At 03:16 AM 9/25/2002 +0000, Ron wrote:
>Wow I am kind of floored by the cost of a MKII. Everything that you
>read in regaurds to Mellotrons always come back to saying that a MKII
>is a far supperiour machine over the M400? Also, from what I can hear
>the sounds of the MKII seem to have more of an eire nature about them
>ie. strings. I really love the strings used in the old king crimsion
>and this new group caled ours. With the M400 can you get that same
>sound as the MKII or is that just the nature of the beast? With MKII
>being as much as $12,000 I don't forsee that in the near furture. I
>guess M400 fit into the buget a little easier. As many of the other
>members may feel thier is just a growing obsecne everytime you hear one.
From reading Frank Samagaio's book, and my experience with having
owned a Mk.V, I have to agree with Mike Pinder'and others feeling
that the M400 simply doesn't come up sonically to the Mk.II or the
Mk.V. Mike felt that the Mk.V finally incorporated all of the
improvements that the Mk.II and M400 should have had (or were made
during the life of it). Having played an M400 recently, I would
have to agree - I feel that sonically it just doesn't have the "heft"
and dynamic range of the Mk.II or Mk.V.
Given the price levels of the Mk.II and Mk.V these days, the best
alternative is good samples of the Mk.II / Mk.V.
I know, heresy! :)
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