The Mellotron Group

Hmmm. Sounds like someone went through one or more bitter divorces.
 
 
In a message dated 6/24/2010 11:32:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
atm655@verizon.net writes:

 
 
 
  
Thanks Gary I appreciate the  info.
I'm about to make a major decision  about my music, that is wheter to 
bother with it anymore or not.
I enjoy my Ferraris a lot more than  playing, which thanks to American 
whore bitches from Hell effectively killed  my desire and inspiration to play (I 
improvise 100%).
I wish they had bounties on their heads  because I'd make the dude on that 
TV show look like a friggin boy  scout!
 
Tony
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: _lsf5275@aol.lsf_ (mailto:lsf5275@aol.com)  
To: _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:36  AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re:  Astra plays the Novatron



Gary,
 
We all love "the old days stories."
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 6/24/2010 12:11:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
_gabru@comsec.gab_ (mailto:gabru@comsec.net)  writes:

 
 
Tony, 
The Rev.1  is the best sounding you will ever hear.  The problem was it was 
very  unreliable.  I had a friend from high school, Riley Smith, who worked 
  
at  Sequential in San Jose and later went to Emu in Santa Cruz.  I was  
able to get factory trained at both places.  He got me the Rev.1 and  later a 
Prophet 10  
direct  from the factory.  The Rev. 1 had been returned to the factory due 
to  reliability issues and they sold it to me for $500. I also had a couple 
of  Rev. 3s and  
< span  style="font- span  span  >T8 but none  compared to the Rev.1.  It 
sounded fat like a bunch of Mini  Moogs.  They switched to a more dependable  
IC for their VCO,  VCA, VCF, etc. and  
redesigned the main board after  the Rev. 1 after which it became very 
dependable but lost some of it’s  “balls” in the process.  I got training at 
the Emu factory   
which was  in a Victorian house in Santa Cruz during the Emulator days.  It 
was  a fun place and they knew how to throw a party J.  A few years ago I 
bought a   
couple of  Emu Vintage Keys modules and no ticed that my friend Riley had 
written the  manual.  I also worked with  Music Technology during the  
development  
of the  Synergy and I owned a couple of those….but that’s another story…
..Those  were fun days…at least I think they were from what I remember.    
Man,  there are some good drinking stories in there somewhere J.  I may 
know where a P10 is  in NC but this guy almost never cuts loose of any gear.  
He just  stores  
things  forever.  It was likely only played a few times.  If I catch him  
in the right mood (not an easy thing to do) maybe I can g et him to part  
with it.  As I recall there  
were only  about 600 or so P10s made.  I bought a Neve  console from him 
several years ago and when I cracked the LARGE anvil case  the leather was 
like new on  
the arm  rest and it looked perfect.  He had only used it for a couple of  
years and then stored it.  Anyhow…didn’t mean to get started in the  old 
days stories….. :) . 
Cheers, 
Gary 
 
 
 
From: newmellotrongroup@ newmellotro newmellotrongroup@<WBR>yahoogr 
newmellotrongro newmellOn Behalf Of  tony1
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:18 PM
To:  newmellotrongroup@  new  
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the  Novatron

 
 
 
 
I am impressed as I was  the factory service tech for Hillsborough and 
Pinellas counties (Tampa/St  Pete), for Sequential and most others when the 
Prophet 5 and 10s came out.  And I' m looking for one of either right now.
 

 
Tony
 


 
----- Original Message  ----- 
 
From:  _Gary  Brumm_ (mailto:gabru@comsec.net)  
 
To: _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   
 
Sent:  Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:04 PM
 
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the  Novatron
 

 
 
My  first Prophet 5 came from Eddie Jobson.  It was a Rev. 1 &  Black.   
If this  was the Sequential Circuits forum I bet somebody would be 
impressed … or  at least give a $hit J 
 
 
 
From:<  /span> _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
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Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:18  PM
To: _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
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Subject:  Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the  Novatron




















 
 
 
Astra was good. They were well received 
 
Eddie Jobson's mellotron shaped keyboard stand was a  piss.
 
 
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM, <_lsf5275@aol.lsf_ 
(mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) >  wrote: 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes, but only a bit. My camera  crapped out on me. I'll post it on my 
myspace page and perhaps You tube  as well.
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/23/2010  4:14:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
_got_a_guitar@got_a_gui_ (mailto:got_a_guitar@yahoo.com)   writes:


 
 
Astra rules! Is there any  footage of them using the Novatron?
 
--- In _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
(mailto:newmell%20%20otrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> Flute, Strings, Choir
>  
> 
> In a message dated 6/23/2010 3:13:40 A.M. Eastern  Daylight Time, 
> pocotron@... writes:
> 
> Nice,  Frank!
> Notice how neatly the Memotron sits on top of the  Novatron.
> What voices were on the  frame?
>