Mellotronists

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From: kinchmusic@...

To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:03 PM

Subject: [Mellotronists] What makes a tron sound like nothing else

I've been thinking more about the tuning issues raised by Martin, and fully agree that the seriously out of tune notes should be pulled back into line. However, the one sound I would not want to have tuned is the mk2 violins as I think it's their slightly "out of tuneness" that makes this particular tron sound so distinctive. Put them perfectly in tune and it becomes just like any string sampler.

I therefore advocate fixing the real bad ones but leaving those slightly dodgy notes alone....If you have think about whether a note needs fixing, then it probably doesn't.

Andy K

Andy's right - has anyone here ever run into chords or intervals on the 3 violins that they can't use due to tuning issues? I'm not sure that tweaking every note would 'un-Mellotron' them, as it's the tuning discrepancies within each note that produce that sound, but it would be tempting, and very easy, to overdo it.

Andy T.