The Mellotron Group

yeah, I couldn't survive making 40 bucks a week.




Fritz, you're giving up modeling to play the guitar? Fascinating!
 

 

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: lsf5275@aol.com
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 11:35 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: New Digital Mellotron


  
    
                  

Fritz is right. I've had many chances to see live Trons and to hear sampled Trons in a live settings. There has yet to be an occasion when I have heard samples where I could close my eyes and think it was the real thing. With Astra it was really obvious and easy to compare because they played both. Samples are easy to bury in the mix when recording and it often is less obvious.
 
Fritz, you're giving up modeling to play the guitar? Fascinating!
 

In a message dated 7/22/2010 10:09:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fdoddy@aol.com writes:
    
  
  
The digital stuff   shows its shortcomings in a live situation.  One can fake it in the   studio to a degree, but samples have no "pop" in a live format.  Whether   it's fake wurly, tron, organ, it doesn't matter.  The real instruments   always have better presence and energy in my 35 years of live performance   experience.  It's most noticeable on trons.  Mr. Stickle can back me   up on this.  Take notice of all the younger bands going the extra mile   and schlepping non-digital gear on stage.

I just bought a new high gain   class A British guitar amp because I am done with modeling. There is no   lasting love for vintage/traditional emulation with me.  I'd rather use   the digital stuff to do what analog can't do, that's just my preference. Don't   get me wrong, I am in love with Ableton Live and most Native Instruments VI's,   but when I need a real instrument, I use the real instrument whenever I   can.


fritz

  


  
  


  


  
-----Original   Message-----
From: MAinPsych@aol.com
To:   newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 7:46   pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: New Digital Mellotron

  
    
  
  
  
  
  
In a message dated 7/22/2010 4:10:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, fdoddy@aol.com   writes:
  
Try them both in a live     situation.  It'll be painfully obvious which is the better     machine....


fritz    tron#1697

  
  
 
  
Please elaborate.