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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Jan Hammer/Mark V/Freeman String Synth

From: "J.K.Beresford" <j.k.beresford@...>
Date: 2002-10-30

Of course Jimmy Page has the prototype MkVI.
John

To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
Date sent: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:39:56 -0000
Subject: [Mellotronists] Jan Hammer/Mark V/Freeman String Synth

> I have been listening to THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS by Jan Hammer which is
> due out as a remastered CD shortly...just wanted to state that I think
> this is a fantastic piece of work and the Mark V Jan uses sounds
> amazing.He also used a Freeman String Symphoniser...what a rarity.I
> had read long ago that he ran the tron and the Freeman thru a Moog
> String Filter to get a more wooden acoustic quality.Jan's use of
> female voices is really nice as well.They don't sound like the stock
> female tape.
> Made me wonder just who had Mark Vs...there weren't that many
> made.There was Jan,T.Dream,Moraz,McCartney,Pinder,Klaus Schulze I
> believe had one,Neil Diamond's band,who else?Anyone?
> Anyone in this group have or ever owned a Freeman?It had a nice
> smooth tone compared to all the other string synths...wondered about
> reliability stories or comments. Charles
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