Reader Aaron Apter says “My cat Vincent is actually a synthesizer. A fluffy, orange synthesizer.”
The rather unusual cat-patch uses heavy petting as acoustic impulses, which act as a stimulator for physical modeling synthesis via Impaktor. Not the most practical patch, but Vincent seems to be into it.
so cruel
What? The heavy petting joke?
I buy it right now!
Orange Cat not included…
Hehe this was fun to watch, but I really don’t get this weird connection between cats and synthesizers…?
Dogs never get a chance, because they generally can’t sit on your synth.
I would never let a cat near my Synth…it might get hair in it!
Anyway this was pretty funny, and even though the cat bit him he still kept making music… What a trooper!
Synth videos = great, cat videos = great, cat synth videos = ultra awesome
Videos like this one are the reason why I can sometimes show my girlfriend Synthtopia posts without her getting bored too quickly. Thanks for that
Cat synth videos = gateway drug to full on synth action!
You are one lucky guy. Mine likes Reason (as backup with my MIDI keyboard) so when she’s coming over I usually don’t even get to read any Synthtopia since my computer has been hijacked
then again; maybe we can both benefit here. You should try show your gf Reason and I’ll try introduce mine to Synthtopia. Who knows what’ll happen
New midi keyboard KIDI.
Judging by the size of that cat I would say it would be a full weighted key controller.
One dope kittie.
I have a 20 pound Maine Coon cat that likes rough petting. I should wire him up!
The only thing missing from this video IMO: how did he do it ?
I noticed some delays between tapping and the notes and quite frankly I can well imagine how that could have happened. But I’m interested in how he set it up.
I was just using my iPad’s mic with the newly-released Impaktor app. I ran a stereo 1/8″ cable from my iPad’s headphone out to the stereo in of my camera (you can see my plug in the cable at the beginning). I monitored the audio from the headphone output jack of my camera. Impaktor uses acoustic sound impulses caputred from the onboard mic to excite sound modules within the app. I set the mic’s sensitivity to ultra high so I could gently pat on Vince’s furry torso (which I’ve always noticed had a peculiar “thunk sound”) and still trigger the sound modules. I’m also using the built in looped so I can layer the sounds and patterns. Hit me up if you have any more questions.
Awesome.