The Mellotron Group

well it WAS called "Mellotronics LTD"

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
> What I listed are /ipso facto /the limitations of the Mellotron as an 
> instrument. I don't think anyone here will disagree with any of them.
> 
> You liking them or not is a matter of taste.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On 02/12/2010 12:04, tron400 wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike, I think you and a few others misunderstand me. Frank Stickle's 
> > comment about not being able to drive them is closest to it if only 
> > for the absurdity. Pianos have limited range and only one voice. 
> > That's the way they're designed. I don't see that as a limitation. It 
> > is what it is.
> >
> > Bernie
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Mike Dickson 
> > <mike.dickson@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 01/12/2010 13:20, tron400 wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If Mellotrons have limitations, everything has limitations. No one
> > > > ever mentions the limitations of a guitar or a piano, yet the article
> > > > mentions Mellotron limitations without saying what they are. What are
> > > > they?
> > > >
> > >
> > > 1. Tuning
> > > 2. Range
> > > 3. Voices
> > > 4. Recording quality
> > > 5. Timbre
> > > 6. White noise
> > > 7. Tape audio artefacts
> > > 8. Tape transport
> > > 9. Playing position
> > >
> > >
> > > Give me a shout if you want more.
> > >
> >
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> 
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> Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
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>