Several years back, we lent Robert’s Optigan Pro to Laurie Anderson, which she used in her piece with the Kronos Quartet called LANDFALL. The Optigan was in Laurie’s studio at the time of Hurricane Sa
David Van Koevering, 1940-2018
Sad to report the passing of David Van Koevering, notable to this site as the man behind Vako, who adopted the Optigan and transformed it into the Orchestron in an attempt to market the technology to
PANOPTIGON Prototype – New 2018 Optigan / Orchestron Disc Player
https://youtu.be/LhmvLNNFe6A This is a brief run-down of the main features of the PANOPTIGON, a prototype MIDI-controlled Optigan/Orchestron disc player (suitable for stage or studio) built by Robert
Nice In-Depth Review of iOptigan
Warren Burt has written a great review of our iOptigan app at Sound Bytes!
Come See the New Prototype Optigan/Orchestron Disc Player @ NAMM
https://youtu.be/ME9lLaNB9UA Robert Becker will be showing his PANOPTIGON prototype at NAMM, in the Quilter Labs booth (15120, located in the new North Hall), Jan. 25-28. He’ll have a selection of new
Nice Series of Optigan Repair Videos
We didn’t have anything to do with this series by James Bennett, but it looks to be a nice intro to Optigan repair! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZhW99iLQWE&list=PLp_Er5shcLalgvXC5wj-nGl_uZya2U
RIP Ralph Carney
Crushed to hear of the sudden passing of our friend and peerless talent Ralph Carney. Ralph lent us his playing on our Bass Clarinet Orchestron disc, which is at least one weird way he’ll keep tooting
New Prototype Optigan/Orchestron Disc Player – Sound Demo
https://youtu.be/ME9lLaNB9UA Robert Becker has been making steady progress (in his spare time) on his new Optigan/Orchestron disc player, which we hope will be put into production at some point. There
iOptigan – MIDI Chord Detection Modes Tutorial
https://youtu.be/0qQJZAP8EkU Another iOptigan tip, until we finish the user manual: there are three triggering modes for the chord buttons, selectable in the settings. “MIDI G#0-E2 for Chords” lays ou
iOptigan – The BIG Soundtest and Tutorial for the iPad
Thanks to The Sound Test Room for this nice little overview video! https://youtu.be/WJ3SpCEfK_0