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Re: GMedia M-Tron

2006-11-24 by Bernie

The original sets are here, along with their stories:

http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/m-tron/M-Tron.html
http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/m-tron/vol1/nutronsound.html
http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/m-tron/vol2/nutronsound2.html
http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/m-tron/vol3/vol3.html

Unfortunately, many of the names of the sounds don't accurately 
describe what they are. 

Two different versions of the Watcher sound? I bought the sets 
individually a few years ago and only got one Watcher sound.

Bernie

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Norman Fay" <vietgrove@...> 
wrote:
>
> Interesting - I have the combined (full, or whatever) version, and 
it
> doesn't specify of the expansion discs each sample set originally 
came
> in, it's all just in one big folder.  I did notice that there are 2
> different versions of the "watcher" sound, one of which is OK, one 
of
> which is terrible.
> 
> Which sample sets would have been on the third disc?
> 
> 
> On 11/22/06, tron@... <tron@...> wrote:
> 
> >  Turns out I was wrong - I didn't have the third 'tape' set. I 
now do and
> >  can report that they are *much* better, with a clearly revised 
Mk II
> >  flute (less noisy and with all the screechy, whistly, 
warbliness thrown
> >  in) and *far* better strings. They also do a few hybrids that 
are *sort
> >  of interesting* but which sound a little cluttered. They also 
still
> >  insist on adding some utter rubbish like SFX and 'violin and 
viola' (or
> >  similar) which is absolutely horrible.
> >
> >  The St Peters Choirs are magnificent. They were obviously made 
from
> >  separately recorded male and female choirs (like the M400 
choir) as the
> >  start times are a bit wonky in places, but the sound is really 
good.
>

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