A short improvisation using the Panoptigan and the Optigan Celleste disc.
The Panoptigan is a modern instrument designed by Quilter Labs to play Optigan, Orchestron and Panoptigan discs.
Just out of the frame the left, the keys on the MIDI keyboard control the loops that would have been on the "chord buttons" of the Optigan.
On the right side of the keyboard, the keys control the "special effect" buttons of the Optigan. There are also keys that control start/stop of the disc, and forward/reverse. In between is Orchestron cello.
I start the piece with the disc playing backwards, then switch to forwards.
No external audio processing added (though the Panoptigan has some great built-in effects).
Visual effects by Signal Culture.
Recorded at Carousel Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Panoptigan: https://www.quilterlabs.com/index.php...
Discs:
https://www.quilterlabs.com/index.php...
Signal Culture:
http://signalculture.org/