The Mellotron Group

Today a man came to look at my house (it's for sale) and when he walked  
into my shop his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He knew exactly what he 
was  looking at, even though he had never seen a Mellotron, much less one 
completely  disassembled. He was an electrical engineer by trade and had 
assembled PAIA  modular synth years back. Not a musician, but a total gadget 
freak. I took him  in to see the M4000, the 4-track and a couple of nearly 
completed M-400s that go  home this weekend. Thirty minutes slipped by in a wink. 
I hope he buys the  house.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 5/24/2010 8:02:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
PAIA made a similar one in the mid '70's called the  Gnome.  Somewhere I 
have one I assembled from a kit.  All  analog, unstable as hell, many 
calibration pots inside, therefore a real  pain to tune.  Fun anyway.
 
   -Bruce D.
 

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From:  lsf5275@aol.From<lsf5275@aol.lsf>
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Korg Monotron
To:  newmellotrongroup@To:  To:
Date: Monday, May 24,  2010, 2:24 PM


 
 
I plan to be the first guy in my neighborhood not to get one of  these.
 
 
In a message dated 5/24/2010 3:48:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ecclesreinson@ rogers.com writes:

 
Before you go out and get a cheap Korg Monotron ribbon  thingy...Watch this:
_http://www.youtube. com/watch?  v=CFr8w4sxugg_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFr8w4sxugg) 
Maybe if it had CV output it might be a cheap /  useful ribbon controller, 
but as it is it's kind of useless isn't  it?

What's twice as useless as a Monotron? Two of them.
_http://www.youtube. com/watch?  v=du9P8nMulvA_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du9P8nMulvA)