AKS vs MBO Recording Session Vol. 3

True to their word, the good folks at optigan.com indeed sent me a free update to the Optigan sampler disc I purchased several years ago.

And it's a great update.

Now, not only do I have WAVs of each of the original samples (which I had to hand edit once I had extracted them from their crappy Akai-formatting wraper), I also have a bunch of new Chamberlin RhythmMate samples, which are extremely cool.

These samples played on strips of tape that fall against tape play heads, much like a Mellotron.

I loaded up a bunch of these into Acid last night and came up with 2 new rhythm tracks. I tend to let things be straight for a while and then start apply subtle effects with envelopes to add some flavor and change up the pace where needed. Again, AutoPilot will apply its own magic as well.

Another cool thing about the Optigan CD is that it has the original artwork from every disc, as well as several brochures in PDF format which are ripping. The Optigan was a real product with marketing dollars behind it and it was marketed to people who weren't musicians.

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