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AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "spaceanimals" <alciere@m...> wrote:
> Try a Mellotron string patch. You can buy a new one at
mellotron.com
> for a mere $5000.00 or try the M-Tron software from Gemedia. I use
> the mellotron patches in the old EMU Vintage Keys.The mellotron was
> an early primative sampler that used 7 second tape recordings of
> instruments-think Strawberry Fields for the flute, or Pink Floyd
for
> themale choir, and The Moody Blues for string patches.
For Roland synths, the vintage expansion board has some attractive
mellotron choirs, strings and flutes. A lot of the character comes
from tape compression, wow and flutter and hiss. You could simulate
these in a synth with compression, lfo modulation of pitch and white
noise. Additionally the mellotrons filtered off the high end pretty
radically to give that mellow warm tone that people love. So you
would use a low pass filter. Those are the steps I take to make a
modern, pristine sample get that aged character.
Jerry