>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.
>
>Better yet, dial up a cheesy analog string patch from the AN1X and
>layer it with a mellotron patch.
>
>Rainbow Jimmy
∗siiiiiiigh∗ Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy... it's obvious you aren't a REAL
electronic musician, if you think that anything can substitute for a
real genuine $5000 Mellotron. Tsk.
:) :) :) :)
Mellotron fanatics are in their own little world. They know each
other by the serial numbers of the instruments they own, and are
constantly comparing tips on keeping heads clean, smoothing out key
action, swapping tape racks, etc etc etc.
Me, I really love the Mellotron's classic sounds, like the choir,
string section, and flute, but you know what? I must be a jive-ass
tin-eared turkeybuzzard, because I've heard a couple of nicely
sampled libraries being played back on properly-programmed samplers
(to give the effect of tape speed wobble etc) that are close enough
to fire my hindbrain neurons accurately.
I have the entire GMedia setup, with M-Tron and the two volumes of
sounds, and haven't had a chance to play with them yet, but there are
a number of awesome Mellotron libraries on CD-ROM that will do the
job. Michael Pinder of the Moody Blues, one of the original
developers of the Tron, did one of them; another was done by Sonic
Implants and is supposedly really nice.
I know quite a few guys who insist on the real thing, and at least
one band that insists on touring with their Tron. They scare me. A
lot. I worked with Trons back before digital sampling was invented,
and you know what? When the Emulator came out, we were psyched, and
when the Mirage came out we were REALLY psyched. Perspective is
everything.
Oh, and Jimmy? It was EIGHT seconds, not seven. ;)
mike
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