The Mellotron Group

Thanks Andy!
 
 
In a message dated 9/29/2013 2:33:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kinchmusic@aol.com writes:

 
 
 
Yeah, I want to just say Hi Frank and to wish you and your family all the  
best.
I dare say we all know dear friends who are being struck down all manner  
of ailments, and yes even loosing a few along the way. But it's a different  
thing altogether when it's a member of the family, much different.
So take good care of those you love, and to yourself, a manly hug from  the 
UK.


AK

Sent from my iPad

On 29 Sep 2013, at 04:40, _lsf5275@aol.com_ (mailto:lsf5275@aol.com)  wrote:




 
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_ (mailto: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_ (mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) " <_lsf5275@aol.com_ 
(mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) >
To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto: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_ (mailto:markpringnz@yahoo.com)   writes:

 

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


Mark



 
  
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 From: "_lsf5275@aol.com_ (mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) " <_lsf5275@aol.com_ 
(mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) >
To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto: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_ (mailto: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_ 
(mailto:hammonddave2004@yahoo.com) >;  
To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   <_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto: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