From Synthiefrau on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
“Hello lovely synthfolks, my cat Cleo and my dog Susi have a funny life. They always sleeps the hole day and listening to my music;-). The sequenz comes from my Dot.com 911 Sequenzer, I play the Minimoog, Synton Syrinx, Moog Prodigy, The effects comes from the Roland Juno 60 and from Doepfer Dark Energie”
I quite like the leopard-print Minimoog and modular case.
From oliverchesler on flickr:
In addition to Zoe the cat, there is a Voice of Saturn, Korg KR-55 and Boss DR-110 rhythm machines, a Roland SH3 and a Yamaha CS5, among others.
Oliver Chesler is also the author of the blog wire to the ear which we at CatSynth follow.
From Señor Pantalones on flickr:
“Cat perspective distortion! (she’s backup security in case the primary one fails)”
In addition to the cat Chloe, there is a Clavia Nord G2, a Moog Voyager, a Snyderphonics Manta (see this NAMM report on the Snyderphonics Manta), L.L. Electronics Rozzbox, several offerings from Roland (System 100m, TB-303, TR-606, MKS-50/Juno), an SH-101 Novamod, and a Cwejman S1 mkII among many others. I also like the modernist studio furniture from Heckler Designs.
You can see a full-size image as well as labels for all the gear on the original flickr page.
From AutomaticGainsay on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
“Just as you requested, here are a couple of cats getting their groove on with a number of exciting vintage analog synthesizers. “
Submitted by Michael Durek:
Michael is a member of the SK Orchestra, which I had the opportunity to hear and review in New York last November.
He also created this cool tribute in snow:
From potterpaint2000 on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
“an improv featuring a KP3 processed Wicks Looper from Australia, a wonderful cacaphonous little device. Thanks Brian!…also a Nord Lead and a Stylophone Drumbeat”
I am not familiar with the Wicks Looper, but I did find some more info here, and another video:
A quartet of cat-and-synth photos from mubotics, via matrixsynth:
Pixel and the Roland SH-101:
Tessie and the Korg MS10:
Sonar and the June 106 (what a great name for a musical cat):
Sprocket and the M-Audio Axiom 61 (technically, just a controller keyboard):
Here is the first photo of the current Reconnaissance Fly lineup, taken after our performance on KUSF today.
[Photo by Bryan Chandler]
Thanks to our host Bryan Chandler for the photo, and of course for the opportunity to play.
Here is a photo I took at the start of the set.
You can see the score for our opening piece “Small Chinese Gong” laid out behind the keyboard. This is one of the graphical scores that I have mentioned in a previous review. This is also the piece that fell victim to the “rebellious blue cord” that left the performance bass-less. Fortunately we were able to correct that and the rest of the set went quite smoothly.
You can listen to an audio archive of the performance. I thought the later pieces, in particular “Canada”, “Ode to Steengo” and “An Empty Rectangle” came out quite well. We are definitely looking forward to our live performance tonight at Studio 1510.
For those interested in the technological aspects: I was using my trusty Korg mini-Kaos Pad, E-MU Proteus 2000 (with Vintage Pro and Mo’Phatt), and a Voce Electric Piano module. Tim Walters was also performing live custom electronics programmed in Supercollider.
Submitted by vlern via facebook:
You can click here to see the previous video of the “Vlern Clyde Cat Synthesizer”.
