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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: MK-II Violins vs M400 Violins

2010-08-17 by Rick Blechta

It's a 400 on red, I believe the black one. Both of Fripp's MkIIs were in pretty rough shape at that time.

Martinge?

Also, some people are just obsessed. Actually, all of us on the list are. Except for Dickson. He's just sessed.
On Aug 17, 2010, at 2:29 PM, ClayE wrote:

It seems strange that he's obsessed with getting the M400 Violin sound when Seven Stones and Starless were recorded with a MK-II. They used a MK-II on Red did they not?

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "John Wright" wrote:
>
> I've seen this person's work on You tube and he does some very nice
> covers IMHO, particularly his cover of Starless.
>
> John
> #911
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> ________________________________
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ClayE
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:28 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] MK-II Violins vs M400 Violins
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> Here's a guy (Ryder Duncan AKA Squonk06) obsessed with making M-Tron
> digital samples of MK-II Violins sound like M400 Violins. He describes a
> complex three layer, four band, two self parametric EQ process. This
> processing might actually work. It sounds like it does. Kinda hard to
> believe that Les Bradley dicked around with EQ to this extent back in
> 1970.
>
> http://ryderduncan.com/themusicalbox/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-7
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> Here he is playing M-Tron "violins - 1" (MkII violins)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDijelNipw&feature=related
>
>; This guy has tron-OCD and clearly needs a real M400. :-)
>


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