The Mellotron Group

I would concur re the M1. I had one for about three months and found it 
the most utterly impossible thing to program. The only good thing I have 
to say about it is that I managed to sell it at a profit.

Mike

jeffc@netaxs.com wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, mellotronist wrote:
>
> > Fender Rhodes. I have never hated an instrument with keys as much as 
> I hate those things.
>
> i'd have to disagree, IMHO, of course.
> with all the lame crap instruments out there, that would
> not make my worst 10.
> i find playing a rhodes a quite organic experience.
> plug it into a phaser and i think they sound even better.
>
> i vote for the korg M-1.
> the very definition of "dross".
> did anyone EVER actually program one, or did EVERYONE just
> use the presets... i bet out of the thousands sold, only
> a handful ever had their presets altered...
>
> ...jeff
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: MAinPsych@aol.com <mailto:MAinPsych%40aol.com>
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:35 PM
> > Subject: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
> >
> >
> > Today there was a link on AOL titled, "The Ten Worst Keyboards of 
> All Time". To my disappointment, it was about PC keyboards; however, 
> it got me to thinking that we've talked about cool keyboards (our 
> kind, of course), but I don't remember any exchanges about the worst. 
> Sure to be some controversy. Any takers?
> >
> > 1. The Birotron (cool in concept; dismal in execution)
> > 2. Any pre-M1 Chamberlin (Excedrin cycling headache # infinity)
> > 3.
> > 4.
> > 5.
> > 6.
> > 7.
> > 8.
> > 9.
> > 10.
>
>  

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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh