In advance of the official launch of the Panoptigon hardware, Quilter Labs has opened their new disc webstore. Optigan.com will also be offering the same titles soon at our newly revamped website, but
Case Study: Optigan’s BOSSA NOVA STYLE Disc
I was recently made aware via some comments that the Optigan® BOSSA NOVA STYLE disc was used years ago as the basis for two different pieces of music from video game soundtracks: https://youtu.be/qDUE
Optigan.com Getting A Makeover
Hi all- Just a quick note to say things have been a little slow at optigan.com lately because the site is currently getting a makeover. The new look will debut soon!
Panoptigon OSCILLATIONS Disc Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hlkzbeRJfg Here’s a demo of the very first disc in the new PANOPTIGON disc format! Oscillations will be included in the basic “starter set” of discs that comes with ea
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Optigan® Article in Electronic Sound Magazine
Happy to have lent a hand with this article about the Optigan® by Mat Smith in the latest issue of Electronic Sound Magazine!
Laurie Anderson – Optigan® / Panoptigon 2010 One-Off Disc Demo
https://youtu.be/Su5Xw_Ul10I This is a historical oddity that was never intended for public consumption, but in honor of Laurie Anderson’s Grammy Award for LANDFALL (which prominently features Robert
Laurie Anderson’s LANDFALL, feat. Optigan®, Wins Grammy Award
Big congrats to Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet on their Grammy Award! We had a tiny hand in the creation of Landfall, having lent Laurie one of Robert Becker’s heavily customized Optigans which
Panoptigon @ NAMM 2019 Coverage
Robert Becker has been holding down the fort at the Quilter Labs NAMM booth all weekend (Pea joined him on Friday) showing off the new Panoptigon! Reverb.com has included us in their “best in show” li
PANOPTIGON – Available Soon! Showing Production Units at NAMM
Happy 2019, Optigoners! We’re happy to announce that the PANOPTIGON – the new Optigan/Orchestron disc-playing hardware developed by our associate Robert Becker & his company Quilter Labs – will fi
Orchestron Prototype #1 For Sale
We have no connection to this sale, but it’s a unique item so it’s worthy of a mention here. Apparently this is David VanKoevering’s first prototype Orchestron. The earliest Orchestrons were basically