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Subject: [Mellotronists] clarification

From: tron@...
Date: 2002-11-24

> And Don's mention of the Clavinova (which sucks as a piano)isn't
> taking into consideration all of the BETTER digital
> pianos(Korg,Rolands,etc.) that sound great.

The early 1980s Technics range - was it the DX? I thought they sounded
absolutely fabulous; dummy hammers, 17 layers of touch, wooden facings,
the lot. They cost �2000+ at the time. It sems you an get one now for
about �200.

> If you have EVERY note sampled from every tape bank at highest
> bandwidth and only eight seconds long,just what is the difference aside
> from the mechanical feel of tapes moving under rollers??

I dunno, but how come so many of us here can tell the difference between
the real thing and samples?

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/