MEOWdulator

May 30, 2024 6:47 AM

B's Music Shop has announced the Meowdulator ($199.99) which is a guitar effects pedal that meows and purrs (0:24 Instagram video).

Some videos from B's Music Shop:
They finally did it. A cat guitar pedal that meows(7:42)
The Meowdulator: World's First Guitar Cat Synthesizer by B's Music Shop & Cusack Music (12:24)
(Via BoingBoing)

posted by ShooBoo (18 comments total)

OMG! I should try this on my flute...and the purring foot switch!!!
posted by cherryflute at 7:01 AM on May 30

Cute, but not 200 bucks cute.
posted by tommasz at 7:02 AM on May 30 [7 favorites]

BRB -- gonna email my old friend from Atlanta about this so he can buy it as he loves cats AND he loves pedals.

(He's probably one of the new indie rock & rollers who is managing to be a touring musician in his 50s)
posted by Kitteh at 7:13 AM on May 30

The penis keycaps in the instragram video were more compelling than the cat simulation tbh.
posted by seanmpuckett at 7:27 AM on May 30 [4 favorites]

Thanks, my cats hate it.
posted by crazy_yeti at 7:29 AM on May 30 [2 favorites]

He says they've already got one.
posted by es_de_bah at 7:54 AM on May 30

For those on a budget this thing is cute and sounds about the same.
posted by Artw at 8:09 AM on May 30 [1 favorite]

I guess this is cheaper than paying a real cat to be in your band, but ... it doesn't quite sound the same.
posted by aubilenon at 8:58 AM on May 30 [3 favorites]

(that's probably too oblique. that was meant to be a joke about the initial lackluster response at launch to the eventually legendary Roland "Transistor Bass" TB-303)
posted by aubilenon at 9:01 AM on May 30 [3 favorites]

So you're saying this will inspire a new wave of acid house?
posted by echo target at 9:42 AM on May 30 [2 favorites]

ShooBoo: They finally did it. A cat guitar pedal that meows (7:42)

My first question was going to be "what does Emily Hopkins think of this?" so I'm so glad that was answered in the OP!
posted by capricorn at 9:42 AM on May 30 [1 favorite]

aubilenon, I've got a great 303 story. The Late Mr. Nerd was a tech at Roland US from '84-'88. They used to run over broken 303's for the lulz.
posted by luckynerd at 9:53 AM on May 30 [3 favorites]

So you're saying this will inspire a new wave of acid house? -- posted by echo target
acid mouse?
acid meows?
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The guitar sounds like an effect, but the others sound almost just like a sample , maybe she had some chorus or something on the guitar that spread the sound out? The harp and keyboard sounded very sample-based to me, maybe it's just the tones of each.

Also purr? Did I miss that in the insta video? That said wonder if there's circuits available or if this will spawn a whole new era of animal sound synthesis.
posted by symbioid at 9:56 AM on May 30 [1 favorite]

@tommasz: at first, I thought your comment said something about 200 ducks and then I reread it. Then I thought: we need an effect that sounds like ducks.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 10:49 AM on May 30 [1 favorite]

we need an effect that sounds like ducks.

You mean a quack-quack?
posted by tommasz at 11:32 AM on May 30

if you hook up a cry baby wah wah pedal backwards you can get seagull noises - like david gilmore in echoes or man in the prelude/the storm
posted by pyramid termite at 11:53 AM on May 30

Brian May made his guitar meow over 30 years ago in the Queen song, Delilah.
posted by cheshyre at 3:16 PM on May 30 [1 favorite]

Hey, that's my friend!
posted by Dokterrock at 11:49 PM on May 30