The Mellotron Group

good job Mattias. I suppose everyone knew that Orchestron makes an appearance in COLD AS ICE by Foreigner (in the middle bridge), and Gary Wright used it a bit (I forget the album)
 Patrick Moraz has it credited on STORY OF i....hard to pick out if it's mixed with Mellotrons by SYMPHONY IN SPACE certainly has it.





--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, marabus <marabus@...> wrote:
>
> Very nice Mattias!
> Pete
> 
> On 2/2/11 1:38 AM, mattias wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey kids,
> >
> > As some of you might know I am a fan of the whole optical family. The 
> > Orchestron, the Optigan and the Chilton Talentmaker. I realize that 
> > maybe it isnt everybodys idea of a good time but all three instruments 
> > are great tools in the studio and have become a integral part of my 
> > setup....but when it comes to quality you are all right. In comparison 
> > to the Mellotron the Orchestron may not be a clear and Hi fi but on 
> > the other hand the Orchestron and its cousins with the added noise and 
> > crackles bring something else to a production. As soon as you show 
> > someone the instruments they all say " Its sounds like an old black 
> > and white movie."  What I do is that I always double track it and use 
> > a fair amount of spring reverb.
> >
> > Pea hicks has also added some new sounds like the tremolo electric 
> > guitar  and marimba rolls that are really great.
> >
> > Anyways.
> >
> > Youve probably all seen it before...
> >
> > But here is a video from my all Optigan/orchestron/mellotron band AK-momo
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccnO487xIAw
> >
> > The main string sound melody is from the Orchestron.
> >
> > // Mattias
> >
> >
> >
>