Mellotronists

At 04:27 PM 12/19/2003 -0500, Linda Dachtyl wrote:
>Thanks for the audio link.  I listened to it before awhile ago and that
>got me thinking about the Roland.

Ahh, OK.  Well, the Roland does some good things by making the sound very 
consistent when compared to the real deal, and it has some nice patches 
with decent attacks---some really nice patches to my ears if you're not 
looking for the exact sampled 'tron sound---as evidenced toward the end of 
my sound snippet.

But, of course, the M-VS1 is very limited on sample memory, so there's a 
lot of pitch stretching, and you can play the 'tron way out of its range (I 
have heard some EM artists do this on recordings---those recordings get 
played once, I hurl, I stop listening).  Even under medium scrutiny, to me 
the M-VS1 doesn't stand up as a good 'tron replacement---use in a pinch and 
stay in the appropriate range if you do use it.  But because so many of the 
M-VS1's other patches are decent (including the ones that use the 'tron 
samples), I don't consider it to be a bad unit, especially if they're going 
cheap on EBay or if you get that particular sample card (Keyboard of the 
60's/70's, I think) for your JV-series synth cheap.  IMHO, of course, and 
I've not compared it to the similar EMU offering of that period or any 
other current offering.

People out here are more likely to go with the Pinder CD or the M-Tron, it 
seems (see the archives---recent discussion on that), to get that 'tronless 
'tron sound.

...kl...
M400 #805 - played more than once
M400 #1037 - [not playable]
EMI E4 #103S - [pitch dropping]

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