The Mellotron Group

For those with teeny tiny fingers.
 
 
In a message dated 4/24/2009 11:22:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jonesalley@cox.net writes:

 
 


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This isn't going to appeal to many people or possibly  any people on the 
list. I am going overseas soon and can't take my  tron or piano with me. I had 
wondered about a portable keyboard and  after Frank Stickle suggested a 
Microkorg I bought one.

I  am extremely happy with it, it is great value for money but it's a bit  
too good to risk on the trip. I have a very old Yamaha PSS 270 which  will 
fit in my main suitcase and let's face it who would care if it  got crushed 
in transit? ( my wife and family would be relieved ) I  have messed about 
with it for a few hours but I don't think I can face  a couple of months with 
it.

I will have access  to family  computers for a lot  of the visit so I am 
going to take a USB  memory  stick with 2 programs on it, both of which are  
free.

One is madtracker:   http://www.madtrack  htt  
and the over is  nanotron:  http://www.kvraudioand the oand the o

Madtracker  supports VSTs and it is easy to install the nanotron vst into 
it. It  can be played from the keyboard of the computer and you can also  
compose loops if you can be bothered to work out how to do it. For $70  you 
could add a Korg Nano usb midi controller,and have something  fairly playable. 
It comes with an M1 emulator which I quite like  

Admittedly the nanotron samples ( flute , choir and strings)  are looped 
and I think the tron they were sampled from was pretty sick  at the time but I 
have heard worse.

An alternative  VST  host would be FL Studio but the demo verison is a lot 
bigger, you  can't save projects but you can record from the keyboard, which 
you  can't with madtracker and you can export to mp3.

So there you  go, is that a mellotron in your pocket or are you just 
pleased to see  me?

Mark

PS I had thought that the 4 note polyphony on  the Microkorg might be a bit 
limiting but when playing chord  progressions and inversions it can be an 
advantage, as you play the  5th note the 1st note stops and you can get quite 
a tron like effect  without damaging your tapes







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