Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists

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From: <dko4342@...>
To: <andy.thompson@...>
Cc: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 9:10 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Etcetera


> Thank you for the kind words. I remember people on this list that claimed
> they could anytime hear the difference between real mellotron and 'tron
> samples. So I decided to do my best to challenge that. I've done really
odd
> things like recording the sounds through two ancient Vox amps with reverb
to
> get closer to that elusive MKII sound. I also processed some with a
MiniMoog.
> But I am an honest man (I beleive), so I can't claim to play mellotron
where
> no mellotron is present. "Mellotron sounds" is the closest I can get to
the
> truth. Yet I don't think you can actually hear the difference.
> But NEXT time I will exploit M400 #160 to maximum.
>
> Cheers
>
> Frank

Thanks for your honesty, Frank! It's a bloody good album either way. Look
forward to hearing the 'Tron next time round!

Andy T.
M400 #1145 - celebrated its 30th birthday by being recorded twice in that
very week, and appearing in a video. :-)