Mellotronists

I just picked up the BJH LIVE remaster and it got me thinking...did
anyone ever put MK2 sounds on their 300? Did they sound any different
as a result of the 300 amplifiers? I can see it might've been cool to
have the M300 strings and the MK2 strings on separate tracks...MK2
brass...maybe later the choir and cellos from the 400 library. I think
it would have been a nice configuration to eliminate a lot of those
stock 300 organ-ish sounds and replace them with more orchestral stuff.

Hi,
I have mostly MkII & M400 sounds in my M300. The M300 preamps are
quite dull compared with other trons. I demonstrated this to myself
recently by plugging the M300 headblocks into my M400 preamp using a
coax extension lead - quite a difference!
I'd quite like to retro fit WME290's into my M300 but the voltages are
reversed in the 300 so I don't think it can be done.

Cheers
John



--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "charel196" <charel196@...> wrote:

>
> I just picked up the BJH LIVE remaster and it got me thinking...did
> anyone ever put MK2 sounds on their 300? Did they sound any different
> as a result of the 300 amplifiers? I can see it might've been cool to
> have the M300 strings and the MK2 strings on separate tracks...MK2
> brass...maybe later the choir and cellos from the 400 library. I think
> it would have been a nice configuration to eliminate a lot of those
> stock 300 organ-ish sounds and replace them with more orchestral stuff.
>

hi John    could you list what sounds you have in your 300? I'll bet Jerry Korb could help 
you with the amplifier/voltage wiring stuff. Jerry? Of course you could always run the 300 
thru a high quality external parametric EQ or similar. I always thought an internal digital 
reverb would be great in trons but I realize it's not "authentic" :)







--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "John Beresford" <md1jkb@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I have mostly MkII & M400 sounds in my M300. The M300 preamps are
> quite dull compared with other trons. I demonstrated this to myself
> recently by plugging the M300 headblocks into my M400 preamp using a
> coax extension lead - quite a difference!
> I'd quite like to retro fit WME290's into my M300 but the voltages are
> reversed in the 300 so I don't think it can be done.
> 
> Cheers
> John
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "charel196" <charel196@> wrote:
> >
> > I just picked up the BJH LIVE remaster and it got me thinking...did
> > anyone ever put MK2 sounds on their 300? Did they sound any different
> > as a result of the 300 amplifiers? I can see it might've been cool to
> > have the M300 strings and the MK2 strings on separate tracks...MK2
> > brass...maybe later the choir and cellos from the 400 library. I think
> > it would have been a nice configuration to eliminate a lot of those
> > stock 300 organ-ish sounds and replace them with more orchestral stuff.
> >
>

In a message dated 3/23/2007 6:54:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jkorb@... writes:

M400's  preamp/lineamps 
WME289/290 's  are silicon-based life-forms. 


Jerry, are the PML boards also silicon?
 
Frank



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charel196 wrote:

> hi John    could you list what sounds you have in your 300? I'll bet Jerry Korb could help
> you with the amplifier/voltage wiring stuff. Jerry? Of course you could always run the 300
> thru a high quality external parametric EQ or similar. I always thought an internal digital
> reverb would be great in trons but I realize it's not "authentic" :)

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Hi Charles and Gang,  Aleady contacted JKB about his enquiry.
Awaiting his response.

Checked the EQ response in M300/037 .    LH (rhythms) seem to
boost the bass , whilst the RH (leads) accent the treble.   By design, probably.
M300 preamps contain germanium transistors, which have been known
to be a bit noisy.  Same as those in SFX Console.     M400's preamp/lineamps
WME289/290 's  are silicon-based life-forms.

Cheers, -- Jerry Korb  (watching Star-Trek episode w. silicon-based "Horta")

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Korb <jkorb@...> wrote:
>>   ------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 
>.     M400's preamp/lineamps
> WME289/290 's  are     {silicon-based }          life-forms.
> 
> Cheers, -- Jerry Korb  (watching Star-Trek episode w. silicon-
based "Horta")
>
   



Aw nuts!!! That means mine has implants.  No wonder it sticks out!  
Doug