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Anybody ever try putting the same sound on both sides of a MK2 or MK5 
so that when,say...the violins tapes end on one side, you could 
switch to the same chord/note on the other side and go back and forth 
to hold the notes "indefinitely"?

On Saturday, August 21, 2004, at 07:44  pm, charel196 wrote:

> Anybody ever try putting the same sound on both sides of a MK2 or MK5
> so that when,say...the violins tapes end on one side, you could
> switch to the same chord/note on the other side and go back and forth
> to hold the notes "indefinitely"?

I once had an ex Manfred Mann 400 which had some woodwind sunds (saxes 
I think.... ) that were duplicated from a key-split somewhere in the 
middle of the compass. Above the split point the sounds merely 
duplicted the notes from an octave lower.

C

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On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:44 PM, charel196 wrote:

> Anybody ever try putting the same sound on both sides of a MK2 or MK5
> so that when,say...the violins tapes end on one side, you could
> switch to the same chord/note on the other side and go back and forth
> to hold the notes "indefinitely"?

You know, I happen to have Orchestra on both keyboards of my FX 
Console, and believe it or not, I haven't ever thought of trying that. 
I will and will let you know what I find out about your idea's 
feasibility and effectiveness.

Rick

Rick Blechta then added :

> On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:44 PM, charel196 originally wrote:
>
> > Anybody ever try putting the same sound on both sides of a MK2 or MK5
> > so that when,say...the violins tapes end on one side, you could
> > switch to the same chord/note on the other side and go back and forth
> > to hold the notes "indefinitely"?
>
> You know, I happen to have Orchestra on both keyboards of my FX
> Console, and believe it or not, I haven't ever thought of trying that.
> I will and will let you know what I find out about your idea's
> feasibility and effectiveness.    Rick

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Howdee Pardners !    Mike Pinder had identical MK2 lead tapes
on both keyboards of his Pindertrons. He was prob. one of the
first to practice/utilise this technique of alternating the chords before
the
8-seconds ran out.

Cheers,  Hrundi Bakshi (a.k.a. Peter Sellers in Hindi costume)

> Anybody ever try putting the same sound on both sides of a MK2 or MK5
> so that when,say...the violins tapes end on one side, you could
> switch to the same chord/note on the other side and go back and forth
> to hold the notes "indefinitely"?

Didn't Wakeman pull that trick using two M400s?

Imagine trying to synch up two M400s with old motors so that they are
within a quarter tone. Mind you, it couldn't have sounded worse than his
Springotron.

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

I don't think he had any duplicated sounds on his 400s,Mike


> 
> Didn't Wakeman pull that trick using two M400s?
> 
> Imagine trying to synch up two M400s with old motors so that they 
are
> within a quarter tone. Mind you, it couldn't have sounded worse 
than his

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