{"id":3248,"date":"2026-07-19T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/orchid-is-a-delightfully-retro-and-approachable-hipster-synth\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:15:00","slug":"orchid-is-a-delightfully-retro-and-approachable-hipster-synth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/orchid-is-a-delightfully-retro-and-approachable-hipster-synth\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid is a delightfully retro and approachable hipster synth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Telepathic Instruments Orchid in all its tan and black glory on a desk next to the Sleevenote media player, with Rawkus Records Soundbombing II queued up on it, and a harmonica on the other side, because the Orchid is a tribute to electric chord organs of the past, which are basically just giant harmonicas hooked up to a fan.\" data-caption=\"A modern tribute to electric chord organs which were basically giant harmonicas connected to a fan. | Photo: Terrence O\u2019Brien \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Terrence O\u2019Brien \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/268657_Orchid_TOBrien_0007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tA modern tribute to electric chord organs which were basically giant harmonicas connected to a fan. | Photo: Terrence O\u2019Brien \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, I bought an old <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GDOUdkvkGD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnus chord organ<\/a> off Craigslist for $10. It&rsquo;s one of my favorite music gear purchases. Electric <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GUZnkjWNcwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chord organs<\/a> let you play full chords with just a press of a button, making them perfect for aspiring singer-songwriters or fooling around at home. But chord organs largely fell out of favor in the &rsquo;80s, as digital keyboards like those from Casio grew in popularity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Telepathic Instruments <a href=\"https:\/\/telepathicinstruments.com\/products\/orchid-orc-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orchid<\/a> attempts to recapture some of that simple parlor instrument magic. Just like those vintage electric chord organs, the Orchid allows you to play rich chord progressions without having to master a ton of theory or complex fing \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/967485\/telepathic-instruments-orchid-tame-impala-synth-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modern tribute to electric chord organs which were basically giant harmonicas connected to a fan. | Photo: Terrence O\u2019Brien [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}