Mellotronists

thomas waltner wrote:

> Hi Mellotronists who listen(ed) to 70's Yes music! Does someone knows or
> guess what type of reverb (or
> delay, but to me it's reverb...) they used on the "Tales from topographic
> oceans"on the Mellotron to get a
> sound of "out of this earth" (for example on the first track, during the
> Tron interludes --> more reverb
> than direct sound ;-))))? Did they used it live, too, or was the sound during
> the concerts very different? Who
> has seen them live, in the 70's?    Greetings,  Thomas

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Hallo Thomas and Everybody !

I have very much listened to "YES" music in the 1970's. In fact,
I learned to play almost all Mellotron accompaniments from the
"Tales......" album .  At that time, I owned my new M400 for one year.

To answer your question, the studio prob. mixed reverb and direct
on both channels in final mix. This was easily done with the MK-V
used by Edgar Froese and Tangerine Dream. And the JKMK6
which debuted in Philly-2001 .

I  attended a total of 5 "YES" concerts from 1973-1977 in New
York City. The sound live was very well done ,even in Madison
Square Garden. The best concert was full performances of entire
"Close To The Edge" and " Tales From Topographic Oceans" LP's.
It included a complex stage arrangement of Roger Dean sculptures
illuminated, animated and smoking in the finale.

The performance of "Relayer" with Patrick Moraz in 1975 featured
a Mellotron presence almost too strong. Occasionally distorting
the audio. But that was long-ago,and professional sound systems
have come a long way since then.

Hope this helps Thomas.  Cheers,  Jerry Korb