Fun with the Cracklebox

[Gert van Santen]

Tony Hardie-Bick schreef:
> Niall Munnelly wrote:
>> I bought one of these for herself a few years ago, and I'm
>> glad we brought it here.  The jack russell we inherited,
>> Ignatz, is _crazy_ for the Cracklebox.  Ears perked and tail
>> wagging, he jumps, trying to snatch it from my hands.  It's
>> effective for calling him home too, since I can't whistle
>> very well.
> 
> I have to say, this is a much understuffed part of the market. Synths 
> for pets. I hesitate.. well, no, I don't hesitate, to question, what 
> kind of synth would a cat like.
> 
> No. Not an Octave f**king kitten.
> 
> I'm serious. When your cat has tired of chasing a piece of string, eaten 
> enough, and is ready to play that strange game of "hide round the corner 
> and leap out at random at any point in the next hour", what kind of 
> instrument would you, as a pet synth designer, make.
> 
> Obviously ReacTable would be great, but the wretched moggy would just 
> chase the little bits of aluminium around the place thinking they were 
> mice. This is to miss the point.
> 
> Cats gotta get musical. They been left out of the band for far too long.
> 
> And they're more intelligent than dogs, too, so, I think we're talking 
> OSC protocol rather than midi.
> 
> No. I am not barking mad.

The crackle box mad our cats nut. But 
it's gone now, and they like a piece of 
string just as well :-)
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