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  • Stay at home concert #30 (Ambient / Berlin School Session)

    Stay at home concert #30 (Ambient / Berlin School Session)

    That is one patient cat! Just chilling in the corner for the entire concert.

    I also quite like the combination of instruments: vintage Juno-60 and Oberheim Xpander synthesizers along with the newer Arturia MicroFreq, Sequential Rev2, Moog Sub37, and more.

    By Martin Stürtzer on YouTube, via matrixsynth.

    “It is time for another Ambient / Berlin School session! I prepared three long tracks with pads and sequences from the Oberheim Xpander, Waldorf Iridium, Roland Juno-60, Sequential Rev2, Moog Sub37, Arturia Microfreak and my modular system. All sounds are midi sequenced from Ableton. FX are coming from U-He Colour Copy, NI Raum. The Rev2 is connected to Strymon Timeline and Eventide H9. My Juno-60 is clocked from Ableton ‘CV Tools’ through an audio output of the RME 802. I am playing the Arpeggiator and hope to have a proper midi interface for it next time.”

  • Valentino with Elektron RYTM & Octatrack

    Valentino with Elektron RYTM & Octatrack

    This is not Big Merp. It’s our friend Valentino, who has found a nice napping spot between the Elektron RYTM and Octatrack and the computer (with an Orion interface). We also see a Red Panda Particule pedal.

    Via Patricia Wolf on Twitter.

    Had to unplug the RYTM + Octatrack because that’s where he wants to sleep right now.

    As the late great Serena Toxicat said, “A cat does what a cat does” 😸

    You can see more of Valentino’s appearances on CatSynth via his tag.

  • Tony and Arturia MIniLab

    Tony and Arturia MIniLab

    Tony of “Tony and Frankie” returns with a new morning song.

  • Smokey in the Studio with Novation Summit, Elektron, Studio Electronics, and More

    Smokey in the Studio with Novation Summit, Elektron, Studio Electronics, and More

    Smokey as a place of honor in this studio place of honor in this studio. On the right is a Novation Summit, in the center are offerings from Elektron. In the Upper left in the Studio Electronics Boomstar that we saw in a previous post with Smokey’s fellow feline Valentino, and on the left is a synth that we leave as an exercise to the ready.

    From Patricia Wolf via Twitter.

  • Kitten in a Serge Modular

    Kitten in a Serge Modular

    A Lynx Point Siamese kitten in a Serge Modular. From autowitch on Instagram.

    Please visit autowitch’s bandcamp to find out more about their music.

  • Willow with Roland V Synth

    Willow with Roland V Synth

    The lovely Willow joins us again, this time showing of a Roland V Synth. From puxflux via Instagram.

    You can see Willow’s previous appearance here.

    The Roland V Synth was, and is, a powerful instrument that combined many of Roland’s synthesizer technologies in a programmable and playable package. Most intriguing were the formant synthesis and processing capabilities (at least from my perspective).

  • CatSynth Pic: Milo, Buchla, Noodle Toaster, and More

    CatSynth Pic: Milo, Buchla, Noodle Toaster, and More

    Our friend Milo is back! Above we see him with a Noodle Toaster, a clone of a Mutable Instruments module tester. Below, we see him with a Buchla 281 module.

    Submitted by Keith Winstanley. You can see more of Milo’s appearances via his tag.

  • Orion with Behringer Neutron and module assembly

    Orion with Behringer Neutron and module assembly

    Orion watches as his human assembles a new synthesizer module. We a Behringer Neutron semi-modular synthe behind him.

    From Orion’s Instagram (orion_s_life). You can see his other appearances on CatSynth here

  • CatSynth Pic: Mülheim Modular

    CatSynth Pic: Mülheim Modular

    The fellow seems excited about the opening of Mülheim Modular in Mülheim, Germany. Via their Instagram feed:

    Our first offical visitor likes to sit next to synthesizers and seems to love electronic music 😸🐈

  • Fifi with Polyend Tracker and Medusa

    Fifi with Polyend Tracker and Medusa

    This cat is enjoying some scritches and beats from the Polyend Tracker and Medusa (itself a collaboration between Polyend and Deadbox). We enjoy the chill, almost Motown sound to the chords, with the synthesizer twist.

    Video Isobutane via YouTube (seen on matrixsynth).

    “Hey, some details about this beat. Im running a sequence of midi chords on the Tracker using the midi chord step fx. These are played back on Medusa. The synths output is connected to Tracker’s line input and runs through the onboard limiter, eq, and reverb. The wonky beat is live-recorded from one-shot samples using micro-timing while live-recording. The bassline is a looped and filtered sample of a square wave from my MS1 synth. The cat’s name is Fifi. Thanks for watching”

    The Polyend Tracker seems to be having quite a moment, at least here on CatSynth. Perhaps something to investigate for a future video…