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 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).
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.
A beautiful Scottish Fold cat poses with a Moog Matriarch, a Roland VP-03 boutique vocoder, and a Korg NANO controller. I also see what looks like a vintage Macintosh mouse.
From upusen on X.
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.
Ringo returns to CatSynth. This time, he is jamming on a Roland SP-404 SX sampler, Line 6 DL4 delay pedal, Waldorf Blofeld, and Korg M50 and TR61 keyboard synthesizers.
From our friend Damien Olsen in New York.
Cammi Granato sits comfortably next to a live board featuring Red Panda Context, Particles and Bitmap pedals, Make Noise 0-coast and Strega standalone synthesizers, and an AKAI MPX-8. Above is a Roland SE-02 synth, monitors, and “an electro-acoustic thing made by Flesh Vomit.”
Canine Eddie Lack chills nearby as well, providing us with a rare DogSynth pic.
From our friends Scott and Deb via Mastadon. They are a big part of the group that made the recent Wonder Valley Experimental Music Festival happen. You can see our highlight reel of all the acts from the festival in the video below.
Our friend Charles Whiley is restoring and upgrading a Roland JX-8P. We see Ansel (black and white) and Olive (tabby) hanging out nearby.
Millie plays a Roland Juno 106 analog synthesizer. Submitted by The Unfinished via BlueSky. They also shared last week’s pic featuring Frank and the Elektron MachineDrum.
Ringo performs on a Korg TR-61 synthesizer, accompanied by other instruments from Korg, Waldorf, Roland, Zoom, and more.
Submitted by our friend Damien Olson via our Facebook page. You can see some of our adventures with Damien in New York via this tag.
Here is another video of Ringo taking a break next to the Korg Nautilus keyboard