![]() ![]() "It was originally made as a kid's toy, to learn music on, and this German band went in to a studio and recorded 150 tunes in every key - not just once, but in every single key, so you've got that one loop in every key. "Every track is the same loop in a different key," explains Jason. While the Optigan's keyboard produces wheezing organ tones - each track on the disc has the same organ tone at a different pitch - the buttons to the left of it are used to play the backing tracks which make up the rest of the record. ![]() ![]() The Optigan, with one of its optical discs. If I hold it up to the light, you can actually see the sounds!" "The waves are actually drawn on a see‑through record, and the machine has an eye which actually reads the waves, and that's how it creates the sound. Pressing a key elicits a sound like a cross between a harmonium and a dying seal, which seems like the sound any beaten‑up toy organ might produce until Jason fishes an odd‑looking LP‑sized clear plastic disc from its electronic intestines. "Have you ever heard of an Optigan?" enquires Jason. Pride of place, at the moment, goes to a severely tacky‑looking brown plastic organ with an odd selection of buttons. ![]() Although 13 is by no means a large space, there's no such thing as a quick tour, simply because of the sheer quantity of equipment in it. ![]()
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