Optigan & Orchestron

2011-10-14

The Optigan and Orchestron were successors to the famous Mellotron and Chamberlin-machines. All were analog mechanic sample players but Optigan and Orchestron used optical discs for storage, making them considerably more transportable than their one-tape-machine-player-per-key predecessors and also more affordable. Changing sounds was now simply a matter of swapping discs, but the sound fidelity attainable with these optical discs was very limited. 
Famous users include Kraftwerk (the 'Choir' sound on Radio Activity is the Orchestron), Elvis Costello, Devo, PJ Harvey and many more.

All samples are unretouched and include original mechanical noises and artifacts for maximum vintage authenticity!