Twisted Electrons shared this sneak preview of the ‘easy to make, easy to play’ Cheshire Kit cat synthesizer.
The Cheshire Kit is a DIY cat synthesizer that features simple synth controls, 13 touch-sensitive keys and a built-in arpeggiator.
Here’s a demo of the Cheshire Kit cat synth in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMoLiVLMa-M
Details on pricing and availability of the Cheshire Kit are to be announced. See the Twisted Electrons site for more info.
Looks like a good way to get into soldering, but since it’s mostly chips on a pcb, it doesn’t look very educational. But it does sound good for such a basic device.
And this post also reminded me I really need to buy their Therapsid!!
..kind of expected it to be making cat sounds 😛
been hoping to get into soldering stuff- his might be a good entry point
What’s with the cat love amongst synth/euro people? Dogs are way cooler.
Yeah, but dogs chew your patch cables!
What in the hell did I just see….. No seriously that was weirder when Yoko Ono sang Cheshire cat on David Letterman… https://youtu.be/D750pEKhfd0
I’m supprised at the fact that this actually sounds pretty good; Usually things like this are pretty thin and bleep-y so far as sound goes. It’d be nice to get a vaguely more “Pro” version of this, though; More standard size and layout, keeping the touch sensors but re-arranging them into a traditional keyboard, and throwing stuff like midi and a few extra controls on to it.
I’ve nothing against this sort of fun stuff, but it’d be a shame not to get it in a more usable form, too.
I’ll get one. But this really needs a Clock in.