The Mellotron Group

Yes, also carrying those really big drums around are also a waste...  And those cymbals!!!  They sound so "cymbally"...

Actually, why "play out"???  It's so much easier sitting on the couch with a smart phone...  Then upload it like all the other "great" music around nowadays...

You were obviously in the wrong group...


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 From: "lsf5275@aol.com [newmellotrongroup]" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mellotron, shmellotron
 


  
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
 
In a message dated 6/30/2014 11:17:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com writes:


  
>    After having been part of this group. And now  leaving, Just saying having a real mellotron is stupid and not worth the  money. You will enjoy it for 10 minutes. People selling for them for $4000,  stripped, not original, no tapes, how absurd.
>And  then crying how it really is worth $4000. What a laugh.
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>       Get a 4000D from Markus and call it a day. Get a 4000 mini from Markus  (Mellotron)and call it a day. Get these new emulators and call it a day. They  are just as good if not better. Carrying around a a real Mellotron to play out  now-o-days is as good as carrying around a Hammond B3 and is just as asinine.  Why not just carry around a grand or even better a baby grand to play out  with. No benefit in the studio either. NONE.
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>Rich D.
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> From: Kinchmusic <kinchmusic@aol.com>
>To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com"  <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:42  PM
>Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] (unknown)
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>I have to say that the m3000 app is ridiculously cheap IMO. The quality  of the playback is amazing. All I would add is that the m4000d and Memotron  etc are very good at reproducing the sounds of the master tapes. Fine but to  me, the Mellotron sound is as much about the machine itself. IE. the type of  Pre-amp and yes, the wow and flutter generated within the instrument. Even it  being out of tune. I'm as guilty as anyone here wanting to sanitise the tuning  to bring it into what's deemed as acceptable for today's recordings, something  that wasn't an option way back when. They just got on with it, warts and all,  maybe we should as well.
> Andy K
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>Sent from my iPad
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>On 26 Mar 2014, at 16:06, gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>The Mirage analogy was apocryphal.  When all is said and  done you have, tape and a duplicate in the form of a sample, sample on a ROM  or an analog copy. Beyound that is how it is handled.  The numeric  designation via the marketing suggests that they are the same thing.   All quibbling aside, they are not. It matters a lot at the detail  level. 
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>>On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:24 AM,  DiPaolo Richard <kathnrich@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>      What ever you are happy with Gino and can afford. By far the Ensoniq  Mirage is/was an extremely low memory unit. The loops were very short, 16  bit, harsh, loaded from floppies, but powerful for it's day, late 80's??  The Mellotron 4000D is fully recorded sounds at 24 bit, 100 sounds. 
>>>      The 4000D is also part of the 
      experience, the look, the feel, the sound, of we who had once owned full 
      blown Mellotrons and do NOT want carry all that hardware and 3 sounds?! In 
      fact, the recorded and not sampled/looped, (I don't care, call them 
      sampled if it makes anyone feel better), sounds are spot on, having owned 
      an M400, recorded my M400 in well known studios....The sound of M4000D is 
      exact, and , may not be for everyone.
>>>      Mellotronics makes a supierior 
      unit to the once M400, far superior! The sounds I heard from it are 
      today's technology with very many and authentic/awesome sounds! It Just 
      did not fit my life style and needs, or wallet.
>>>P.S. I do 
      not plan to carry my M4000D through the TSA. But correct, my Ipad does go 
      right through.
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>>>Rich D.
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>>>________________________________
>>> From: gino  wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
>>>To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:02 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup]  (unknown)
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>>>An IPad with the 3000 app would have been an  even better value, or an Ensoniq Mirage.  I am not being flippant  here. 
>>>The man hours on sound development on both  far exceed that of the M4000D both conveniently sized and the TSA have  seen and noted them (they have an unofficial book for folk with IQs over  75).
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>>>On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:43 AM, DiPaolo Richard <kathnrich@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>Correct  Martin. 
>>>>     Your 4000 is way out of 
        my price range. Sorry, way Too heavy for my needs, took way too long to 
        make for my needs, and that was also three weeks ago.
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>>>>Rich D.
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>>>> From: Martin <tronbros@aol.com>
>>>>To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com"  <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:30 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup]  (unknown)
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>>>>I won't be collecting you from the station then Rich?
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>>>>Mellotronics.com on my iPad 
>>>>2013 is the 50th anniversary of the Mellotron
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>>>>On 26 Mar 2014, at 13:20, DiPaolo Richard <kathnrich@yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>>>>>Hi
>>>>>        Just purchased an M4000D. The flight case is too heavy for everyday  use. Anyone know of a soft, lightweight case available? I will be  keeping the flight case for long haul use.
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>>>>>Thank you 
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>>>>>Rich D.
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>>>-- 
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>>>
>>>Gino Wong Birgelo
>>>BSComm,  BSEE,
>>>ReRED Recording, Analog Sound Design
>>>Audio  Mastering, Recording & Restoration, Logistics
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>>>Ginowong@gmail.com
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>>-- 
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>>Gino Wong Birgelo
>>BSComm,  BSEE,
>>ReRED Recording, Analog Sound Design
>>Audio  Mastering, Recording & Restoration, Logistics
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>>Ginowong@gmail.com
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