Mellotronists

Hi again!

To me it's quite obvious that all manufactured tape heads are 
optimized to work in a 90 deg. azimuth angle. Everything else
seems to be either an initial, non correctable, mistake or a way
to make the product look unique to the customers.


Take care!
/Lennart


   
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "John Beresford" 
<j.k.beresford@s...> wrote:
>
> When Gordon Reid reviewed the MkVI beside his own M400 in Sound on 
Sound a
> couple of years ago he said the differences to the frame were the 
thumb
> screw threads as Martin said and the length which made one of the 
separator
> pins catch on something in the M400. This wouldn't make any 
difference to
> the tracking or the sound. What did make a difference in Gordon's 
opinion
> was the apparent difference in azimuth between Streetly and MA 
recordings
> and hence the machines themselves. Why this is I don't know as I 
would have
> thought an azimuth of 90 degrees to the tape path was pretty 
standard across
> all tape machines. Also Gordon said that MA's tapes were slightly 
wider that
> Streetly's and so had a tendency to bind in the guide combs on 
M400s. So for
> people like Mattias who use MA frames in Streetly machines do they 
find the
> same or was this just a problem with the machine Gordon reviewed 
or has
> Markus changed things to suit all machines?
> Talking of frames, when I was at Streetly the other day the guy's 
showed me
> their new ones which did look very nice indeed.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of mellotrongirl
> Sent: 20 October 2005 23:16
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: But no bees...
> 
> I had heard somewhere that even though the Mk VI racks are 
compatable
> with an M-400, it's not an absolute exact match...so I guess this
> means the tracking is ever so slight and may make a difference with
> reproducing the sounds...true or rumour?
> 
> The package deal would be great if someone wants a Mellotron with
> extra racks, but I kinda wish the seller would offer the option of
> selling the racks separate. Understandable tho' to offer it all as 
a
> package deal and I'd do the same. (try and find a Leslie speaker on
> eBay w/o the organ...!) It seems however that Optigan seller 
separate
> the unit from the discs.
> 
> 
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