New Sounds For Old Samplers: The Pizzicato Pop Optigan Disc
Optigan has released Pizzicato Pop, a new sound disc for the ’70s lo-fi optical sample playback keyboard, the Optigan.
What they have to say about it:
“Pizzicato Pop is the latest in our series of excavations into the Optigan Archives in search of material that was left on the cutting room floor.
The working title for this disc was “Contemporary #107”. It was recorded in 1970 during the initial Optigan session in Cologne, Germany, with the pizzicato string overdubs being added sometime later. Previously only heard on the song “Hope In Your Eyes” by Optiganally Yours.
The keyboard sound is also from the Optigan Archives – an experiment that combines a Hammond B3 with a hand-played tremolo on an RMI Rocksichord.”
The official video demo:
Pizzicato Pop is available now for $89.
