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Mike also ran his tron through a Marshall or hiwatt. That would explain the midrange spike.  
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>

Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:58:09 
To:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: mike pinder's sound


Hi all-
 
 A late response to this thread-
 
 I have also been curious about Mike Pinder's custom
 MK2 preamp equalization. It is not just "warmer"
 sounding, it also seems to have a sharp cutoff around
 10kHz, and a response hump in the midrange. I got
 this impression from listening to the comparisons on
 Ken Leonard's site (between Frank's MK2 and Jerry
 Korb's MK1). Maybe Pinder got too much high freq
 noise and distortion with the layered recording
 process he used for the 'tron, and customized the eq
 to compensate. Maybe his eq worked better with the
 stage amps of the day. His 'tron sound does cut
 through pretty well in "Caught Live +5"; try to
 imagine the recording with a bright 'tron. Does
 anyone have some more insight on this?
 
 My 'tron seems to have original '70s tapes, and the
 obvious M400 3-Violins. These re-eq'd violins seem
 like an homage to Pinder's eq curve, but with a little
 bit more high-end.
 
 Sounds like the drone in "Question" may have been a
 half-speed brass of some kind. The opening fanfare
 (on the orig. album)is anyone's guess. He was also
 incorporating his Moog a lot on "AQOB".
 
 -Bruce D.
 M400 #1221
 
 --- Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh. <mailto:tomdcour%40amnh.org> org> wrote:
 
 > > Two things- one is that he used the M300 strings
 > quite a bit (in the studio),
 > the other is that he refitted his MkII with a
 > transistor preamp and it has a
 > warmer sound as a result.Since Frank owns one of
 > those he would be best to ask.
 > I still can't quite figure out what the mix is on
 > Question, it is amazing.
 > 
 > 
 > I have been listening to a lot of Moody Blues lately
 > and it seems obvious
 > that 
 > > Pinder's 3 Violins sound is much mellower than
 > other's, King Crimson for
 > > example. Does he mix in other voices into his
 > sound or is it the way his tron
 > > is eq'ed? This occurs in both the live and studio
 > recordings.
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
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 > > 
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: "jaybe52000" <jaybe52000@yahoo. <mailto:jaybe52000%40yahoo.com> com>
 > > 
 > > Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:26:11
 > > To:newmellotrongroup@ <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com
 > > Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Empty tape frame
 > > 
 > > 
 > > I've got a set of tapes in a box that are from the
 > old DMI days (old DMI Union
 > > Jack 
 > > Mellotron Label on it). I got it as part of the
 > deal when I bought my RMI
 > > Keyboard 
 > > Computer II and never got around to racking them
 > and don't want to muck with
 > > the tapes 
 > > on the two frames in my Mark V.
 > > 
 > > The box says it's got Violins/Viola/Flute but I'm
 > not really certain that's
 > > what they are.
 > > The guy that I got them from said they were
 > "Brand new" but they look like
 > > they might be 
 > > used so I was thinking the could be an original
 > set with
 > > Flute/3-Violins/Cello.
 > > 
 > > Either way, I'd like to make 'em playable just to
 > see what they are.
 > > 
 > > As I said in a previous post I've got flute on
 > one of my frames and the 3
 > > violins are on the
 > > other but I don't have cello or viola so that
 > would be nice, especially if
 > > they really are a
 > > standard set since i really miss having the
 > cello.
 > > 
 > > John
 > > 
 > > --- In newmellotrongroup@
 > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
 > > yahoogroups.com, "Bernie" <kornowicz@...> wrote:
 > >> 
 > >> No empty frame, but out of curiosity, what sounds
 > to you plan on
 > >> installing?
 > >> 
 > >> Bernie
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > >> --- In newmellotrongroup@
 > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
 > >> yahoogroups.com, "jaybe52000" <jaybe52000@>
 > >> wrote:
 > >>> 
 > >>> Anyone got an empty tape frame that they want to
 > sell?
 > >>> 
 > >>> Thought I'd ask before ordering from one of our
 > two providers of new
 > >> ones.
 > >>> 
 > >>> Thanks,
 > >>> 
 > >>> John
 > >>> 
 > >> 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > Yahoo! Groups Links
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 
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