tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19871780.post6341266511656474688..comments2023-09-16T05:38:13.507-04:00Comments on The Buddha Den: FILM: Mellodrama: The Mellotron Documentarymeltoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05970788389219211332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19871780.post-26850489486164666862009-03-11T22:25:00.000-04:002009-03-11T22:25:00.000-04:00The optigan is in the film, along with the birotro...The optigan is in the film, along with the birotron, a keyboard financed by Rick Wakeman that used 8-tracks for the sounds.flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484123793451034646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19871780.post-27949658519896327072009-02-19T18:21:00.000-05:002009-02-19T18:21:00.000-05:00For those interested, the Optigan is also a pretty...For those interested, the Optigan is also a pretty remarkable little sample based instrument. Soundwaves were encoded onto optical discs like they are written onto the side of 35mm sound film, and played back.<BR/><BR/>Was made as a toy but has been used very creatively by many folks. Jon Brion used one extensively on the Eternal Sunshine soundtrack.humblesoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479525352392639148noreply@blogger.com