The Mellotron Group

One more thing: we need your serial number.

Bernie
M400 #500 (a.k.a. #497)

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> Welcome aboard! Good group of guys here, and a wealth of knowledge. Bernie  
> is right, to survive here you'll need a thick skin and a thin skull... If 
> you  need help or have questions, ask away.
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> Frank
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> In a message dated 2/27/2012 2:08:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> capnreverb@... writes:
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> I guess I joined the old group that a member here was kind enough to point  
> out to me so I'll post here instead. Thanks!
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> Just joined and this is my  first post. Ever since I was a kid I wanted a 
> Mellotron and twenty five years  later it finally came true. I have a m400 
> with two sets of tapes in my attic  recording studio. Works ok but I have to 
> futz with it a lot, but I knew when I  bought it that there was going to be a 
> learnig curve. I just love it. One set  of tapes is the standard flute, 
> cello, and strings. The other set is kinda  weird. It has six sounds each 
> divided at the center key, plus some sound  effects at the end of one of the 
> sounds. How common was that? The crappy part  about that is that the sound 
> effects are on the choir half, leaving me only an  octave of choir, I wish it had 
> been the flutes! The choir is my favorite  sound, so I just ordered a new 
> set of tapes with full choirs from Markus  Resch. I look forward to reading 
> and hopefully getting a few question  answered.
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> Thanks!
> -jason wietlispach
> Oak Creek,  Wisconsin
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