Amusing from Jezebel Delgado on Facebook. This cat is doing the purrfect pedal tone for the start to Van Halen’s infamous “Jump”
Speaking of Jump, please check out our review and demo of Arturia’s OB-Xa V.
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Gray Cat and Novation Impulse 61
TIL that the low C# and D# keys are apparently a really good place for a cat to rest her hindquarters. #MondayMotivation
— Conspirador Norteño (@conspirator0) November 16, 2020
cc: @ZellaQuixote pic.twitter.com/3Ex09K1IUz
A beautiful gray cat plays a noisy bass drone (C# and D#) via a Novation Impulse 61 synthesizer. From Conspirador Norteño on Twitter.
CatSynth Video: Blast off to outer space
CatSynth Video: OP-1 synth sounds and initial track idea with cats
From Synth & Sundry on YouTube, via matrixsynth.
“Starting to make a new track with the Teenage Engineering OP-1. First I go through some of the sounds I used and then an initial arrangement that I hope to build on. My two cats came to see what I was up to in the process of shooting this.”
CatSynth Video: Cat-Chella 3
A bit more guitar than synth, but still cats and music. And best of all, it’s a benefit for our friends at House Of Dreams No-Kill Cat Shelter in Portland. If you are in the area, please go check it out!
CatSynth Video: Circuit bent Hin Hon EK-001, matrix mixer, joystick delay
Dino steals the show in this video from Ok Housecat. Lots of fun circuit-bending in this one, and Dino seems to be enjoying it.
CatSynth Video: Big Merp & Rick-and-Morty Pocket Operator
I managed to order one of the new Rick & Morty Pocket Operators from Teenage Engineering, and it arrived at HQ yesterday. I decided to film the unboxing and initial attempts to play it for CatSynth TV, but Big Merp decided to get in the act. You can see our fun in this video.
The Pocket Operator is a tiny synth from Teenage Engineering that comes in several models of which the Rick-and-Morty-themed version is the most recent. Once I fully get the hang of it, I will do a proper demo, probably in conjunction with the modular or Field Kit.
Wordless Wednesday: Panamint Valley Sunset
CatSynth Video: Cat on a Piano
Cute cat sitting behind the keys of a piano and clearly enjoying the jazz/bluey music. Via Classic FM on Facebook.
This piano is purrfect 😻
We at CatSynth agree. And for anyone who protests that a piano is not a synth: yes, this is true, but we recommend just chilling and enjoying the music like this cat.
Zemirot (Experiments with Video Synthesis)
I have been quite intrigued by video synthesis for a while, and finally getting around to doing something with it. Today, we present Zemirot, our first simple video-synthesis piece.
This was done using Vizzie2 in Max/MSP. And while it is extremely simple, that is to a certain degree the point, at least with this piece and others in what I expect will be a series.