A manufacturer of synthesizers and electronic music equipment from about 1975-1985. Originally founded as Octave Electronics by Carmen Bonanno. Its first product was the Cat, a performance synth similar in concept to the ARP Odyssey. However, it both improved on the Odyssey in several respects (such as suboscillators for both VCOs), and it cost less. This made it a sales success, enough so that ARP threatened to sue, but that went nowhere. The improved Cat SRM, launched in 1977, including a duophonic keyboard with sample and hold capability for both the upper and lower control voltages, an unusual feature. This meant that when the keyboard was played in duophonic mode and one key was released, the VCO associated with that key would continue to sound the pitch of the released note, i