth Pic: Leo, Access Virus TI, Roland SP404sx, and Arturia BeatStep Pro

    Leo steps up to perform on an Access Virus TI synthesizer. Above him are a Roland SP404sx and Arturia BeatStep Pro. From our friend @6bq9music on Twitter.

  • CatSynth Pic: Roland TB-03 and TR-09

    CatSynth Pic: Roland TB-03 and TR-09

    Black cat Tromo with Roland Boutique TB-03 and TR-09 synths.

    By Elie Sakr via a new treasure trove thread on the Facebook group Synthesizer Freaks.