Don´t want to be that way...but I have 18
sounds...the normal ones I guess...So I like the idea of expanding into
oddness...As I have mentioned earlier on the list..I have recorded an album with
just Optigan/orchestron/Mellotron + female vocals and the weirder sounds
definitely came very handy...The strangest sound I have now is Hammond B3 bass
pedals with single Hammond notes on top...very messy for chords but single notes
work just fine...
// Mattias
----- Original Message -----From: Ken LeonardSent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:20 PMSubject: Re: [Mellotronists] Mellotron piano
>I got the tapeframe for my 25th birthday
Wow - whoever got this for you is certainly a keeper! I don't know anyone
who'd support my Mellotron habit. I think most of the people I know feel I
should be in rehab (well, for a variety of reasons).
>( maybe a bit like Martins smooth organ )...
I wouldn't recommend Martin's smooth organ. It's always flat.
>So I went for Piano/Vibes w. Vibrato/Wineglasses
I'm glad to see the less often used sounds do get some airing once in a
while. And, yes, pitch shifts and bends do make the sounds more versatile.
>So now...I am aiming for a new set...I´d like to go for some MK II rhythms
>and fills, Mandolin tremoloes and Timpanis or solo female voice...But that
>will probably change a couple of times until I actually put in my order...
Jimmy M. is going through this exercise now for tapes for his FX
Console. I think the talk of the various sounds out here is helpful. You
have to get the standards - Flute, Brass, 3 Violins, Choir. But then he
has 32 other sounds to fill in---of both old and new sounds! Yikes!!! :-)
Gee, what an awful "problem" to have, huh?
...kl...
M400 #805 - all talk - no action
M400 #1037 - 33 talk - 2 no action
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