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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Vako Orchestron model C quickie Q.

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Davis?= <feline1@...>
Date: 2003-11-25

tsk,
it was good enough for kraftwerk :-/

--- kinchmusic@... wrote: > Fidelity? What fidelity?
My experience of this truly
> awful machine is that
> of trying, and failing to get a realistic sound from it
> at all! The perceived
> bandwidth was so narrow, and the each note's loop had
> such a pronounced click,
> I found it virtually unusable except way back in the mix
> with tons of 'verb.
> If memory serves me, I think that third fader was a tone
> filter.Open that up
> and the background noise would smack you straight between
> the ears! Guessing
> that the reserve on this item is still some way off, my
> advise to anyone who's
> thinking of bidding is ...Don't! You are likely to end up
> in a pool of
> disapointment. There were only a few of these instruments
> ever made. I wonder why.
> Andy K
> EMI m400 E4/1405
>

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