The Mellotron Group

Hi Thomas-

   I would suggest:
A- MK2 Brass
B- MK2 3 Violins
C- 8 Choir

   You could then mix A and B (a classic) when needed.  I can't see A and C mixing very well, but B and C would work.

  Another good choice for A would be Flute (your choice).  These are personal choices, but I am Moody Blues & Genesis biased.  But, isn't everyone?  ;-)

  -Bruce Daily
 
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On Thu, 11/5/15, thomasooo2003 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: [newmellotrongroup] What sounds should I pick?
 To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015, 9:13 AM
       
       
       Hello fellow
 Mellotronists,
 I'm thinking about
 replacing my old tapes on one frame (3 violins, 8 choir and
 church organ), 'cause the tapes  have been used a lot
 and I have sometimes even trouble with sticky tapes (that
 won't come back after releasing the key...). OK,
 I'am not only thinking about to do so, I am pretty sure
 :-)
 The idea is to get new
 tapes from Martin in England, but I'am not sure which I
 should pick: the pitch-correctes 3 violins (as
 "the" ultimative Mellotron sound) or something
 different like solo violin, or one of the
 M300-strings?The choir should be the
 original, but instead of the church organ I thought about a
 brass sound. Which one would you
 suggest? 
 I have carefully listened
 to the sound examples on the website, but some sounded dated
 and very short, some are not very "neutral" — a
 short melody line is very different to some block chords,
 for example. Has someone recorded, lets say, solo violin,
 M300 strings or some of the different brass sounds and
 uploaded it on youtube or sound cloud? Long notes would be
 fine to get an idea how it may work in different musical
 situations... That may help me to make a
 decision!
 Thanks for any help &
 suggestions,Thomas 
 
     
      
 
     
     
 
 
 
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