My Orange “Tower of Power” is finally complete 🍊
I always thought the old Sega “Tower of Power” was awesome, so I guess I ended up building an Orange version. 🍊
From top to bottom:
Orange Rocker 32 converted into a stereo FRFR combo
Nano Cortex
Orange PPC212 converted to FRFR with two Celestion coaxial speakers
The whole idea was to keep the classic Orange look while taking advantage of modern modeling and stereo effects.
I’m also developing a companion app for the Nano Cortex. Right now it’s Linux-based, but ports to macOS and Windows are coming. It automates live scenarios—for example, playing backing tracks while sending MIDI commands to change presets, scenes, or effects automatically during a song, so I can just play instead of tap dancing.
Once I’ve finished debugging it, I’ll put it on GitHub so anyone interested can use it, contribute, or build on it.
It’s probably the most unnecessary Orange stack I’ve ever built… but it makes me smile every time I walk into the room.
Anyone else here running an Orange rig with modelers or FRFR conversions? I’d love to see what you’ve built.