The Mellotron Group

I have two people in mind to sing, both professionals. I just need to write 
 enough songs that are good enough and I don't know yet, if I can. So far I 
have  one that I am confident is not a total embarrassment, and may, in 
fact be  good.
 
By the way, Mel is also working on a song he calls, "Robin, Maurice and  
Barry in the Shower."
 
Thanks for the kind thoughts, Mark. 
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 9/28/2013 11:30:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
 
Sorry to hear about your wife and sister Frank. I knew you had  moved but 
didn't know of your family problems. I hope things will improve. I  don't 
like my voice much either, but no one else is going to sing my  songs!


Best  wishes


Mark



 
  
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 From:  "lsf5275@aol.com" <lsf5275@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Sunday, 29 September  2013 4:18 PM
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Software vs hardware samplers



 
 

The  SMS2 on my M4000 is not working and at this time and I have all of my 
tools  packed away. I do not have any shop at the moment although I am 
currently  looking to rent a space until I can build a stand-alone building on my 
 property. I can get out a soldering iron, I suppose, but I have no means 
of  tracking down the problem. All my test equipment in a mountain of boxes 
in a  storage facility ten miles away. At the moment, the Mark II is in the 
garage.  I need to get it up a flight of stairs and the door frame has to 
come off in  order to do that. My wife has been ill for some time and my little 
sister is  fighting leukemia, which has taken about everyone else in my 
family except my  mom, who gave it up to emphysema. Getting this place in order 
has taken a lot  of work. My hands are pretty full. I am about to send off 
one of the M400s to  Vancouver and that will free up enough space to get the 
Mark II in, once I get  the door frame off and get some help to get it up 
the stairs. I suspect that  will have to be done soon as we are getting into 
the fall.
 
You may or may not know that we moved to a new (for us) home after 24  
years in the old one. We gave up 1/3rd of the space we had for more land, more  
privacy and fewer stairs and another Doberman (we have 3 rescues), but most 
of  all, to be near my sister.
 
My life is very much,"day to day". I have been playing more than I  have 
for the last 40 years. True. Fewer instruments to noodle with right now  
because most are stored away for the time being. But I have been playing for  an 
hour or more nearly every night and, amazingly, I've gotten better. I have  
also been composing and recording music and writing lyrics, something I did  
quite a bit of, long, long ago. Something might actually come of it. The 
music  comes easy, the words a bit slower. The stories are there, but phrasing 
is the  issue. I also find that writing lyrics is often like writing a 
letter. I used  to always wait a day to mail letters of a personal nature. 
Often, I would find  that there was more or less in them than I wanted to say. 
Second guessing, I  suppose. I also hate the sound of my own voice and it's 
never me I imagine  singing the words.
 
I wish Dave Seville was still alive .
 
Frank (too much shit to list)
 
 
In a message dated 9/28/2013 6:25:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:

 

 
Wot no M4000 or Mark II? About time we heard  some. 


Mark



 
  
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 From:  "lsf5275@aol.com" <lsf5275@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Sunday, 29 September  2013 7:22 AM
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Software vs hardware samplers



 
 

Lately I have been spending time with just two instruments... an  M400 and 
my Triton ProX... and a cheesy drum machine. No computers except to  capture 
what I'm doing.
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/28/2013 2:02:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:

 

Thanks Dave but I couldn't face getting another  computer system. With 
computers and workstations I seem to get  distracted away from playing. The 
electro 4 is fairly simple and I  think I will be more likely just to play it.
Mark
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 From: Hammonddave  <hammonddave2004@yahoo.com>; 
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>; 
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Off  topic Software vs hardware samplers 
Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2013 2:08:38 PM  



 
 
One word:  Logic.  

David 
 

On Sep 27, 2013, at 1:37, Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:




 
 
I probably will in the end Andy. It has a fairly good  action and the one I 
tried out had a quite useable piano and a  very nice harpsichord. The free 
sample library is also a plus. A  good piano will cost at least $20,000 
compared to $3700 for  the Electro. ( Kiwi dollars )


Mark



 
  
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 From: Kinchmusic <kinchmusic@aol.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com"  
<newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent:  Friday, 27 September 2013 7:35 PM
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Software vs hardware samplers



 
 
Nah, get yourself the Electro Mark.
 I have the Electro 3 and am really happy with it.  Lightweight, so simple 
to use. Great organs, acoustic pianos,  Rhodes variants, trons, all very 
useable particular when driven  through the on board eqs and amp/effects sims. 
And if that's not  enough, you can download from the huge sample library for 
free  from the Nord website.


Andy K

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On 27 Sep 2013, at 07:26, Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:




 
 
Seems to work well but I don't really like computers. Some  times I think I 
should just buy a really good piano.


Mark



 
  
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 From: "fdoddy@aol.com" <fdoddy@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent:  Thursday, 26 September 2013 11:21 PM
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Software vs hardware samplers



 
 
I'm sure  we have different needs for these instruments, but I couldn't do  
my job without Kontakt.  It's deep, but it's  robust and well designed.  
Anyone who owns the Chamber  Winds, Angry Strings or Plucked piano for their  
tron is essentially playing a Kontakt patch  :>)


fritz







-----Original  Message-----
From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
To:  newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2013 3:57 am
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Software  vs hardware samplers


 
 
 
 

 
Well I have been messing about with Kontakt 5 for few  days and will be 
saving up for the Electro 4 or something  similar.



 
  
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 From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
To:  mellold <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent:  Tuesday, 24 September 2013 8:25 AM
Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Software vs hardware samplers



 
 
 
I was trying out the Nord Electro 4 HP73 at the week end  which I really 
liked. However it is really just a keyboard that  plays back samples. I have a 
weighted action midi keyboard and a  PC already and for a 10th of the price 
could use Kontakt 5. Has  anybody on the list used both? Any thoughts?


Mark