After having been producing Optigan/Orchestron discs since 2008, we’ve recently had to pause production because the photo lab we worked with closed their business and sold their equipment. Having no a
Orchestron ADSR – New Instrument Proposal by Robert Becker
TL;DR Summary: I’m thinking about a new product based on the Orchestron, and I’m looking for input. January 2023 will be the four-year anniversary of the commercial release of the Panoptigon di
Optical Disc Lab Update, Dec 2022
Robert has sent along the following update on the Optical Disc Lab project. Thanks again to all who have generously donated! We still have a ways to go funding-wise, so if you’d like to help, please r
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Synthplex Pics & Blog Post Documenting Choptigan
Robert & Pea had a great time at Synthplex this past weekend, meeting all sorts of Optigoners, new and old! Shawn Jimmerson pointed us to a blog post about his Choptigan project from 2012 that we
Panoptigon @ Synthplex + Optical Disc Lab Update
Robert & Pea will be holding court in booth 37 at Synthplex in Burbank, LA, Oct 27-30. If you’re in the area, stop by and see us! We’ll have a couple of Panoptigons for you to try out, as well as
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Optical Disc Lab Update & New Merch Store
Hi all! Here’s the latest update from Robert about the current progress of our Optical Disc Lab: The film processor has been ordered, with a production build time of approximately eight weeks. Shippin
Optical Disc Lab – Project Status Update 08/23/2022
Hi all! Things are chugging along with our Optical Disc Lab project, with the help of a few generous donors so far! If you’re reading this and are interested in helping us out just for the love of kee
THANKS To Our Donors So Far!
We’d like to give shout-outs to those who’ve donated thus far to help us fund the equipment we need to resume making discs. Please visit their websites! Anyone else willing and able to make a donation
Optigan Discs – Project Update
We’ve received sample copies of discs made with the film processor that we will need to buy in order to bring Optigan disc-making in house, and everything looks/sounds as it should. Now we just need t
First Milestone: Promising results from disc plotting/processing test with proposed equipment
Some time ago, I worked with a German photo plotter company plot a test disc. They did not have trouble plotting it, but they used a different type of film than we need. They developed the film with w
Why Is It So Expensive To Produce Optigan Discs?
Some of the feedback we’ve received from our recent crowdfunding plea has suggested we try to find a cheaper way to produce our discs, ie ink printing. Robert has written up this explanation, for thos