> From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@...>
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:57:06 -0700 (PDT)
>
> I think you have just agreed with me. One of the
> reasons I don't own a tron is because I live in a
> fairly isloated part of the world, if something went
> wrong with it, I certainly wouldn't be able to fix it
> or find anyone who knew anything about one.
Grokking the innards of a musical instrument, arguably, makes one a
much better musician. It certainly makes for a more intimate
connection between the player and their instrument.
> It's a shame that sampling doesn't work, in the end it's only the
> sound that interests me, if they could make a soild state tron
> which sounded as good as the real thing I would have one,
> although having said that somehow it wouldn't be quite the same
> even if it sounded identical.
>
> I think I am beginning to ramble.
I think you're really close to something very profound.
> From: Rick Blechta <rick@...>
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:35:42 -0400
>
> I have noticed that mellotrons can sound subtly different when
> different people play them. It probably has something to do with
> the way the keys are depressed. Take that samplers!
And that's the same profound concept approached from the other side.
-- Don
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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...http://www.till.com