Top 20 Weirdest Instruments - The Optigan
Facebook Comments MediaMan Said...
When will GForce be releasing the virtual version?
14-Nov-08 08:42 AM
SHEKHAR DHAIN Said...
I can remember seeing one of these or maybe it was the later one (opsonar or whatever it was called) in a bric a brac shop, for 90 quid back in 1991. I thought "who the **** would use that on a record?"...
Brilliant bit of kit, and yet another instrument ripe to be turned into a virtual wonder.
14-Nov-08 03:11 PM
nick b Said...
Well, I'm sure that Dave wouldnt mind me mentioning that there are quite a few Optigan samples in the M-Tron Pro library
14-Nov-08 03:24 PM
Howling Terror Said...
What a truely terrible instrument. Yet i've never seen Dave look so animated...Bless
14-Nov-08 07:22 PM
CR78 Said...
Really?!
You obviously have'nt seen him after a few at the old cantina.........;)
15-Nov-08 12:28 AM
Jykala Said...
Oh, how I miss the professor...
15-Nov-08 11:21 AM
Marc JX8P Said...
Cool show! What I am curious about is how the fx buttons triggered those music phrases at the correct time since if I am correct the phrases are continually looping, each one on one track?
15-Nov-08 01:30 PM
duperfly Said...
Really enjoyed this one. Very funny & very informative.
15-Nov-08 04:28 PM
Kimplex Said...
Aaahh... re-release please! Optigan Voyager...
17-Nov-08 01:09 AM
rod Said...
Brilliant piece of rubbish - wow! The radioactive head... now did that make it glow in the dark and did it also make random noises on its own? I wouldn't be surprised if it picked up some SW echo station HAH!
19-Nov-08 02:35 PM
Marc ARP2600 Said...
Marc JX8P: The speed of rotation and the size of the discs insured that all of the graphic samples printed on them (actual visual representations of the waveform... like the audio track on a 16mm film) were in time with each other. There was also a little red dot on the disc which led to a little light hole which blinked in tempo!
08-Jan-09 11:29 PM
Marc ARP2600 Said...
It should also be noted that this is the horrible stepchild of Daphne Oram's great Oramics machine. : )
08-Jan-09 11:30 PM
Narcotic Audio Said...
I used to have one of these! I picked it up from a st vicent de paul or salvation army store in about 1999. I later gave it to a good friend as I already had 3 other classic organs and well it was ugly as ****. I recall it being terribly heavy for what it was.
23-Jan-09 05:06 PM
VH Said...
There aren't 'hundreds' of records! Only about 40 different one's
12-Oct-10 01:48 PM
Organ fixer Said...
Its ok mucking about on these machines, but wouldn't it be fairer to show them played properly instead of just stupid mickey-taking. Or maybe you have not got anyone who is capable of playing real music on them.... Every technology has to start from somewhere. Interesting, nevertheless.
11-Jan-12 03:56 AM
DGL Said...
Don't forget that the tech in this went into the orchestron, which are the choir sounds used by kraftwerk (listen to radioactivity and europe endless)
24-Jan-12 04:23 PM
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