The Mellotron Group

Mine makes me hear a sound like a forest full of cicadas and crickets  most 
of the time. It's a bit better now that I no longer suffer from  
hypertension.
 
Frank
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/3/2012 1:26:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hammonddave2004@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
I wish tinitus sounded that good.  
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From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com> 
Sender: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:20:35 -0700 (PDT)
To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
ReplyTo: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: "In The Beginning" - Moody  Blues 
(Threshold)



 
Hi all-
   If I had to guess, Mike Pinder probably recorded the  motor noise, then 
played it back at a different speed or half-speed.  If  a dynamic mic was 
used, it could've picked up all sorts of electronic noise  from the motor, 
including the high-pitched whine.  It would also make  sense that the recording 
was a multitrack mixture of many sounds, including  the low-level MK2 
violins.
   I wonder what the sound was supposed to  represent.  Someone waking up 
with ears ringing from an acid dream  after a rock concert?  A realization of 
self after the  incident?
  The high-pitched whine is much like the tinnitus I live with  all the 
time.
 
  -Bruce D.
 



 
 

From:  tron400 <tron400@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012  7:56 AM
Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: "In The Beginning" - Moody Blues  
(Threshold)



 
 
I wish I had a MkII to try it with.

With some processing, I  suppose it's possible. Way in the background, you 
can hear what to me sounds  like MkII Violins.

Bernie

--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "Sean" <fourtytwominds@...> wrote:
>
> I remember reading  that it was originally a microphone held to the motor 
of one of their MkII  units. This seems a little dubious to me though as I 
listen to it.
>  
> -Sean
> 
> --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
> >
> > Someone posted  this question on the _Synthesizers.com_ 
(http://synthesizers.com/)  group. It  sounds like a combination of sounds to me. Anyone 
want to take a crack at  it?
> > 
> > "In the song "In The Beginning" by the Moody  Blues", what produces 
that opening sound. I have wondered this from the time I  first heard it!"
> > 
> > Bernie
>  >
>