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2004-10-25 by sundaramusic
For the mellotron owners in this group(sadly I aint one of em!): 1) what do you love about your mellotron(s)? 2) what do you hate about your mellotron(s)? Bonus question: 3) can white mellotron's sing the blues? best wishes Philip *_*
2004-10-25 by Andy Thompson
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From: "sundaramusic" <sundaramusic@...> To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:30 AM Subject: [Mellotronists] Questions! > For the mellotron owners in this group(sadly I aint one of em!): > > 1) what do you love about your mellotron(s)? 1) The sound - not just strings/choir/whatever, but the warmth and presence of the machine's circuitry/replay mechanism, whatever tapes are loaded. 2) Its appearance (on a good day, though whether for me or it I'm not sure). 3) The way those 'in the know', of all ages, look impressed and say "Love to try it". 4) The way it pisses off modern gear freaks, who mutter stuff about "Just use samples", or "Why d'you want that sound anyway?". > 2) what do you hate about your mellotron(s)? 1) The amount of maintenance required, partic.as I'm not the world's greatest technician. 2) Its weight, and the difficulty in moving it for recording/gigs etc. 3) The space it takes up in my flat. 4) The way I have to battle until I'm blue in the face to get bands to let me use it (sometimes - current outfit excepted). > Bonus question: > > 3) can white mellotron's sing the blues? No, despite Blue Weaver's best attempts on the 'Rime' CD. Andy T. M400 #1145
2004-10-25 by Tom Moravansky
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 01:28:35PM +0100, Andy Thompson wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sundaramusic" <sundaramusic@...> > To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:30 AM > Subject: [Mellotronists] Questions! > > > > For the mellotron owners in this group(sadly I aint one of em!): > > > > 1) what do you love about your mellotron(s)? > > 1) The sound - not just strings/choir/whatever, but the warmth and presence > of the machine's circuitry/replay mechanism, whatever tapes are loaded. Just to add - there's something fundamentally different about playing my Mellotron than any other synth/keyboard I have (including the B-3, CS-80, etc). It's feels more like an instrument, or more alive somehow. > > > 2) what do you hate about your mellotron(s)? > 2) Its weight, and the difficulty in moving it for recording/gigs etc. I have my Tron sitting on a pair of appliance moving dollies (I can't find a decent web pic of it - they are rectangular with 2 sets of small wheels and an adjustable length) so I can slide it out of it's space to change tape frames easily. Plus the slight extra elevation leaves enough space for the Ernie Ball volume pedal to slide right under it when not in use.
2004-10-25 by Ignacio Nieto Carvajal
5) her (wooden) smell... mmmmm, really love that.> For the mellotron owners in this group(sadly I aint one of em!): > > 1) what do you love about your mellotron(s)? 1) The sound - not just strings/choir/whatever, but the warmth and presence of the machine's circuitry/replay mechanism, whatever tapes are loaded. 2) Its appearance (on a good day, though whether for me or it I'm not sure). 3) The way those 'in the know', of all ages, look impressed and say "Love to try it". 4) The way it pisses off modern gear freaks, who mutter stuff about "Just use samples", or "Why d'you want that sound anyway?".
5) um... only three sounds... I don't really like changing the tapes between songs :P.> 2) what do you hate about your mellotron(s)? 1) The amount of maintenance required, partic.as I'm not the world's greatest technician. 2) Its weight, and the difficulty in moving it for recording/gigs etc. 3) The space it takes up in my flat. 4) The way I have to battle until I'm blue in the face to get bands to let me use it (sometimes - current outfit excepted).
> Bonus question: > > 3) can white mellotron's sing the blues? No, despite Blue Weaver's best attempts on the 'Rime' CD. Andy T. M400 #1145 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/iWZylB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mellotronists/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/