Mellotronists

Stan,
  So, do you want to sell one of your Orchestrons?  I really like 
your descriptions.  I think that's what draws me to the instrument so 
much.  It almost seems to do the Mellotron one step further in 
it's "dying" quality.  I mean, despite what so many people think 
about analog instruments being warmer, etc., I think the main reason 
I like them is for what has to be considered their "faults", meaning 
all of the warbles, crackles, pops, hums, etc., and the unreliability 
inherent in them.  I mean, otherwise, wouldn't we just use VST plug-
ins?  They're cheaper, smaller, less maintenance, etc.

Max


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Stan Cotey" <Stan_Cotey@d...> 
wrote:
> Hey Max,
> 
> Welcome.  I've got a few Orchestrons around (along with a 400) and 
while people sometimes sneer at them, they have a particular charm 
(when they're working).  There was a quote from Tom Waits a few years 
ago where, in talking about his Chamberlin, he mentioned he really 
liked playing an instrument that "died a little bit each time it was 
played", and I think Orchestrons are even more like that.  Having 
said that, my main machine is very stable (and was used for the 
Optigan/Orchestron CD-ROM) and sounds really good in a track.  
> 
> When it's isolated, you can hear the embedded hum and of course, 
all of the scratches.  When it's in a track, the added artifacts give 
the sound character and a complexity that's really cool.  So I'm a 
big fan.  I generally use my Orchestron equally, if not more than the 
mighty Mellotron.  The worst things are, they only ever made eight 
sounds (that I'm aware of), and extra disks are practically 
impossible to find.  
> 
> Stan Cotey
> M400/174
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxwellhiller [mailto:maxwellhiller@e...]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:39 AM
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Introduction and Orchestron
> 
> 
> Hello,
>   I just joined this group, and wanted to introduce myself.  My 
name is Max, and I play 
> guitar and keyboards in a "psychedelic"-type band.  I own an M400 
Mellotron, and 
> just purchased a Chamberlin 200 in need of restoration, which I 
will be undertaking 
> myself.  I just became aware of this group, and it came highly 
recommended, so I had 
> to join.
>    I suppose this is my actual post, and I hope it's not too 
presumptuous, but I am 
> desperately in search of a Vako Orchestron.  I know that many 
Mellotron lovers 
> consider it a pretty weak cousin of the Mellotron, but, 
nonetheless, it seems like this 
> group is probably as good a place as any to find fellow 
enthusiasts.  
> 
> Max
> 
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