The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 2/2/2008 8:24:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

Hi  Mark-

I believe that the attack of the sounds is an
issue. The  M400's have spoiled us. On a good set of
tapes one can adjust the starts  until the attack on
all tracks is just right.

However, the MK2 and  M300 probably developed enough
uneven tape stretch over time that the  starts didn't
line up anymore. So, re-align the starts. Cycle to  a
different station, and the individual starts are
uneven again. To  rectify this (somewhat), line up the
starts so all voices are heard  instantly on every key
on every station, but loose some attacks in  the
process(An possible example of this is on John
Lennon's early  recording of "Strawberry Fields"
("Anthology 2")where a tron brass can be  heard at the
end with little or no attack). Live with it, layer
it,  maybe use a volume pedal, and add reverb to cover
the problem. I bet that  many recording engineers used
their own standard formulas for Tron  processing, and
just kept using them on the M400's. I think this is
what  we are used to hearing on many recordings.

I like the dry sound once in  a while. I finally got
a little Alesis mixer w/reverb (effects), and it  does
change the "feel", which I also like. PLUS, the
effect creates a  stereo effect, which is nice.

My take. Rip it apart.

-Bruce  Daily
#1221 (with planks for feet while the paint dries on
the proper  feet. Yes, the beastie could downhill ski
right now!!)
 




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