Dave (we’re pretty sure it’s Dave), sitting on top of a microKORG synthesizer. Actually, two microKORGs! That expression is priceless 😸
From Karl Lee Avery via Facebook.
We also espy a familiar red Korg Mini Kaoss Pad. We have one of those around here somewhere.
Cat rings a service bell to that is fed into an audio signal chain as part of this ambient electronic composition.
By Andor Polgar on YouTube, via matrixsynth.
The signal path: Poes rings the service Bell for food, the microphone picks up the sound, which then goes through a stereo volume pedal (it’s for attenuating the chewing sounds). Make Noise Maths is used as an envelope follower, which controls the sound of the Erica Synth Black Wavetable Oscillator.
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We at CatSynth absolutely adore this video and feline performance. And we are thinking about ways to get Sam Sam into a live synthesizer performance 😸
From brycepyne on Instagram. What critters indeed? I like the mixture of long tones and decorative details.
It seems to be the week of the Elektron Octatrack, as we have two or three of them in today’s pic. Also featured are the adorable cat Lucy, and a large modular synthesizer system. I recognize a Make Noise Tempi and Rene on the bottom row – we have that pair here at CatSynth, too.
Today’s photo comes to us from Lucy’s Instagram @dropzone_lucy
- dropzone_lucyHelping dad get unpatched for his gig tomorrow. 🎛😻 #catsynth#synthcat #modularsynth
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From sascha schwartz on YouTube.
some lofi jazz sampling mangling with the octatrack featuring Sima the best couch cat ever!
You can also check out a bit more of sascha schartz music on SoundCloud.
Shelum the cat jams with both a Digitone and Digitakt from elektron. Photo via harpum1 on Instagram.
These two boxes from elektron have become quite popular, and they do make a nice self-contained system for beat-based music. I did have the opportunity to play them both at NAMM this year 😺
Beautiful white cat Yoli is making a monophonic drone on a Moog Sub Phatty synthesizer. From yolanda.yolanda.yolanda on Instagram.
The Sub Phatty is perhaps the most under-appreciated member of Moog’s Phatty line of synthesizers, which includes the popular Sub37. We have one at CatSynth, and it has served us well both in the studio and in live performance. You can view my recent video on the hidden features of the instrument below.
It has been a frequent setting for CatSynth pics over the years featuring many different cats, including CatSynth Video: Moog Sub Phatty Purrs.
Black cat with Elektron Analog Keys. Instagram by anika_or from St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Elektron Analog Keys is a four-voice analog synthesizer that can also be used as both a MIDI and CV keyboard controller. You can read more about it on Elektron’s website.
You can find more Elektron photos and our NAMM reviews via this link.
We espied this photo on the Facebook page of Robotspeak, our local synthesizer shop and informal gathering place for monthly shows here in San Francisco.
I have myself dropped quite a bit of hard-earned money there (but don’t regret any of it), and I have played there on a few occasions, including the Analog Ladies showcases. You can read about past visits to Robotspeak via this link.
Meet Nemo! He is showing off an original Novation Bass Station keyboard synthesizer. Photo submitted by Arthur Schmitt via our Facebook page.
Many readers will be familiar with the popular Bass Station 2. The original Bass Station was released in the early 90s, first in this keyboard form and later in a more popular rack form. (It was the 90s, so we still all had collections of 1U-3U rackmount instruments and signal processors). From Vintage Synth Explorer:
Before the famous Novation Bass Station Rack module came the small and portable Bass Station keyboard! This synthesizer uses digitally synchronized analog oscillators (DCO’s) to reproduce the sounds of a monophonic dual-osc analog synthesizer with simple and intuitive controls via 17 knobs, 10 switches and 2 Moog-style pitch/mod wheels. Think EDP Wasp and ARP Odyssey.