http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQHxFV9LHq0
Did hell freeze over today without anybody telling me?
Optigan.com’s Pea Hicks today announced FIVE (5 count ’em) new Vako Orchestron discs.
- VIOLIN and PIPE ORGAN are Orchestron originals, newly remastered.
- STRING ENSEMBLE is a previously unheard scale taken from the original Optigan / Orchestron master tapes.
- TREMOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR and PIANO are newly recorded scales made specifically for these discs.
Any new discs for the obscure Vako Orchestron would be newsworthy – but five new disks is unheard of.
The Vako Orchestron is an obscure opto-mechanical keyboard sample playback instrument, best known for its use by Kraftwerk.
According to Wikipedia, only 8 sounds were originally made available for the Vako Orchestron.
Check out the String Ensemble Vako Orchestron Disc demo above, and the other 4 new sound disc demos below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTziZnkmeAE
Vako Orchestron Disc Pipe Organ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCoUDb2Vcbg
Vako Orchestron Disc Violin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PUP3cSwsE
Vako Orchestron Disc Piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYGoxgzn2YA
Vako Orchestron Disc Tremolo Electric Guitar
