Hi, all-
Thought I would throw another wrench in the fire
(probably replete with erroneous 70's memories, too).
It seems I read once that 10cc used a large multitrack
recorder to create a playable choir of their own
voices on the song "I'm Not In Love". Once the vocal
tracks were laid down on the same area of tape, the
section was cut out, and spliced in a loop. It was
loaded back on the machine (with appropriate tension),
and played off a mixing console using the solo buttons
as a keyboard. I don't know where I read this, but it
stuck in my mind for years. Maybe a similar idea was
used by those clever Germans.
Bruce Daily
M400 1221
P.S. I admit to playing my 'tron "solo" in my living
room (no mixer yet). So far my friends just smile,
scratch their heads, and mumble something about "could
be done digitally". Oh well, what do they know? I'm
happy.
--- charel196 <
charel196@...> wrote:
> let's not forget the "Singing Keyboard" from the
> 1930s, which was a tron/Chamberlin idea
> using movie film as the medium and light to read it
> a/la Orchestron. I'd love to hear any
> examples of it....somebody back then had to have
> made a recording....
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Andy
> Thompson" <andy.thompson@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: NormLeete@...
> > To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 11:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Solo trons
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 22/04/2007 23:02:29 GMT
> Standard Time, andy.thompson@...
> writes:
> > an early European one-off attempt to use the
> > Chamberlin/Mellotron idea, with infinite
> sustain
> > I thought it was a modified Mellotron...
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
> > Norm
> >
> > What little I've been able to find out about it
> seems to indicate that it was built in the
> '50s! It also sounds unbelievably complex to play,
> making the 'MkII rhythms' technique
> dound like a doddle. :-) It allegedly resides in
> 'a west German museum' now, so if
> ANYONE has any idea which...
> >
> > Andy T.
> >
>
>
>
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