Mellotronists

I'd have to hear it in person myself-opinions all differ.....I have 
the Pinder CD already as I've said and it sounds glorious in my EMU 
E4K but there are some gigs I've done where it would be nice to 
leave the E4K at home(which is why I bought the VK6) 
 I still have an old Emax with my own tron samples in my studio 
which sounds great on recordings so regarding "inferior 
samples"....what exactly is inferior about them? Did they give you 
tech specs of sample rates etc.? The sound files on their site sound 
to me like every note sampled full length. Yeah, they used reverb 
but how many of you never use reverb? You can always turn the reverb 
off:) or was the reverb part of the sample?

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques" 
<djacques@c...> wrote:
>
> So in other words, the $2000 is worth a little white keyboard with 
inferior
> samples? Does not make sense to me when you could purchase the 
Pinder CD
> with ALL the Mark II samples for $200 and load it into a Motif 
that also
> plays all those other great sounds...
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of charel196
>   Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 8:15 AM
>   To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Mellotronists] RE: Memotron
> 
> 
>   Hi guys(& gals?)
> 
>   I think you all misunderstand my sentiments...hey I LOVED and 
used
>   my M400 live for 25 years and had an Anvil ATA case and was 
always
>   on one end of it when it was moved so I know they can hold up on 
the
>   road, if properly cared for. But in that 25 years I did have 
several
>   tape breakages....and one motor card capacitor blow out. So
>   everything is prone to have problems at some point, no matter how
>   careful you are.(Recall Pinder's head in his MK2 while the 
audience
>   watched cartoons) Mellotron was always good about sending me new
>   tapes or parts by next day service back then-(70s) Actually in 
those
>   days I had more problems on a consistent basis with my Wurlitzer
>   electric piano than the tron.
>   I think the Memotron people are going for the live rig retro 
folks
>   who use stuff like the B3 replacements(Korg CX-3 for example) or 
the
>   Minimoog Voyager.The cost for the thing is for the development 
and
>   construction I'm sure. Sure...if you wanna drag out the real 
deal on
>   the road be my guest. I'm not too sure how many in the audience 
will
>   know (or appreciate) the difference. I used to have a Hammond too
>   but wouldn't dream of hauling one around now.
>   I emailed Manikin about compatibility with the Akai format CD rom
>   (Pinder CD) but no answer yet. I thought they said sounds could 
be
>   loaded from CD rom...in which case you could use many types of
>   sounds in the thing.Plus I think the little beast looks 
cool...but
>   I'm sure Martin and Dave Kean are crying ripoff cause it's the
>   M400/MK6 control panel design.
>   I'm not too sure how many of these units they'll sell
>   anyway...given the limited niche market. But I am glad to see
>   it.Yeah....nothing will 100% duplicate the real deal but it 
could be
>   a useful tool.                           cheers- Charles
> 
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