Mellotronists

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, mamma_superiore wrote:

> hello!! i am a new member, i was redirected here from progressivears 
> forum, they say that here i can find "the most knowledgeable people 
> on the planet" (on trons matters) so here it goes...
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> i will have to record some mellotron parts soon, a collector will 
> borrow me the trons, but i have no idea what is the best way of 
> recording their sound, never having played a real one before. and 
> since he have MANY of them, it is impossible to me experimenting with 
> sounds AND recording in one day. 
> so, anyone knows what are the classic effects that goes along with 
> the classic tron tapes? 
> moreover, what is better, to record the tron output directly or to 
> pass it through some amp, or pre amp, valve, leslie, what? 
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> i already collected some advices and i already visited these links...
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> http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_capturing_keyboards/ 
> http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/tronto0901/recording.htm 



the techniques on ken's page should be followed and will produce
wondrous results. a tube [valve in the UK] front end to a digital
recording system would be best if you are working on protools or
some other digital hard disc system.

there are too many [highly subjective] options/techniques for you
to mess with in a single day, so do what sounds best to you - use
your ears!

...jeff


> so...am i missing something? many ppl told me to experiment, but i 
> will just have one day, probably, and my idea is to record the same 
> parts on many trons, different tapes and different models, so that we 
> can choose afterwards what's better. but i would really like some 
> advices on HOW to record it, in order to have something to start with.
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> thanks so much in advance 
> PAolo:)
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