Talk:Optigan

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I like it: "the 1936ies" Ondundozonananandana 11:04, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

why aren't we talking about shapes!!!?! this is a coverup, or cencership!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.127.170.124 (talk) 00:31, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Dubious
The article says that the program discs were made of celluloid. This is incorrect as the use of such a dangerous and unstable material would have been a significant fire risk and much safer and stable transparent plastics were available in the 1960s. 83.104.249.240 (talk) 02:02, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Jump in and fix it. Discussing it here on such a minor article won't get anything done. See the article "Be Bold!". -Rolypolyman (talk) 04:39, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

a few first thoughts
Weeb Dingle (talk) 03:50, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * what the Sam Hell is a "Talentmaker," and how does this relate to the Optigan, and what idiot stuck that piece of trivia in there so ineptly?
 * Though I am a gearhead, the first I can recall hearing of the Optigan was Blur, 13 (1999), the track reasonably named "Optigan 1." My opinion is that this might be featured more clearly, along with other tracks where the subject device is central. Which leads me to another thought:
 * The "list of notable musicians" is, as usual on Wikipedia, a random scrapheap, with fanboys using that magic word to slip in a mention of their obsession. The list itself cannot be "notable" unless a credible source created the list, else it is nothing but original research, whether by one fan or a hundred. And the question in context of the article is whether the use of the subject equipment is notable. Without citation of tracks where it was employed (or, better, featured), it's all hearsay at best. If (say) Prince happened to have one on a shelf at Paisley Park, that of itself DOES NOT warrant mention here.
 * Could there be some effort to add an actual list of the Program Disk titles known to exist? Better yet might be some (authoritative!) notes as to which were released latest, therefore likely rarer.
 * I don't feel the Brion/Gondry passage has any particularl significance here. Maybe (!!) mention they used such a device, and move along.
 * There's no mention of the practice among aficionados of putting a disk in upside-down in order to get a "reverse attack" tape-type effect from many of the sample loops.

Talentmaker
The article mentions and links to a 'similar' device called a Talentmaker without any explanation of how it relates to the Optigan. Stub Mandrel (talk) 19:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)