Mellotronists

Hi all,

I'm in the final ordering stage of getting an M400 from Streetly and 
I need to decide on what tape set to order.  I've waited over a year 
to get to this point and now I'm stressing over what sounds to get.

I'm thinking Strings or 3 Violins, brass - but which one?
Voices or MKII flutes.

I would love to get some feedback on this important decision from 
some experienced Tron owners.

Also, anyone have any idea what I can expect to pay at Customs when I 
pick it up?

Thanks,

Jay

I am going through the same thing. The tron I am getting in two weeks
has Choir, Violins, and Flutes. There is also a spare set of tapes with
unknown sounds on them. I am assuming that the spare set has the typical
violins, cellos, flutes set, with the original owner removing them for
the Choir, violins, and flutes. 
 
It is my understanding that the 3 violins was the original Mark II
sounds that Mike Pinder and Ian McDonald used. Same for the Mark II
brass. So, my dream set would be 3 violins, Mark II Flutes, and Mark II
Brass.

-----Original Message-----
From: mellotronex [mailto:mellotronex@...] 
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 5:18 PM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] What tape set should I get?


Hi all,

I'm in the final ordering stage of getting an M400 from Streetly and 
I need to decide on what tape set to order.  I've waited over a year 
to get to this point and now I'm stressing over what sounds to get.

I'm thinking Strings or 3 Violins, brass - but which one?
Voices or MKII flutes.

I would love to get some feedback on this important decision from 
some experienced Tron owners.

Also, anyone have any idea what I can expect to pay at Customs when I 
pick it up?

Thanks,

Jay



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Jay,

Have you been to the Streetly Tape Library website and played the 
samples? http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

If I were to get one set of tapes, it would be Ian McDonald Flute on 
A, MKII Violin on B and either MKII Brass or Russian Choir on C. 
Track selector placement is important if you plan on mixing 2 tracks.

Bernie

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotronex" 
<mellotronex@y...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm in the final ordering stage of getting an M400 from Streetly 
and 
> I need to decide on what tape set to order.  I've waited over a 
year 
> to get to this point and now I'm stressing over what sounds to get.
> 
> I'm thinking Strings or 3 Violins, brass - but which one?
> Voices or MKII flutes.
> 
> I would love to get some feedback on this important decision from 
> some experienced Tron owners.
> 
> Also, anyone have any idea what I can expect to pay at Customs when 
I 

> pick it up?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay