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Keyboard overview of a model 35002 Optigan. The coded strip above the main keyboard corresponded to numbers in the music books for those unable to read music.
The Optigan (a portmanteau of optical organ) is an electronic keyboard instrument designed for the consumer market. The name stems from the instrument's reliance on pre-recorded optical soundtracks to reproduce sound. Later versions (built under license and aimed at the professional market) were sold under the name Orchestron.[1]
^Brend, Mark (2005). Strange sounds: offbeat instruments and sonic experiments in pop. Hal Leonard. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-87930-855-1.
The Optigan (a portmanteau of optical organ) is an electronic keyboard instrument designed for the consumer market. The name stems from the instrument's...
disc packs. Mattel ceased production of the Optigan in 1976. The Orchestron was a version of the Optigan built by Vako Synthesizers Inc. Intended for...
pre-recorded on an optical disc. It is the professional version of the Mattel Optigan, an earlier and lower-priced model intended for amateur musicians. Vako...
(top) as used on stage by a progressive rock band; underneath are an EMS DK keyboard controller, Solina String Ensemble, Optigan, and an M400 Mellotron...
Hammond Organ, Clapping, Optigan Agents of Good Roots One by One RCA Organ Esthero Breath From Another Sony/Works Optigan The Wallflowers Godzilla: The...
harmonium; on Franks Wild Years, glockenspiel, Mellotron, Farfisa and Optigan; on Bone Machine and Mule Variations, the Chamberlin; on The Black Rider...
electrical means: Digital piano Electronic keyboard Electronic organ Keytar Optigan Synthesizer Kelzenberg, David. "What are Historical Keyboard Instruments...
(age 69) Los Angeles, California Instrument(s) Piano, keyboards, bass, optigan, mellotron, minimoog, backing vocals, drums Years active 1976 - present...
would become Oooh La La with producer and friend Stewart Lerman, using the optigan and omnichord. In October, 2007 Sony BMG released The Best of Crash Test...
Hammond in 1950. This was followed by the reed chord organ (c. 1959) and Optigan (c. 1971). The sound of the reed chord organ is somewhat similar to the...
just to kind of put an end to it for a while". In 2011, Jenkins played optigan, piano and sang on J Mascis's album Several Shades of Why and then returned...
of early analog sampling instruments, particularly the Chamberlin and Optigan, to create near-realistic emulations of certain instruments. He has earned...
patents to Mattel for their Optigan keyboard, which uses its prerecorded loop as well as some Chamberlin music tapes in the Optigan library. By the end of...
Roy Chilton (former president of Thomas Organ Company, Estey Organ, and Optigan and creator of the Chilton Talentmaker) and later in life to her former...
as hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, harmonium, spike fiddles, bulbul tarang, the optigan keyboard, xaphoon, and field recordings. Hala Strana's releases have featured...
from the Universe was a moderate commercial success. Mark Davies used an Optigan keyboard on some of the tracks. It was reissued in 2022. Trouser Press...
and acoustic guitars, ukulele, dobro, mandocello, bass, tic tac bass, optigan, percussion on Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up (2009) – also producer Drums...
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