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Mellotron 4 track

2002-12-02 by charel196

Just wondering why Martin or Dave Kean never followed up on this 
concept with the usual wooden cabinet instead of the aluminum 
"Maytag".Seems like a cool idea...no moving heads,individual track 
volumes,eq,panning,outputs.Or what about using 8 or 16 tracks ala 
Chamberlin/Jtron? Why not offer a tron with these improvements(since 
no one seems to want a digital one)?
 I have read the 4 track had some problems with sound quality but Dave 
Kean thought it would be corrected with better tapes.Anyone ever hear 
or play one in person? How did it compare to a 400?

Re: [Mellotronists] Mellotron 4 track

2002-12-02 by NormLeete@aol.com

Daer All,

I saw and played the 4-track while it was at John and Martin's and it was much better than I expected it to be.

One surprise was that the 'kitchen white goods' assembly techniques had been applied to some of the innards as well as the case. The tape frame and the keyboard metalwork were made from aluminium pressings rather than the extrusions we are all used to.

The thing that probably stuffed this was the cost, 4 track heads were not cheap so 35 of them soon mount up plus there were four complete sets of playback electronics. However it was good to be able to mix any combination of tracks. Quality of sound seemed OK as well although I can't remember if the tapes were the J + M set.

One dodgy bit was the motor controller was mounted horizontally which does not aid cooling!

All the best,
Norm

[Mellotronists] Mellotron 4 track

2002-12-02 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk

> I saw and played the 4-track while it was at John and Martin's and it was
> much better than I expected it to be.

Likewise. I thought it was very well built and sounded great, although
one of the tracks was duff when I played it. My only criticism was that
I thought the action on the keys was *very* hard and 'springy', but mind
you, compared to the Birotron that they had in at the same time, it was
a dream.

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

Re: Mellotron 4 track

2007-03-07 by lsf5275@aol.com

Does anyone on this list know of a company that can go and pick the machine  
up, crate it and ship it east?
 
Please email me if anyone can help.
 
Thanks,
 
Frank
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RE: [Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron 4 track

2007-03-07 by David Jacques

Craters and Freighters.. They packed and shipped my tron from Texas. No
problems..

 

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Does anyone on this list know of a company that can go and pick the machine
up, crate it and ship it east?

Please email me if anyone can help.

Thanks,

Frank

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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron 4 track

2007-03-08 by Rick Blechta

On Mar 7, 2007, at 12:00 PM, lsf5275@... wrote:

Does anyone on this list know of a company that can go and pick the machine up, crate it and ship it east?

Please email me if anyone can help.

Thanks,

Frank

Doesn't Maytag pick up their old machines?

Rick (SFX 10030 -- Now available in avocado!)

Re: Mellotron 4 track

2007-03-10 by Doug Berg

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques" <djacques@...> 
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> Craters and Freighters.. They packed and shipped my tron from Texas. 
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>You will probably not sleep a wink until the truck shows up! Hope to 
see some pix when it arrives,  Doug

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron 4 track

2007-03-10 by gino wong

Why all the bizzarre replies ?  Question notwithstanding.

g

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Re: Question notwithstanding

2007-03-10 by Doug Berg

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "gino wong" <wonggster@...> 
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Re:  Very unpredictable, you don't know what will happen next,  in 
need of constant attention and adjustment, many parts to wear out and 
need of replacement, adversely affected by weather and climate change, 
and that describes many in this group.  Answer 
notwithstanding...Doug...Have FUN!