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Sounds like one for Martin, how many M400's had the cm10?

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Swanson <tspit74@...> wrote:
>
> See, that's strange because James Parthun's #872 Dennytron has a later  
> motor card. Was it common for people to retrofit their Mellotrons with  
> newer motor control cards? Were they available separately back then?
> On Dec 24, 2009, at 12:38 AM, markpringnz wrote:
> 
> > Well it wasn't that early on! #1565 has one and I think they only  
> > started using the new controller card around the time #1565 was  
> > produced so wouldn't most M400's have the cm10, mine sounds ok, I  
> > think!
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@ wrote:
> > >
> > > No... You have a distorted understanding of what it should be and  
> > how it
> > > should work. SMS boards replaced the CMC-10 early on. Today, the  
> > SMS-2
> > > (Streetly) and SMS-5 (Markus) are very similar to the original  
> > SMS-2 and SMS-3.
> > > The CMC was a piece of shit. That's why an improvement was found  
> > early on.
> > > No more waiting 45 minutes. You turn it on and (assuming  
> > everything is
> > > properly adjusted) go. Plus, you don't go flat when you play  
> > depress a bunch of
> > > keys at the same time.
> > >
> > > How do you depress the keys, you ask? Why you threaten to  
> > introduce them to
> > > Rick. (Bada Bing)
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 12/24/2009 1:10:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > tspit74@ writes:
> > >
> > > I do like a little wow and flutter.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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