Mellotronists

Yeah, I don't get it. In my case it was a recording of a live 
performance of 'Epitaph', and it was quite obvious that they (Ian 
McDonald!) had been tweaking some synth string patch to the effect of 
producing something reminiscent of the MkII violins on the original KC 
recording. Electronically simulated tape wobbles ... why?!

These things bother me.

Cheers,

Dagfinn

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Pishock, Jimmy" <jimmy.
pishock@f...> wrote:
> I went down to Georgia to see my brother.  While we were down there, 
we
> caught them live.  Some songs sounded good.  Some didn't.  Even 
though on
> most of the songs (including Starless, Cirkus, Sailor's Tale) they 
used
> decent Mellotron samples, the songs that it really counts (INCOTKC 
and
> Epitaph), they used some sort of 80's string sample.   I don't know 
if
> someone's hand dialed in the wrong sound by accident and couldn't 
get a
> proper hear through the monitors; but, the sounds were definitely 
not even
> remotely Tronish.  As a result, I'm sorry to say, after flying 400 
miles,
> the show was a disappointment.  Everyone played very well; but, for 
some
> reason (the reason probably being that I was expecting insanely good
> Mellotron parts) the parts just did not add up to a whole.
>  
> "Cadence and Cascade" and "I Talk To The Wind"  were the show 
highlights for
> me.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dagfinn Hobaek [mailto:captain_yossarian@h...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 6:20 AM
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Schizoid (non-)Mellotron
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Um, I just caught a live streamed track by the 21st Century Schizoid 
Band 
> (former members of KC picking up old habits), and I noticed to my 
(mild) 
> horror that these guys, rather than using 'Tron samples (or better 
still, a 
> real 'Tron), have replaced the traditional string parts with 
something like 
> a modular synth emulation of the 3 violins tapes - and it sounds 
awful! 
> Anyone have any explanation for this most erratic and disturbing 
behaviour?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dagfinn
> 
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