Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists

Jon Salley wrote:
 
The final piece of the puzzle is to tune the Mellotron down by 1-3 cents or so, just enough to give it a little bit of melancholy flatness in pitch.
 
You get the three ambiences playing against each other, the distance, the thickness of sound, the individuality of each strip of tape, and that little bit of sad wistfulness that the flat intonation provides.
 


TOO RIGHT JON!!

I reckon you've hit the nail on the head here!...  Tuning is all!..Our beloved Novatron is often recorded at such a pitch, and sounds GORGEOUS!!.. (Try the Audio download clip "In Love with Sundae" on our website...)  In contrast, our latest recording called for 'Tron 'cello, which we decided to route through Antares Autotune, a result so horribly realistic was achieved that we substituted real 'cello instead!

CfN!!

C

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