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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] What if someone built...?

From: Ken Leonard <ken@...>
Date: 2002-11-23

At 08:46 PM 11/22/2002 +0000, charel196 wrote:
> Given the popularity of the trons these days on records and in
>studios,wouldn't it be cool if someone built and designed a totally
>digital,dedicated "tron only" clone (like a Korg BX3 does a Hammond or
>any digital piano).

Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock (avid 'tron enthusiast who may no longer have a
machine, though) has set up a Kurzweil to be the mother of all 'tron sample
players. I guess he used all his own samples to create this and went for
the utmost in authenticity.

Ken M - What's the nickname he has for it? Megatron or something.

Easier to transport than a Mark II for sure---and much more versatile.

But...

- Ken M's Mark II made the hair on the back of my neck stand up when we
first played his machine through the Wharfedales (3 violins, of course)

- My Hammond A-102 surrounds your legs with some wonderful analog goo as
you play it (don't visualize)

I wouldn't truck them around to a gig, though...If I were gigging, it'd be
the Korg X3 and the Roland M-VS1. :-)

It's all what you're into, what's convenient for you, what you can afford,
and personal preference. Yadda-yadda.

...kl...M400 #805 - not sampled, never will be