Thanx for the info Jerry!
You reckon an attenuator or some sorta inverse DI won't needed?With all the input gains set to minimum it'll still break up or sound saturated,albeit @ low level
I love the Moneypit reports,professor : ).Awed by your Tron collection!
That MKi is in original condition yeah?You got the cycling working again?
Cheers,H
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Onderwerp: Re: [Mellotronists] Mellotron 400 #920....Congratulations!
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>From: Hessel Herder <hessel@...>
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>Hi there,
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>Recently I finally found and bought a Mellotron,after a long quest : ).It's in pretty decent shape,both technically and cosmetically.I've been tinkering with the machine,cleaning and adjusting it,with the invaluable advice and help of Martin S. Ordered a new Streetly tape frame with flutes / strings / brass,all MKii.It came with the ( unusual? ) set of Sax / String Section /8 voice choir.For the next tape set I would love to get some more typical Moody sounds and wondered if you could maybe shed some more light on to what sound Pinder uses for his swoops in 'Best Way To Travel' and the ones leading up to the ' Voyage' ( notably in the live version of the latter )?Some organ sound?And technically,what's the best way of amplifying the Tron; I got it plugged into a guitar amp now but am I not losing anything due to bad impedance matching?
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>Cheers,Hessel Herder / Amsterdam,Holland
>hessel@...
>www.soundscape.nl
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Congrats, Hessel! Welcome to the Mellotron Club of insatiable love-hate of our Trons!
You are correct. Moodies used MK-II Church Organ pitch-bend on "Thinking.....Travel."
And the intro to "Voyage" on the studio album was MK-II Strings/Brass I'm pretty certain.
M400 output is pretty "hot". You should have no problem with std. hook-up.
Enjoy your Tron and a lifetime of musical fun with it.
Cheers , -- Jerry Korb at the Mellotron Ranch in New England, USA