http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDeW6aPUAsA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHbrPrJzCNY Now available for pre-order is our brand new Optigan® disc: SURF ROCK! When we’ve reached 15 pre-orders, we’ll go
NEW 2010 Optigan® Disc – PIANOSCAPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dxzs_bYXrQ Now available for pre-order is our brand new Optigan® disc: PIANOSCAPE! When we’ve reached 15 pre-orders, we’ll go to press with the limited run of 25 discs.
Five New Vako Orchestron Discs – Now taking Pre-Orders
You know what they say, when it rains, it pours! We’re proud to announce not one, not two, but FIVE new Orchestron discs! VIOLIN and PIPE ORGAN are Orchestron originals, newly remastered. STRING ENSEM
RIP Mark Linkous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjsUZRs770U Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse passed away on March 6, 2010. Mark was a big Optigan® fan/user (hear the Optigan® “Guitar in 3/4” disc in the above song), and I
Orchestron Marimba session from Roth Handle Studio
The lovely Mattias from Roth Händle Studio in Sweden sent along this equally lovely short video of our Orchestron Marimba disc being put thru its paces on a new recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch
Optigan® prominently featured on another big-time pop record
Thanks to Rich Jeffery for this bit of Opti-spotting, this time the “Champagne Music” disc on “Upside Down” by Paloma Faith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIM3SkR45I
G-Force Software releases Opti-Tron
G-Force software have released an Optigan® virtual instrument of sorts called the Opti-Tron. Clicking on the link takes you directly to their site, where you can read about what it does. In a nutshell
Long Lost Optigan® Demo/Promo Cassettes
Awhile back I got a small package of cassettes from Jennifer LeDoux, Mike LeDoux’s widow. Before he passed away, Mike had told me that he’d given me all the Optigan-related items he thought he had, bu
Four Chilton Talentmaker Discs on eBay
For the handful of Talentmaker owners out there, here’s a rare chance to add a few discs to your collection: Beguine (sold for $159.50, 5 unique bidders) Bossa Nova (sold for $203.50, 4 unique bidders
Optigan® MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE Disc – Submissions due Nov. 1st!
In December 2010 we plan to release an experimental Optigan® disc called “Musique Concrète,” which will essentially be a collage of 57 sound loops in the tradition of early electronic studio tape musi