Submitted by Milton Scott of The Present Moment:
Anada-more than a midi controller of the universe!
Tag: Synthesizers
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CatSynth pic: Charlotte the Cat is Concerned about the “String Thing”
From Lee Tizzard (L.T.), via matrixsynth:
“My friend dug out his old 1978 Paia Strings N’ Things synth for me to check out.
He has replaced the tolex case with custom pine enclosure and has also modified the outputs
to have individual outs for the string and piano sounds.Charlotte the Cat is concerned about the “String Thing”
And she has a few thoughts of her own about it.”
Note the Moog pillow in the background.
You can read more and see more photos in the original article.
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CatSynth video: Techno Kitten
From spindizzyman on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
“Training him as an arch nemesis for Deadmau5”
Too bad it’s only 16 seconds, I was starting to get into it.
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CatSynth pic: Mimi and Drumtraks
From our friend Eric Pochesci of Polynominal, some more pictures of Mimi, this time with a Sequential Drumtraks:
I also thought this was a great sepia-tone photo, and quite well posed with Mimi pushing one of the buttons. Look for more of Mimi in the next few days.
We would like to remind readers that they can always submit your own cat-and-synthesizer or cat-and-music pictures via facebook, twitter @catsynth, or using our handy submission form.
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CatSynth pic: Yamaha Electric Organ
This is a vintage late-1970s Yamaha electric organ that I played at a jam session yesterday evening. I am not sure of the exact model, but I think is a B40 from 1977.
Organs can be a bit of a challenge to play if one is trained on piano and synthesizer. Basically, I just try to find a few settings that work and stick with them. Nonetheless, it was a good session, with talented drummers including one out-of-town visitor. The only harmonic instruments were organ and bass guitar, so essentially we were just a giant rhythm section. And we were able to get some interesting rhythms, including a 6/4 version of John Coltraine’s Equinox, and an extended minor blues that moved freely among different rhythmic styles and pulses while maintaining a beat.
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CatSynth pic: Giuliano, part 2
Today we have another picture from Alessandro Cilano of sleeping Giuliano
“Same cat, slightly bigger, sleeping between an Akai LPK22 and a MacBook. By the bored look on his face you can see he doesn’t like the Access Virus or the Babybox Noise Generator in the background.”
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CatSynth pic: Giuliano with MPC-1000 and PSP
Submitted by Alessandro Cilano:
“A still small maine coon sleeping next to my MPC-1000 while I’m messing around with Rockstar Beaterator on PSP.”
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CatSynth pic: The vicious @altbengal vs. @monorocket box.
From tedjames on flickr, via matrixsynth:
Also, check out this detail of the MonoRocket case itself:
I will get a modular system one of these days…
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CatSynth pic: Day 228 / Press Cafe
From The B-Roll, via matrixsynth. The first link takes you to an article about Press Cafe, an application by Stretta for the monome.org; and a larger version of the picture.
This definitely reflects how I am feeling as this week draws to a close.
