Lucky Cat LFO

* Second batch for sale *

Never play music alone again with a Lucky Cat LFO

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What is a Lucky Cat LFO?

Lucky Cat LFO is a musical companion whose solar-powered arm movement can lend a hand in your music making process. The popular  Lucky Cat or Maneki-neko toy has been augmented to track the arm movement, and out CV and GATE voltages for eurorack synthesizers.

The limit is your imagination on how it can be used, but here are some examples:

• Add some pitch modulation to your synthesizer sounds
• Trigger a kick drum with the GATE output
• Tap the tempo to set the BPM with the GATE output
• Use multiple cats together to generate autonomous ambient sound scapes
• And so much more!

What are the specs?

• CV output: 0V - 5V
• GATE output: 0V, 5V

Power Requirements:

• Some sunshine required and
• DC 9-12 volts  5.5x2.1mm  ~20ma
• Center Positive OR Center Negative (eg guitar pedal power). 
• Multiple devices can be powered with a guitar pedal daisy chain cable
  

How are they made?

 Each Lucky Cat is hand-selected from Grant Ave in Chinatown, San Francisco, to make sure it has good arm movement. It is then carefully opened, making sure to not damage the delicate mechanism, and modified with an electronic sensor inserted to track the arm movement. This is hooked up to a custom analog circuit board (no Arduino), and calibrated for ideal CV ranges. The case is  3d printed in-house. The custom circuit board is fabricated in China (via JLCPCB). The schematic was developed in-house with influence of Forrest M. Mimms, and reviewed by a professional electrical engineer. Attention was given to the power supply, allowing either polarity, maximizing the use case scenarios. Everything else has been designed and assembled in San Francisco, CA by Functional Technologies, LLC.

Because of the uniqueness of each Lucky Cat and the hand-made process, every Lucky Cat LFO is different. Some might swing faster or slower than others. Embrace this and use it for the musical potential! Buy several for chaotic goodness (or evil).

Purchasing a Lucky Cat LFO also indirectly supports local businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

Each unit in this initial batch includes a special Lucky Cat squished penny from the San Francisco Chinatown Kite Store.

What's included?

• Each unit includes 1 power adapter
• The color will be chosen at random, unless you specify which color you'd like (subject to availability).

See: Lucky Cat LFO . com (no spaces)