Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Peters" <mp@...> 
wrote:
>
> the description says, 
> 
> "I've recorded with the computer model version of this (GForce's 
MTRON) and
> the difference in sound quality is HUGE...The real Mellotron 
trumps the
> MTRON by far and has a huge advantage in audio bandwith (tube 
preamp!) over
> the digitally modeled version"
> 
> would you agree to this? disagree? I would have thought that a 1:1 
sample of
> each note (as in MTron) can't be substantially worse than the 
original.
> 
> Michael www.michaelpeters.de
>

It depends on the condition of the Tron the samples came from. The 
Trons that the original M-Tron samples came from most likely weren't 
in the best condition. Even under ideal conditions, samples can 
never match the real thing.

Bernie