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Vako Orchestron: In 1975, ex-Moog executive David Van Koevering was planning to make the Mellotron obsolete with the introduction of the Vako Orchestron. Orchestral strings, brass, and other acoustic instruments were recorded using laser-optical encoding technology, somewhat akin to an analog CD, and then read as variations by a concentrated beam of light. This was actually the same technology used in the low-end consumer product, the Optigon, but on a grander scale. Orchestrons ranged from the single-manual version priced at $2,495, all the way up to a monster 4-manual, pedal-equipped, top-of-the-line model. The 33-1/3 LP phonograph-sized disks, which were read by a large, remote scanner, cost $110 each, and the scanners in the largest systems could read up to three disks at once. A million dollars and about 1,000 Orchestrons later, the company ran out of both money and steam.

Vacuum Tube	Vako Orchestron	Valve
Vaporware	Variable Pattern Mic	Variable State Filter
Variac	Varispeed	Varitone
VAST	VBR	Voltage-controlled Amplifier (VCA)
VCA Group	VCF	VCO
VCR	VCXO	Velocity
Velocity Compression	Velocity Curve	Velocity Split
Veneer	Verse	VESA
VESA	VFO	VGA
Very High Frequency	Vibrato	Vibratone
Vibrato Tailpiece	Vibrola	Video Sync
Violin Bass	Virtual Analog Synthesizer	Virtual Dolby Digital
Virtual Dolby Surround	Virtual Instrument	VirtualMemory
Virtual Slave Reel	Virtual Track	VISE
VITC	Vivace	Virtual Network Computing
VOC	Vocal Booth	Vocoder
Voice	Voice-Stealing	Voice Coil
Voice Leading	Voice Over	Voicing
Volatile Memory	Volt	Volt-Ampere
Voltage	Voltage Clamping	Voltage-controlled Filter (VCF)
Voltage Depression	Voltage Regulator	Voltage Sag
Voltage Spike	Volume	Volute
Virtual Studio Technology	VST2	VST Instrument