What is an Optigan, and how does it work?

Posted by peahix on 23rd April 2006

The Optigan (OPTIcal orGAN) was a sort of adult toy originally made by Mattel in the early 70’s. Basically it was laid out like most home chord organs of the time, but its sound producing mechanism was very unique. Instead of producing electronically simulated organs, drums, etc, it spun clear LP-sized discs, optically encoded with [...]

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