The Mellotron Group

To clarify, if all the components were at optimum performance, you can leave a 'tron for a few weeks and just turn it on and it will sing. That's rarely the case though!

Best,

M

1963 to 2013 - 50 years of mellotrons

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On 7 Jun 2013, at 17:58, John Wright <jwright911703@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep, me too.  Mine hasn't been on in 6 or 7 weeks and when I played last weekend, I had a lot of loud keys and quiet key.  Got better the more I played it.
> 
> John
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> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:52 PM, tron400 <tron400@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I often turn mine on and let them run, even if I don't plan on playing them. Even that makes a difference. A neglected Tron is an unhappy Tron and it can take a couple of contiguous days of playing to make it come back to life.
> 
> Bernie
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
> >
> > They don't like to be ignored. Make a point to play it regularly, even if
> > it's only for 15 minutes.
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 6/7/2013 12:14:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > pocotron@... writes:
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> >
> > Hi all-
> >   #1221 hasn't been played for a while, until a few days  ago.  I had to
> > demo it to my cousin, who had never seen one (and really  didn't comprehend it
> > anyway).  I should play it more often.  It  wasn't a good or bad day for
> > the old beastie.  Let's just say it had a "squeaky"  day.
> >
> >   I foresee new pinch rollers, as soon as some money appears  in my pocket.
> >
> >    -Bruce D.
> >
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> >
> > From: mellotronmadness <markpringnz@...>
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013  2:52 AM
> > Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins
> >
> > <WBR
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> >
> >
> > I like ambient sounds a lot myself, both of them sound pretty good, I  find
> > Cyrstal fun but almost  incomprehensible.
> >
> > Redtron is by  along way the best of the free tron vsts  in my opinion, I'm
> > eternally grateful to Mike to bringing my attention to it,  it sounds
> > better than M-Tron to my ears, and on a bad day better than  #1565.
> >
> > Mark
> > --- In _mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com_
> > (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  Bruce Daily <pocotron@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Mark-
> > >     I'm a bit of an ambient sound freak.  So, I really liked  the
> > sounds of the Zebralette and Crystal  synths.  And Redtron, of course!
> > > Â
> > > Â Â   -Bruce D.
> > > Â
> > >
> > >
> > >  ________________________________
> > > From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@>
> > > To: "_mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com_
> > (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) "  <_mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com_
> > (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) >
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 8:25 PM
> > > Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Â
> > >
> > > Well my excuse is it's  very quiet in here and No.4 on the list is
> > Redtron, otherwise it's just the usual shameless self  promotion I'm afraid.
> > >
> > > http://youtu.be/38zQzvebJGk
> > >
> > >
> > >  Mark
> > >
> >
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