Mellotronists

Manikin said they support M-Tron Banks so maybe those sounds can 
play unlooped....



--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques" <djacques@...> 
wrote:
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> The Memotron's samples are also looped. I have always believed 
that the
> sample should be as close to the original as possible, and if the 
user wants
> to loop them, then they can do it from their own sampler. But they 
should
> have a choice.
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> The only looped samples I sell are for the Hammond B3, Vox 
Continental, and
> Gibson G101 organs. As they were all oscillator or tone wheel 
sources,
> looping is not such a big deal. B3's do have an "attack" when they 
key is
> initially pressed down as the key hits the contacts (a.k.a. Key 
Click),
> which is a good quality of the organ.  I simulate this within the 
Motif with
> an attack parameter.
> 
> Mellotrons, however, replicate the actual bow attack (or other 
instruments)
> that cannot be simulated with a high degree of accuracy. So I 
question
> looping these sounds in the first place.
> 
> The Pinder CD is not looped, and is completely authentic. I highly 
recommend
> it.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
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>   The Hollow Sun samples are looped. Personally, I wouldn't want 
looped
>   samples. The beginning of the sound would have to be chopped off 
to
>   eliminate the instrument's attack for smooth looping.
> 
>   Some of M-Trons's samples are pretty good. They also have 
samples that
>   are unavailable in any other collection. Some are redundant; same
>   sound, different name, different sources.
> 
>   Sonic Implants claims to have gotten their samples from Tron 
models
>   M200, M300 and MkII. Anybody know what an M200 is?
> 
>   Bernie
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