If the quality of an idea can be measured by the number of independent inventors that have hit upon it, then the idea of a next generation Optigan® must be pretty good.
A few years ago when I started
Shoptigan® Back Online
Hi all, OK we had to rebuild Shoptigan® from the ground up using a new webstore plugin, so we’re back online now. I haven’t put all the products up yet, but will be getting to the rest of them (ie par
Optigan® Musique Concrete Disc – Shelved for now
Hi all, thanks to those who submitted loops to the Optigan® Musique Concrete disc! Just wanted to let everyone know where things are with this project. When we first had the idea to do this disc, our
Original Optigan® Service Manual on eBay
Hi all, a friend of mine is selling an original copy of the Optigan® Service manual on eBay. This is the same manual I sell as a download on this site, though I can’t link you to mine until Shoptigan®
Shoptigan® Down Temporarily
Hi folks, Shoptigan® recently got hacked and is now down temporarily whilst we research a more secure webstore solution. In the meantime, if there’s something that you’d like to order from us, just se
Orchestron SOLO FEMALE VOICE and ORGAN discs now available!
We’re proud to introduce the latest in our series of Vako Orchestron discs: SOLO FEMALE VOICE (featuring Tara Busch) and ORGAN (remastered)! We expect to ship these titles at the beginning of October.
Optigan® on Marco Benevento’s new album
Indie jazz pianist Marco Benevento has a new album out called “Between The Needles & Nightfall” that features lots of toy instruments, including Optigan. Really nice instrumentals with wild arrang
Come see MELLODRAMA & an Optigan® Demo by Pea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCabuis6t2w Mellodrama, the Mellotron documentary (briefly featuring yours truly) will be shown on Friday, Sept. 17th at the NAMM Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA.
Optigan® story at BBC
The BBC aired a piece about the Optigan today, and also published a related article. They were supposed to interview me about it as well, but never got back to me. I guess my website didn’t warrant a
Optigan® SITAR Disc now available for pre-order!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_3hOYDHWFs Get thee to ye olde Shoptigan® to pre-order your copy!!