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Re: Mellotron serial #s

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Earliest M400 ......

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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Re: [Mellotronists] June - 316

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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Re: Strawberry Fields... again!

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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June - 316

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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Re: Strawberry Fields... again!

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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Re: Hallowed ground...

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Hallowed ground...

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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Hallowed ground...

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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Re: Samples

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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Re: Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Samples

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Samples

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Samples

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Samples

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Samples

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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Samples

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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Re: Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Hallowed ground

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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Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Hallowed ground

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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Re: Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Hallowed ground

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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Re: [Mellotronists] Hallowed ground

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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