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Subject: Re: Ebay MARK VI TAPE LOOP BASED PLAYBACK SAMPLER ORGAN...

From: "Bernie" <kornowicz@...>
Date: 2007-08-07

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Peters" <mp@...>
wrote:
>
> the description says,
>
> "I've recorded with the computer model version of this (GForce's
MTRON) and
> the difference in sound quality is HUGE...The real Mellotron
trumps the
> MTRON by far and has a huge advantage in audio bandwith (tube
preamp!) over
> the digitally modeled version"
>
> would you agree to this? disagree? I would have thought that a 1:1
sample of
> each note (as in MTron) can't be substantially worse than the
original.
>
> Michael www.michaelpeters.de
>

It depends on the condition of the Tron the samples came from. The
Trons that the original M-Tron samples came from most likely weren't
in the best condition. Even under ideal conditions, samples can
never match the real thing.

Bernie