lil' dream organ

demo video:

https://youtu.be/M430J1qhyQU?si=oJWfxccgtndokrcf

The ellitone lil' dream organ is a battery-powered polyphonic digital synthesizer with built-in amplified speaker.

UPDATE September 2026: lil' dream organs are now built from black walnut hardwood

Featuring: 8 Touch Bar wooden keys, 16 oscillators, 8 selectable musical scales, and a collection of 50 waveforms to explore and blend using the ‘infinite tone’ knob. the lil dream organ is a fun and powerful electronic instrument capable of many tones and textures, simple enough for a youngster or beginner to operate.


Controls:

-‘infinite tone’ knob blends and mixes 2 separate layers of waveforms together. Each layer consists of 8 oscillators and each layer has its own unique selected waveform. As you turn the knob fully clockwise or fully counterclockwise, a new waveform is chosen from a collection of 50 waveforms and applied to one of the 2 layers. This means that you are infinitely blending in-between new combinations of waveforms continuously.

-musical scale select switches. 3 toggle switches at the top of the device are used to select one of the 8 musical note scales. These three switches operate using binary logic. With 3 switches, we have 8 unique combinations of switch positions (on/off/on…off/off/on…etc). Each one of these 8 possibilities selects a different musical scale to explore using the wooden Touch Bar keyboard notes.

musical scales:

1 - major 1

2 - minor zen

3 - phrygian

4 - nature

5 - akebono

6 - enigma

7 - pentatonic

8 - hutsul

-wooden Touch Bar keyboard uses touch sensitive sensors located under each of the 8 wooden Touch Bars. A quick tap near the center of the Touch Bar will trigger a note (voice).

-decay length switch chooses between ’short’ and ‘long’ note decay times.

-master tune knob transposes the entire instrument. Use this knob to tune the instrument to any key or octave, or use it as a fun musical effect.

-master volume knob controls the volume of the amplified loudspeaker! The device outputs enough volume to play outside or with another instrument like guitar or drum machine.


Other Info:

*The lil' dream organ also includes a line-out stereo audio connection for recording the device directly into an interface or plugging into an external mixer, effects, or speaker.

-powered by 3 AA batteries