Optigan Discs Have Shipped, Some Popular Titles in Limited Stock
Thanks to all who placed orders in our limited-time Optigan disc offer last month. Apologies for the delay in getting them out to you, but these things are made by hand, and it took awhile to put...
View ArticleNow Taking Pre-Orders – Optigan Discs – Talentmaker Four-Pak #2
At long last, we’re proud to announce our second set of Talentmaker-to-Optigan conversion discs! Please click here to place your pre-order! Click here to view the embedded video.
View ArticleNew Orchestron Disc – BASS CLARINET – Feat. Ralph Carney
We’re happy to announce the latest in our line of all-new discs for the Orchestron! This time it’s BASS CLARINET, featuring the sounds of an acoustic bass clarinet played by none other than Ralph...
View ArticleLimited Time Offer – Buy Optigan/Orchestron Discs From Our Back Catalog!
For a very limited one-month time period only, from now until March 9th 2015, we’re offering an opportunity to buy discs from our back-catalog (click this link to go to the web store). Normally we’re...
View ArticleOptigan/Orchestron Disc Limited Time Offer Now Closed
Thanks to all who took advantage of our limited-time offer to order titles from our back-catalog of Optigan/Orchestron discs. We had a good response, and will get started making the discs right away....
View ArticleOrchestron Vibraphone Disc Inspires New Song by Belgian Band OSTYN
Our good friend Dieter Vanmarcke alerted us to this track by the band Ostyn, which was built around an improvisation on our Vibraphone disc for the Orchestron!
View ArticleNew 2015 Orchestron Disc – HARMONIUM – Now Available
New 2015 Orchestron Disc – HARMONIUM – Now Available Click here to view the embedded video.
View ArticlePOLL: Would You Buy This New Optigan Disc?
We’ve pressed up a prototype of a more experimental Optigan disc called GLITCHEDELICA. It’s basically 57 glitchy loops (ie, each chord button and keyboard key contains a unique loop), mostly rhythmic...
View ArticleNew Optigan Disc Set – TRIPLE HEADER 2
Click here to view the embedded video. Now shipping! TRIPLE HEADER 2 is a new 3-disc set available at a special bundle price, packaged in a single jacket. By popular demand, we’ve ported three more...
View ArticleNew Optigan GUITARSCAPE & GLITCHEDELICA Discs, Plus Buy Discs From Our Back...
Announcing two NEW Optigan Discs: GUITARSCAPE and GLITCHEDELICA! Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Also, for a very limited two-week time period only, from...
View ArticleUse Of Our Original Optigan/Orchestron Disc Titles
Since we’ve been authoring new disc titles for the Optigan, our feeling all along has been that these discs (at least the ones with significant musical content in the form of original arrangments and...
View ArticleNew Orchestron Disc – DREHORGEL
Hi folks, I’ve been out of the loop for awhile since I broke my wrist, which set me back more than you would think. I’m still recovering (well, as much as I’ve got left to recover, which won’t be...
View Article2017 Limited Time Offer – Buy Optigan/Orchestron Discs From Our Back Catalog!
For a very limited one-month time period only, from now until March 14th 2017, we’re offering an opportunity to buy discs from our back-catalog (click this link to go to the web store). Normally we’re...
View ArticleNew 2017 Optigan Disc – DARKSOPHONE – Feat. Pall Jenkins
Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to pre-order this title! From indie rock veteran Pall Jenkins (The Black Heart Procession, Three Mile Pilot) come the haunting sounds of DARKSOPHONE,...
View ArticleVako Orchestron VIOLIN Disc Demo – KRAFTWERK – Franz Schubert
Click here to view the embedded video. I transcribed the Vako Orchestron VIOLIN disc parts from Kraftwerk’s “Franz Schubert” and put together a little demo / cover version. I cheated and used samples...
View ArticleRIP 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...
View Article2018 Limited Time Offer – Buy Optigan/Orchestron Discs From Our Back Catalog!
For a very limited one-month time period only, from now until March 25th 2018, we’re offering an opportunity to buy discs from our back-catalog (click this link to go to the web store). Normally we’re...
View ArticleNew 2018 Optigan Disc – SAMBA! w/ Marimba on Keyboard
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 scale that similarly went...
View ArticleReed & Caroline’s New Album HELLO SCIENCE feat. Custom Orchestron Disc
Recently we collaborated on a custom Orchestron disc for the synth pop duo Reed & Caroline. They sent over some of Caroline’s vocal textures and we turned them into an exclusive disc called...
View ArticlePANOPTIGON – 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...
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