Time for another “CatSynth pic”, and so we turn to our friend Mimì from polynominal:
Here we see Mimì jealously guarding her SidStation from anyone who might dare to touch it (like me).
The SidStation is a full-function hardware synth based on the SID chip from the old Commodore 64/128 – people of my vintage are probably quite familiar with these systems. The SID was quite ahead of its time feature-wise, and now it is a great vintage concept.
The tour for Polly Moller and Company began last night with out kick-off show at 1510 8th Street in Oakland:
We were a trio last night, rather than a quartet. Guitarist Bill Wolter joins us tomorrow for the trip north.
I also performed a solo set to open the evening:
(Photo by Polly Moller)
Once again, I am playing the ektar (single-string instrument).
This is the first performance in which I used two laptops (both PC and Mac), mainly because not everything I wanted to use last night ran on a single system. I also took advantage of the excellent piano present at 1510. I improvised against the electronics, trying to match the timbre and “vague pitches” – the piano was also picked up by the mic for processing. And I opened the set with a brief rendition of “Alley Cat” (which has been stuck in my head after the bad kitty chaos festival from a couple of weekends back).
I will be doing another solo set for our show in Astoria, Oregon.
Remember Niki? Well, she has some more gear photos:
Looks like a Nord micromodular in the first pic. And in the second, is that an E-MU Xmidi? Well, at least someone bought one. I wonder if that is a standalone unit, or the one that comes with Emulator/Proteus X2? (The fact that it's not connected to any MIDI cables suggests the latter)
sigh
Originally posted on matrixsynth, from a long-completed eBay auction:
In another photo fromt he set, one can see a bit of tail near the patch cords:
I just discovered Appliancide and this photo via matrixsynth
Look forward to reading and hearing more…
…Peek-a-boo…
From Deviant Synth, via matrixsynth:
Mommy the cat likes it, so…
😉
Beautiful tabby cat, though. And it's Tuesday.
From Ivan, we have Rudy the Rack Cat:
I am curious about a couple of the items in the rack. For example, the unit labeled as a “PCA-200 Low-Frequency Synthesizer”, and it's neighor below. Anyone know anything about them? The only references I can find to “PCA200” are a measurement device and an old ATM networking device.
Those folks over at dreamchimney are all over the synth tatoos again:
No cat, but we did get a nice shout-out anyway.
So…we at CatSynth will welcome all your synth-related tatoo fun, whether feline or not. You can use the current submissions page for synth and electronic-music themed body art.
I hope we don't regret this too much…
