After David Van Koevering passed away, our good friend Brian Kehew had an opportunity to rescue a large amount of ephemera from the Vako archives, which included a fair amount of paperwork related to
1971 Optigan® White Paper – Mechanical Film Scanning Editor
Recently we’ve been scanning the archive of original Optigan® documents saved by Stan Cutler, one of company engineers. There are lots of interesting things amongst these papers. This document (in pdf
NEW Optiganally Yours Song – WHOMEVER WATCHES YOU SLEEP
The first track from the new Optiganally Yours album “O.Y. in Hi-Fi” has been released! https://youtu.be/Xlhs2VPJkWU The album itself will be released this year on Joyful Noise Recordings. Here’s the
New 2018 Optigan® Disc – SAMBA! w/ Marimba on Keyboard
https://youtu.be/GgiLJVGkLrM Please click here to pre-order this title. From the depths of the Optigan® master tape archives comes this previously unreleased SAMBA jam, paired with a Marimba keyboard
A Mediterranean Optigan® at Nixon’s Western White House
Before he passed away, Mike LeDoux shared an intriguing Optigan® story with me, which I was reminded of this week in light of everything that’s going on with our current president. He pulled out these
Bob Moog References Optigan/Orchestron in 1985 Keyboard Magazine Article
The very first time I heard about the Optigan® and Orchestron was in this article penned by Bob Moog for the Sept. 1985 issue of Keyboard Magazine (with Jan Hammer on the cover).
Optigan® / Orchestron Master Tape Vault feat. “Kraftwerk Choir” Tape/Demo
https://youtu.be/j7czf09vh4Q Since there’s been some interest this week, here’s a quick video of the Optigan/Orchestron master tape vault, ie my library closet. Sorry for my incoherent rambling. Highl
Optigan® Featured on latest Sonic Talk episode
There’s some Optigan® chit-chat on the latest Sonic Talk episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRBWArSsnTI Many thanks for the kind words from Dave Spiers & company! To answer a couple of the q
Original ca 1972 Optigan® Promotional Demo Recordings by Johnny Largo
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwFlBfo6rvTW8ihgaGGuKpSTFPc-JeN7q I finally got around to assembling and uploading some miscellaneous Optigan® demo recordings made by Johnny Largo ca 1972. Some
One of the Long-Lost Optigan® TV Commercials Finally Found!
http://youtu.be/MY4hyWds6Qk Very cool news! I knew that eventually an Optigan® TV commercial would turn up! Youtube user chumrain writes this:
Finally…one has been found (I know that several people