Thanks all- Completely true, trons don't like to be ignored. In my case, the rocks (which were pinch rollers) badly need replacement. Also, a previous owner, for some unknown reason, hacked (literally, with a sharp object) at the nylon sides of the pinch rollers, leaving divots in the plastic. I have no idea what the intention was in this matter. Removal of tape debris or (god forbid) oiling? I just don't know. Needless to say, many of the pucks don't turn evenly, and most of the roller surfaces are uneven. I have taken them apart, cleaned the bearing surfaces inside & out, which helps for a while. Thanks to Dr. Frank for past advice in this matter. But pinch roller replacement is due, as soon as I can afford it. -Bruce D. ________________________________ From: tronbros <tronbros@aol.com> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins 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 mellotronics.com on my iPad 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 >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 >> >>--- 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: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> 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! >>> >  >>> >   -Bruce D. >>> >  >>> > >>> > >>> > ________________________________ >>> > 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 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >  >>> > >>> > 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 >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------ >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >>
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins
2013-06-07 by Bruce Daily