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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] tales from orchestrally manoeuvring mellotrons in the dark
From: NormLeete@...
Date: 2003-05-15
In a message dated 14/05/2003 14:34:17 GMT Daylight Time, andy.thompson@... writes:
Other instruments including the aforementioned Emulators, Moogs, etc. all seem to have had their woes from time to time, it's just that you don't seem to hear so much of those.
Dear All,
We had more trouble with everything else, the two Mellotrons that we used never seemed to give any trouble as long as they had time to stabilise before the gig. We just used to keep them running all the time.
Close one with the MiniMoog, did important gig, get home Mini is all over the place the next day. Octaves all over the place, nothing in tune! Power supply completely stuffed - replacement parts needed. Also Oscillator 1 went supersonic annoying all dogs in local area. Still not bad for a 20 year old synth and at least you can still mend it. I wonder how many custom chips there are in the new MiniMoog Voyager?
All the best,
Norm