From rarebeasts on flickr, the latest incarnation of the Wicks Looper:
“This is the new Wicks Looper. It’s name Luna Mod, comes from my cat, Luna who is always hanging around when I make these things.”
I of course cannot resist reposting a synthesizer with a “Luna Mod” :). We have actually seen this other cat named Luna (along with the Wicks Looper) in this previous post.
Check out this video of the Luna Mod with a red mini Kaos Pad.
From monotonmusic on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
May 27, 2010 — “A little studio session just to get my mind of everything.
Nothing fancy, just some sweet Mono/Poly chords…Our cat got really worse these last days.
But she had a good life in the countryside among our other cats.
16 years old!
RIP 2010.05.27
We send our thoughts to monotonemusic. It does sound like Modesty had a good life, 16 years in the countryside.
Submitted by vlern via facebook:
That is one serious wall of synth!
It turns out this photo was from the PAiA 4700 Modular Synthesizer Project by Brett Maraldo (aka Plexus), referenced in the “Hall of Fame” on the PAiA website.
Here is another “catsynth pic” from the series:
We at CatSynth are always happy to get submissions of new pics from friends. If you discover or create any cat-and-music pictures, you can submit them via our handy submission form, or on facebook or twitter @catsynth.
Today I specifically wanted to post some cat-and-iphone-music videos. While these don’t quite rise to the level of iggy investigating the iPad, they do make use of the popular “cat piano” app for iPhone.
From luke255 on YouTube:
“My cat Dennis has an interesting conversation with my iPhone!”
And another, from amb0 on YouTube:
The black cat in this video looks a bit like Luna.
I do of course have this particular iPhone app, and have even used it in some shows. Luna has shown very little interest in it, however. She is clearly jaded from gadgets making strange sounds (even cat-like sounds)
From our friend Eric Pochesci of Polynominal, some more pictures of Mimi:
“2 pictures of Mimi with a minimoog D old school board.
A MIMIMOOG? ;)”
From a detailed review of Direct MIDI for the iPad on matrixsynth:
As an iPhone (and probably iPad) user, this was definitely of interest to me, and I encourage anyone else who is interested to read the full review. For now, I am reposting because of the cool pictures, including the backdrop sheet with the cat 🙂
Via matrixsynth (originally from an auction):
“YAMAHA DX7 SYNTH EXTRAS. Original list price $2195 EXTRAS(see pics)3 CARTRIDGES, PADDED “PROTECT” CASE, YAMAHA VOLUME/MODULATOR/SUSTAIN 3 PEDALS, MIDI CORD.”
How the mighty have fallen! When I first got into synthesizers back in the mid 1980s, the Yamaha DX7 was the instrument to have – and at that list price out of reach for most teens. Now they go for about $250 on eBay. And they are no longer all that interesting. I do have a TX802 but have rarely used it.
We present a rather short Weekend Cat Blogging, as I get ready to head to Sacramento for my performance with Reconnaissance Fly at the In The Flow Festival. As you can see, we’re all packed and ready to go:
Luna was fascinated by the case for the Nord keyboard, as opposed to the keyboard itself in which she has shown no interest whatsoever.
By coincidence, this edition of Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted by our friends LB and breadchick at The Sour Dough. We know they will appreciate that we are once again featuring audio gear this weekend!
The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at When Cats Attack!.
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
