Mellotronists

I thought the Birotron choir was made originally from 2 Mellotrons, 
holding down the same note on each machine and alternating them 
while using volume pedal to make a "sustained" sound. If this is 
true why put a Birotron choir on Mellotron tapes:)??



--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tron@... wrote:
>
> The Streetly Electronics Mellotron Sample Library found at
> http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/ has been updated again.
> 
> Have a look out for the new 'Louise Davis' Vibrato and Pizzicato
> 'Cellos, as well as the Glocks/Tubular bells split, the Rick 
Sanders
> electric violin and
> 
> (drum roll)
> 
> * *   B i r o t r o n   C h o i r   * *
> 
> Not the washed out and shitty sounding thing found on the M-Tron 
(or on
> a Birotron, for that matter) but the *real deal* - a recording 
taken
> straight from the original master tapes. I think this one is quite
> wonderful.
> 
> I also have apologies to offer for some readers, notably those who
> contributed samples to the site. The Demon web space is limited to 
20Mb
> (or 100Mb for œœœ a month) and so I have had to get rid of a 
couple of
> longer samples, edit down some others and reduce the lot to 96kbps,
> which is not my idea of joy but it's necessary. Apologies to you 
all,
> particularly Norm Leete whose rather lovely Sad Strings sample was 
the
> most hit upon thing on the site. (A bit like Norm, actually)
> 
> Lots more to follow. All comments welcome as ever.
> 
> Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
> The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
> Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/
>