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”...
View ArticleLaurie Anderson – Optigan / Panoptigon 2010 One-Off Disc Demo
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 Becker’s heavily modified...
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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!
View ArticlePanoptigon OSCILLATIONS Disc Demo
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 each Panoptigon. Panoptigon format discs will...
View ArticleOptigan / Orchestron Disc Back-Catalog Now Available!
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...
View ArticleNew Panoptigon Format Disc – PIPE ORGAN II
Announcing a new disc for PANOPTIGON from Quilter Labs! This is the second disc in the new Panoptigon format, only playable on Panoptigon. This time we’ve dug back into the Optigan/Orchestron master...
View ArticlePanoptigon plays SILENT NIGHT
SILENT NIGHT recorded on Quilter Labs’ PANOPTIGON, featuring the new Panoptigon format disc GRAND PIANO (available soon!) as well as the Optigan format DARKSOPHONE and Orchestron format VOCAL CHOIR...
View ArticleFour NEW 2020 Optigan Discs – FUZZ ROCK, GAMELESQUE, SPIKE’S JOINT, COUNTRY FOLK
Four NEW 2020 Optigan Discs! Hi all, we know it’s been awhile since we’ve issued any new Optigan discs, but we’re making up for lost time with not one, not two, but FOUR new titles! Please note that,...
View ArticleThe Fate of New Program Discs for Optigan®, Orchestron, and Panoptigon
This is Robert Becker, the guy that has been making program discs with Pea Hicks since 2008. It appears that our ability to make new discs is ending unless I can get some help. Background: My role in...
View ArticleOptigan 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 to...
View ArticleTHANKS 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,...
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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...
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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. Shipping...
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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 a...
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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...
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Optical Disc Lab March 2023 Update – Dark Room Build
Here’s a quick little video showing the recent dark room build headed up by Chris Parks at Quilter Labs. This darkroom is essentially the new home of our Optical Disc Lab, and the birthing place of...
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Wally De Backer Visits the Optical Disc Lab
Our good friend and generous donor to the Optical Disc Lab creation fund Wally De Backer recently stopped by to visit with Robert Becker and check out the lab! Wally’s Forgotten Futures nonprofit is...
View ArticleNEW for 2024! 3 Panoptigon Discs & 1 Optigan Disc!
We’re very happy to finally announce our first NEW disc titles since 2020, available NOW on the Quilter Labs disc store! Three Panoptigon format discs, and one Optigan format disc. Scroll down for our...
View ArticleNEW 2024 Optigan Disc – SYNTHPOP
Now available exclusively at the Quilter Labs Web Shoppe! SYNTHPOP was the very first new Optigan disc we created in 2008. We were eager to make something completely anachronistic for the...
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