2006-06-30 by JAMES PISHOCK
The scary part of this picture is that I ve seen Bill Bruford where that white Boston Bruins (?) overall outfit consistantly in photograph from 1972-1976
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2006-06-30 by Jerry Korb
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2006-06-30 by Jerry Korb
... _________________________________________________________________ Happy July-4th Holiday greetings Jeff and gang, M400 s began with the prototype , #100 ,
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2006-06-30 by mlcsixand78s
Here some Mellotron/Novatron played by Nick Magnus. Steve even makes reference to the mighty sampler when introducing the piece... ;)
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2006-06-30 by lsf5275@aol.com
As far as I recall, M-400s started at serial # 100. Here is an email I just received on my myspace site. Hey Frank, Nice to know there s another Mellotronhead
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2006-06-30 by kinchmusic@aol.com
In a message dated 30/06/2006 21:58:54 GMT Standard Time, Kinchmusic writes: In a message dated 30/06/2006 23:51:49 GMT Standard Time, jkorb@ix.netcom.com
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2006-06-30 by NormLeete@aol.com
In a message dated 30/06/2006 21:07:44 GMT Daylight Time, jeffc@netaxs.com writes: EMI m400 #140S. Dear All, Weren t the EMI machines numbered randomly? Mine
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2006-06-30 by jeffc@netaxs.com
... i m not actually keeping tally, but it seems to me that this is the lowest serial number so far for a 400? anyone know: did the series start at 001? i
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2006-06-30 by kinchmusic@aol.com
It s occurred to me I haven t chipped in with my info.. I own EMI m400 #140S. I released it from captivity about 6 years ago for £400 ukp. It was a complete
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2006-06-30 by kinchmusic@aol.com
Yeah, I certainly do remember Greenslade. Time and Tide is one of my great tron moments ever. Mk2 strings on one channel. Mk2 brass on the other, and, yes
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2006-06-30 by Tony Swettenham
...except this time it isn t, though it is another what tron sound is this? question (and not a Watcher of the Skies Bass Accordion in sight!) - I ve
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2006-06-30 by ceccles_ca
June is usually a quiet month for Mellotronists messages. We have seen 316 this month. Our record, set in March 2004 is 325. I am sure we will beat that by
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2006-06-30 by Tony Swettenham
David s right, definitely a real slide guitar on there - but there *is* also MkII guitar present...the latter isn t doing any pitch swoops though, it s just
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2006-06-30 by d.etheridge1@ntlworld.com
Sorry, but I think you may be both wrong. According to ITV s the South Bank Show 1992, it s a real slide guitar, recorded actually on the vocal track itself.
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2006-06-30 by d.etheridge1@ntlworld.com
Hi Andy, just a thought -way back in the 70s when I played Mellotron on Colin Scot s album Out of the blue , the producer Robin Cable (who used to engineer
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2006-06-30 by jonesalley
Sorry, but it s bass accordion... YES! Illumination at last!!! I wondered all my life what the heck that strange sound on the left channel right after the
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2006-06-30 by Herman Ringer
YES! Illumination at last!!! I wondered all my life what the heck that strange sound on the left channel right after the first ´cos I´m going to... . It´s
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2006-06-30 by charel196
well on my Pinder CD used in my Emu E4K there are tuned and non-tuned versions of some of the sounds...I m away from home right mow or I d fire it up and list
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2006-06-30 by mark kasian
The MA Pinder CD has presets that are tuned. Ie: Mk II Br Tune is a tuned set. In AKAI formatting you can adjust individual sample tuning as part of a program
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2006-06-29 by Bruce Harvie
Didn t Dave at Mellotron Archives already do this? There are tuned and untuned versions on the Pinder CD Rom. Are there untuned versions on the currently
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2006-06-29 by Ken Leonard
... I still have that M400 vs. M-VS1 comparison at the bottom of this page: http://www.kleonard.com/kltunes/tunes.htm ...kl... M400 #805 - was used in that
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2006-06-29 by Tony Swettenham
Hmmm, if push comes to shove I d plump for a few tweaks to these: The more duff notes on the MkII Brass - much as it is one of my favourite sounds I can think
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2006-06-29 by Norman Fay
There are 2, uh, families of products bearing the Vintage Keys name, or thereabouts. The original Vintage Keys was a Proteus1/2 derived thing, with digital
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2006-06-29 by NormLeete@aol.com
In a message dated 29/06/2006 19:34:57 GMT Daylight Time, andy.thompson@virgin.net writes: E-mu Vintage Keys module Also Emu did the Classic Keys, like the VK
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2006-06-29 by T
Hi Andy, ... If it s any help, I just got the Roland M-VS1 this week which include several Tron-ish sounds. I m happy to sample these for you to compare, or
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2006-06-29 by Andy Thompson
... From: T To: Andy Thompson Cc: Mellotronists Sent: Thursday, June
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2006-06-29 by NormLeete@aol.com
In a message dated 29/06/2006 20:04:21 GMT Daylight Time, jeffc@netaxs.com writes: http://www.hollowsun.com/cds/newtron_page.html the samples in the NewTron
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2006-06-29 by jeffc@netaxs.com
... here s another: http://www.hollowsun.com/cds/newtron_page.html and another: http://www.sonicimplants.com/ProductDetail.asp?Item=CDStringBoxes ...:
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2006-06-29 by jonesalley
Taking Frank s point a step further, I don t feel that we should think of these as fixed sounds, we should think of them as new sounds. I disagree, Andy. I
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2006-06-29 by David Jacques
www.vintagekeyboardsounds.com On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:08:00 +0100
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2006-06-29 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 6/29/2006 1:23:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kinchmusic@aol.com writes: Put them perfectly in tune and it becomes just like any string
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2006-06-29 by Andy Thompson
Dear all I keep being asked, via my site, what the best Tron samples are. Not sure why people ask me - I own a Mellotron. :-) However, I ve been thinking
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2006-06-29 by Andy Thompson
... From: kinchmusic@aol.com To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: [Mellotronists] What makes a tron sound like
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2006-06-29 by kinchmusic@aol.com
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.
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2006-06-29 by Bernie
... Speaking of cello, how does the Tony Levin NS Electric Cello sound compared to the classic cello? Are the lower notes tuned down electric cello? Bernie
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2006-06-29 by egrefin@wanadoo.fr
... cello and MKII Brass David C. ... Candor Chasma http://egrefin.free.fr
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2006-06-29 by Rick Blechta
... Okay, probably all sounds would benefit from some work, but the two worst to my mind are the MkII Brass and Viola. The Viola is all over the place with a C
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2006-06-29 by Bernie
BTW, how did they get out of tune in the first place? Bernie
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2006-06-29 by kinchmusic@aol.com
In a message dated 29/06/2006 04:47:58 GMT Standard Time, easle12@yahoo.com writes: I m quite sure that the Cedar system favored by Martin and John works
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2006-06-29 by Don Tillman
... Well gee, if you re not gonna kill off the old recordings, where s the drawa? :-) ... I ll claim that the They Might Be Giants song Bastard Wants to Hit
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2006-06-29 by jonesalley
If it were my Herculean labor, I would start with the classic and most sought-after sounds - 3violins, flute, cello, 8choir and mixed brass. So, as a final
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2006-06-29 by tronbros@aol.com
Thanks for all the input. We weren t actually planning to to retune the entire catalogue as an exercise. We wanted the die hard fans to say what they thought
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2006-06-29 by David Jacques
I have both tuned and un-tuned versions on my CD. _____ From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
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2006-06-29 by jeffc@netaxs.com
... interesting... anyone else have this on theirs? any way to identify which version does and does not? hmmm...
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2006-06-29 by jeffc@netaxs.com
... not on mine there aren t [1994 / #487MA]. or if there are they are hidden/unlisted. ...jeff
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2006-06-29 by mark kasian
It brings up a lot of interesting points now, just as it did in 1995. Just how MUCH tuning is appropriate? The pipe organ is a notorius candidate. I had an
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2006-06-28 by charel196
Didn t Dave at Mellotron Archives already do this? There are tuned and untuned versions on the Pinder CD Rom.
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2006-06-28 by jonesalley
Simply put: it s good business. It offers more variety to your customers, and it removes one potential reason why somebody might decide NOT to buy an
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2006-06-28 by NormLeete@aol.com
In a message dated 28/06/2006 11:18:29 GMT Daylight Time, tronbros@aol.com writes: So what do you think about altering history even if the end result makes
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2006-06-28 by jeffc@netaxs.com
... it goes without saying, but i ll say it anyway: this does NOT mean killing off the old recordings - just making an alternative clean version available.
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