Thanks Mark...! Sad news indeed. I was hoping for a new source of crappy sounds...well well guess I am stuck with my old ones... BTW Does anyone around here have any of those weird eight track drum machines that pop up now and then...Seems like a funkier cousin to the Rhythmate... // Mattias ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark kasian" <easle12@...> To: "Mattias" <Mattias.olsson5@...>; <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:36 AM Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Birotron dreams > It's a bit of a waste of time really. The early > Birotron sounds WERE Melltron sounds. Biro recorded > his own Pipe Organ (Wakeman at the controls) and his > own choir at the VERY end of their time. The loops > were made using to TEAC tape decks playing two > identical tape loops UPSIDE DOWN and 180 degrees out > of synch to avoid the loop point. Biro cross-faded > between the two machines to produce his eight track > masters. All of this is from Kean via the well worn > phone line. He interviewed Biro at length in > Jacksonville Fla in the early 90's. Facinating but SAD > story. Seems that Biro's fate was tied directly to > Wakeman's divorce...which left him momentarily > strapped for cash...which left Dave Biro out in the > cold. End of his glory years I guess. > > Mark. > --- Mattias <Mattias.olsson5@...> wrote: > > Sorry..but I can\ufffdt let this slip. Markus...Streetly > > boys ? Would it be possible to put Birotron sounds > > on a 400 tape frame ? > > Find a good startpoint on the loop and go go go ? > > And what sounds are available...I found woodwinds > > mentioned somewhere...but what does it mean ? > > > > Or are these sounds not be heard by human ears ? > > > > Mattias Olsson > > Roth H\ufffdndle Studios, Stockholm > > www.roth-handle.nu > > > > Celestine - Blanc - Two times the trauma - Akaba - > > Nanook of the North - Brigheye Brison - Devi - > > Clockwork -Kit le fever - Andreas & Jag - \ufffdnglag\ufffdrd > > - Freddie Wadling - Daniel Lemma - Pineforest Crunch > > - Vijaya - Johan Moraeus > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
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Re: [Mellotronists] Birotron dreams
2005-05-03 by Mattias
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