It looks like our friends over at Triangle Synth Party in North Carolina have some cats on their Octave CAT. A little figuring covers the pulse width knob of VCO 1, and a sticker sits just above F sharp.
Synthesizers
Mistie and Yamaha DX7
Mistie poses proudly atop a vintage Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. From Rob Puricelli (Pro Synth Network) via Facebook.
I think I also espy a Yamaha QX3 sequencer just to the left of Mistie.
These 1980s DX-era instruments loom large in my personal synth history, often as aspirational. We do have a couple of TX modules still in use along with our RX5 drum machine here at CatSynth HQ.
Critter and Critter & Guitari
A beautiful cat in a beautiful photo with a pink Critter & Guitari Bolsa Bass synthesizer.
From Michael Parallax (@michaelparallax) on Instagram.
Ringo with Roland, Korg, Zoom, Waldorf
Ringo joins us from Brooklyn and shares with us a brief jam on a Roland SP-404SX, Korg TR 61 workstation, Zoom G3 effects box, and Waldorf Blofeld. From our friend Damien Olsen.
You can see a bit of a show that both Damien and I played in Brooklyn back in 2019
Bowzer and Moog Matriarch
Bowzer proudly shows off his Moog Matriarch synthesizer.
From @repeatedviewing on Threads.
I should break the ice with a picture of my cat lounging on a synth…
This seems like a reasonable idea to us at CatSynth.
Saruman with Yamaha SK50D, CS30, and DX7
Our friend Saruman is back, and he is showing off his vintage Yamaha gear. We see a Yamaha SK50D to the left, a CS30 to the upper right, and a DX7 at the bottom. Three different types of instruments from three different periods of Yamaha’s keyboard and synth history.
Submitted by Héctor Genis (@hdgenis) via Twitter/X.
Servo and MicroKORG
Servo is ready to play us a tune on the MicroKORG. Submitted by Ian Beabout via our Facebook page.
You can watch our review of “WFT Was That?!”, the latest album from Beabout’s project Colouratura on CatSynth TV!
Bastet and Bitwig Studio, LoFi Style
Have both!!! Lofi style pic.twitter.com/WqwsVtbpyc
— Remixedcat the catgod 💎😺🌌🎶 (@remixedcat) November 10, 2023
Bastet calmly kneads some soft blankets to this lo-fi electronic track created in Bitwig Studio (using stock devices with some modifications)
From @remixedcat on Twitter/X. What a great handle for a CatSynth contribution 😺
Xander on a grand piano
Xander sits atop a lovely grand piano along with his horse toy. An acoustic piano isn’t a “synth” per se, but it certainly fits within the continuum of musical instruments with cats that we welcome here at CatSynth. (Think Nora the piano-playing cat)
Submitted by Linda Eisenstein via Spoutible. I believe this is our first contribution from that emerging social network!
Gracie, Arp Omni-2, PPG Wave, Moog
Our friend Gracie is back! She is guarding an Arp Omni-2, PPG Wave, and sundry other synths in the laboratories of Synthetic Dreamscapes, where my friend Alison works magic on these old synths (including our own Octave CAT and Yamaha RX5). You can find more at https://www.syntheticdreamscapes.com/
To see more of Gracie’s many appearances on CatSynth, please check out her tag.