Re: [Mellotronists] Current News
2005-05-02 by Rick Blechta
... And with those thousands, we can all afford to buy more mellotrons. What timely news! So glad he stopped by to help us all out... Rick
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Current News
2005-05-02 by qdcwwkrmuxgk
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Birotron dreams
2005-05-02 by Mattias
Sorry..but I can´t let this slip. Markus...Streetly boys ? Would it be possible to put Birotron sounds on a 400 tape frame ? Find a good startpoint on the
Mellotron needs a home
2005-05-02 by Gottlieb, Jim
If anyone s interested in giving Mellotron 400 #430 new quarters, please reply. It currently resides near Washington, DC. -Jim Gottlieb
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Optiganismo
2005-05-01 by jonesalley
I think he means he licked the contacts clean with the power on ONCE. ... From: lsf5275@aol.com To: mellotrongirl@hotmail.com ; Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Optiganismo
2005-05-01 by Jack Younger
Thank you Trongirl, I knew I could count on you for support. To the rest of you: Nyah, Nyah. -Jack Younger PS-Forgive me, I ve been drinking my own beer.
Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love
2005-05-01 by Mattias
Can´t help being curious... How many sounds were recorded and is it possible to get them on a standard tape frame...? // Mattias ... From:
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Optiganismo
2005-05-01 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 5/1/2005 1:43:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mellotrongirl@hotmail.com writes: You....you mean...you once licked the contacts clean with the
[Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love
2005-05-01 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
... Yes. They are also pretty lousy. Mike Dickson (tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk) M400 #996 The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics Streetly Sample Library
Re: Optiganismo
2005-05-01 by mellotrongirl
You....you mean...you once licked the contacts clean with the power ON?!?? Lest I remind everyone that Mattel marketed this thing for ages 4 & up . I know
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-30 by Andy Thompson
... From: lsf5275@aol.com To: j_hofmeyer@yahoo.com ; mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan
Re: [Mellotronists] Are The Carpenters prog?
2005-04-30 by kenmerb@aol.com
In a message dated 4/30/2005 11:01:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Carpenters prog? I believe that the Carpenters did a version of Klaatu s Calling
Re: [Mellotronists] Are The Carpenters prog?
2005-04-30 by fdoddy@aol.com
In all seriousness, I am a Carpenters fan and was seriously disapointed with the 30th year retrospective that featured many remixes that Richard Carpenter
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-30 by tony
For what s it s worth I cleaned literally hundreds of computer keyboard contacts as a tech for a major company without problems. I also know it to be a common
Re: [Mellotronists] Are The Carpenters prog?
2005-04-30 by Don Tillman
... Well, they did cover Klaatu s Calling Occupants of Interplanatery Craft . ... -- Don -- Don Tillman Palo Alto, California don@till.com http://www.till.com
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-30 by jonesalley
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-30 by Jack Younger
Fellows, My apologies if this method isn t pro enough. It did work beautifully and I never had another problem with the buttons. Then again, the contact
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-30 by lsf5275@aol.com
I prefer to just lick the contacts. Best done with the power off, I discovered. F
Re: [Mellotronists] Are The Carpenters prog?
2005-04-30 by lsf5275@aol.com
I find, after repeated listening, that the Carpenters are only slightly less prog than Herman s Hermits. Anyone care to comment? Frank Stickle (heading first
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-30 by John Hofmeyer
I cleaned mine with dogshit. It sounds much better, now. -jh
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-30 by Chris Dale
Sorry but No!!! - Don t use the pencil eraser and/r contact cleaner!! When I got my first optigan back in 1992, I cleaned the contacts with 99% isopropanol,
Re: [Mellotronists] Are The Carpenters prog?
2005-04-29 by Jack Younger
Hey, all! I was also at the Museum of Making Music recently (visiting Carlsbad as well) and delighted in seeing the Carpenter s half- tron. Maybe I can shed a
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-29 by Jack Younger
Not a problem, If the contacts still give you a problem, hit them with a pencil eraser and then some contact cleaner. Just like electric race-car contacts.
Re: [Mellotronists] the best way to record a mellotron
2005-04-29 by fdoddy@aol.com
... From: Rick Blechta To: Mellotronist s List List Sent: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:49:42 -0400 Subject: Re:
Re: [Mellotronists] the best way to record a mellotron
2005-04-29 by Jeff Coulter
... the techniques on ken s page should be followed and will produce wondrous results. a tube [valve in the UK] front end to a digital recording system would
Re: [Mellotronists] the best way to record a mellotron
2005-04-29 by Rick Blechta
... Paolo, Welcome! Please allow me to introduce you to FritZ Doddy. FritZ, meet Paolo. Paolo, our Mr. Doddy (among several others on the list) know A LOT
the best way to record a mellotron
2005-04-29 by mamma_superiore
hello!! i am a new member, i was redirected here from progressivears forum, they say that here i can find the most knowledgeable people on the planet (on
Re: [Mellotronists] Website update
2005-04-29 by Andy Thompson
... From: jonesalley To: Mellotronists Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:24 PM Subject: Re:
Re: [Mellotronists] Are The Carpenters prog?
2005-04-29 by Andy Thompson
... From: Jim Anderson To: Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 8:05 AM Subject: [Mellotronists] Are The
Are The Carpenters prog?
2005-04-29 by Jim Anderson
Now that I ve got your attention... After seeing a fun little video clip on the web site of Mike Keneally playing at the Museum of Making Music s fifth
Re: [Mellotronists] Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-29 by Colin Crawford
... Thanks for that! I loved your beer. The same is slowly happening to mine. I thought the only way out would be to coax every button into life with deft
Optigan buttons gone awry...
2005-04-28 by Jack Younger
Greetings, The buttons on the optigan have a rubber sheet over them to protect them from dust. It decays, fragments over time and pieces of it get stuck
Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love
2005-04-28 by Mattias
As far as I´ve heard they don´t even use their Stylophone, Tubon or Bee Gees drummachine either anymore...These are grim times indeed... // Mattias ... From:
Re: [Mellotronists] Real or sampled...?
2005-04-28 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 4/28/2005 3:07:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Mattias.olsson5@comhem.se writes: No shit, Sherlock ! Mattias, I didn t know that expression
Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love
2005-04-28 by David Davis
I do wish someone would convince Ralf Hütter of this fact... these days instead of a choir of millenia-old radioactive monsters, the werkers play
Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love
2005-04-28 by Mattias
I love the Orchestron...It´s a close second to the Mellotron in my studio. There is something truly magical about those choirs and strings...The french horn
Re: [Mellotronists] Real or sampled...?
2005-04-28 by Mattias
No shit, Sherlock ! ... From: NormLeete@aol.com To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Real or
Re: [Mellotronists] Real or sampled...?
2005-04-28 by NormLeete@aol.com
In a message dated 28/04/2005 19:07:57 GMT Daylight Time, Mattias.olsson5@comhem.se writes: O.K the Mellotron doesn´t sound exactly like a Cello (
Re: [Mellotronists] Website update
2005-04-28 by jonesalley
Lots of my webhead friends mock me for the simplicity of my webdesign, but I have received emails from people I ve never met thanking me for having a site that
Website update
2005-04-28 by fdoddy@aol.com
www.fritzdoddy.com now has an HTML dial-up site for all you non-broadband folks. Martin made me do it fritz
Fwd: Love, twue love
2005-04-28 by fdoddy@aol.com
I love the sound of the Orchestron (seriously) Missed out on a dual manual model that was on Ebay a few years back. If anyone ever needs a home for one, I got
Real or sampled...?
2005-04-28 by Mattias
Reading the postings it is really interesting to hear about the amount of samples out there that doesn´t even seem to sound close to the real thing...but
Re: sampled (was "tron hate")
2005-04-28 by sdavmor
... This is a great (informative) post, Duncan. I really enjoyed reading it. -- Cheers, SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man Systems Theory internet music
Re: [Mellotronists] sampled (was "tron hate")
2005-04-28 by ferrograph@aol.com
My quartely post.
2005-04-28 by NoRMaN PHaY
1/perhaps this list shd be renamed mentalotronists haha ;) 2/regardless of the pros & cons of sampled vs real, real = impractial for me b/c a/ I haven t got
Re: [Mellotronists] 'Tron hate...
2005-04-28 by Nic Lewis
... Hey easy on the poor ole Birotron - tape wander and looping echo gave it a much more interesting sound than a turbo-vac. Musically poorer, yeah, but more
Re: [Mellotronists] Systems Theory - SFIM album
2005-04-27 by Colin Crawford
... Thanks for that... and for drawing our attention to the S-o-T site, surely many an hour will be spent looking through that over the next few weeks here at
Re: [Mellotronists] Systems Theory - SFIM album
2005-04-27 by sdavmor
... Just got back from France on family matters . I made damn sure that nobody could reach me this time! ... Mike Dickson and M400 #996, take a bow... ... I
[Mellotronists] 'Tron hate...
2005-04-26 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
In the recent message you wrote... ... How about a turbo vacuum cleaner? That sounds only slightly better than an
Re: Fw: [Mellotronists] 'Tron hate...
2005-04-26 by tony
Well put Norm! Tony #510 ... From: NormLeete@aol.com To: ken@kleonard.com ; Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:52 PM Subject: Re: