The Mellotron Group

The Mellotron and Chamberlin library for the Nordwave offer both looped
and unlooped versions.
The sounds are easily downloaded and organized through a simple
application. I wouldn't say ,though that the wooden keyboard simulation of
a real mellotron's action is cosmetic. I much prefer the action on a real
tron (properly adjusted) to the Clavia. But I have listened to a variety
of computer and hardware samplings of mellotrons and none are nearly as
satisfying as the real thing.

> --- On Sun, 7/25/10, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:
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> From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: New Digital Mellotron
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 2:17 PM
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> I'm skeptical as to whether there will be a huge market for it. I am
> curious to hear it, though I imagine it sounds great. I just wonder what
> the
> attraction is? If all of the same sounds are now offered by Clavia ( I
> think you
> can get them uncompressed now) and the Clavia machines can play those
> samples
> and a jillion other sounds, then all you are buying is cosmetics.
>
>
> The 2 Clavia keyboards that are compatible with their sample library, do
> not have enough memory in either keyboard to store all the Chamberlin /
> Mellotron samples not to mention the other other samples from their
> library.\ufffd All the samples from the library are looped and neither the Wave
> or Electro 3 have an interface as similar to a real mellotron as the NDM.\ufffd
> From what I understand, sometime in the future Markus will be releasing a
> new sound card with 200 additional samples that can be inserted into the
> back of the NDM.\ufffd The keyboardist will have 300 sounds available; some of
> these additional sounds may be looped duplicates of the 1st 100 sounds.
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> I guess it really is attractive
> to all of the people that really would like to have the real thing but
> don't
> have the money.
>
> There is more to it (to the average person) than the initial cost of a
> brand new or completely renovated REAL mellotron.\ufffd Speaking for myself,
> before buying the real thing, I would like
>  to see and hear a perfect working one (without having to travel out of
> town) to determine whether it was right for me.\ufffd There is the risk of
> shipping and having the know how to make any necessary adjustments when
> it arrives and to properly service the mellotron or find a competent
> technician who is capable of doing so.\ufffd Then there is the issue of the
> number of sounds, the cost of new tape frames, and the storage space
> required if somebody requires greater than 3 sounds.
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> It would be interesting to know how many people purchased\ufffda
> Clavia\ufffdkeyboard just to get the Mellotron sounds.
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> In speaking with a few people in the group about the Memotron, it was
> kindly suggested that I check out Clavia keyboards.\ufffd IMO, Clavia keyboards
> have a better "build quality" than the keyboards by other major
> manufactures that I've seen.\ufffd If they stocked the Wave and the Electro 3
> with all the Chamberlin / Mellotron samples, I would be more tempted to
> buy either or both of them.
>
> Robert
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