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Re: [Mellotronists] change of perspective

2002-03-25 by sdavmor

----- Original Message -----
From: <fdoddy@...>
> The honorable Mr. Blechta wrote:
> "I feel the same way about the original flute and the Ian McDonald flute.
There is NO comparison as a voice."
>
>     This is why I like you guys so much. (Are ya feelin' the love?) I love
the original flutes because of their crappy character. They sit in a mix
incredibly well and they generally don't get along with well-tempered
synthesizers so they force me to play guitars( another out-of-tune
instrument) against them.
>
> Ricky also penned the following:
> "The 3 violins is a reasonably good sound and it's done its job over the
year. I still like it and use it, but I find I'm losing it less and less. I
would really like a new violin sound, though, personally. If the 3 violins
makes grown men weep, imagine what would happen with an even better 3
violins! "
>
> They're done and will be in the hands of the Streetly men within the
month!  I used first chair NY Philharmonic players ( 3 good ones, not 3 old
fossils) Think classic 3 violins vibrato and swell, m300 transparency, and
modern recording techniques. Martin, the answer to your question is yes,
they are in tune.  I have used a SampleCell version of these strings on a
few adverts and even those have gotten excited responses from other
composers.  I'm sure their conversion to Mellotron format will enhance them
further.  Martin, do you require anything other than a DAT of these sounds,
i.e EQ, compression etc? Let me know.

Rock on, Fritz!   Rock on!  Great to hear this.

>
> I have a bunch of new tunes with Medieval Woodwinds used in a very freaky
manner.  Talk about a beautiful ugly sound....

ooh....I'm gettin' all a-quiver!
--
Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
www.systemstheory.net
www.thecleanersystem.com

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