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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: M4000D and M3000

2015-06-17 by Frank Stickle

No, what you hear is the keys banging against the leather strip on the key stop. As I mentioned, that sound is no longer present.

Frank


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> On Jun 16, 2015, at 5:02 PM, fdoddy@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> It is not the click you hear in that video. It's more of a chirp/click. When you hit the keys hard it'll chirp/click electronically. Kinda like peeling out in a muscle car. I like it. Although, thinking about it, that might be a fun idea, miking up the actual plying of the tron.  I like the sound in the video. I've done that with electric bass. Record the sound of the electric bass electronically and acoustically. It adds a nice percussive element.
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> fritz
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> From: tron400@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2015 4:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: M4000D and M3000
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> Do you mean an electronic click or a manual click like this?
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> Recording The Streetly M4000 Mellotron
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> Recording The Streetly M4000 Mellotron
> Dan Britton came by to record M4000 Mellotron tracks for two upcoming CDs. Here he is recording the St. John's Wood cathedral organ sound. Previously reco...
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