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.