Yeah, I don't get it. In my case it was a recording of a live
performance of 'Epitaph', and it was quite obvious that they (Ian
McDonald!) had been tweaking some synth string patch to the effect of
producing something reminiscent of the MkII violins on the original KC
recording. Electronically simulated tape wobbles ... why?!
These things bother me.
Cheers,
Dagfinn
--- In
Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Pishock, Jimmy" <jimmy.
pishock@f...> wrote:
> I went down to Georgia to see my brother. While we were down there,
we
> caught them live. Some songs sounded good. Some didn't. Even
though on
> most of the songs (including Starless, Cirkus, Sailor's Tale) they
used
> decent Mellotron samples, the songs that it really counts (INCOTKC
and
> Epitaph), they used some sort of 80's string sample. I don't know
if
> someone's hand dialed in the wrong sound by accident and couldn't
get a
> proper hear through the monitors; but, the sounds were definitely
not even
> remotely Tronish. As a result, I'm sorry to say, after flying 400
miles,
> the show was a disappointment. Everyone played very well; but, for
some
> reason (the reason probably being that I was expecting insanely good
> Mellotron parts) the parts just did not add up to a whole.
>
> "Cadence and Cascade" and "I Talk To The Wind" were the show
highlights for
> me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dagfinn Hobaek [mailto:captain_yossarian@h...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 6:20 AM
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Schizoid (non-)Mellotron
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Um, I just caught a live streamed track by the 21st Century Schizoid
Band
> (former members of KC picking up old habits), and I noticed to my
(mild)
> horror that these guys, rather than using 'Tron samples (or better
still, a
> real 'Tron), have replaced the traditional string parts with
something like
> a modular synth emulation of the 3 violins tapes - and it sounds
awful!
> Anyone have any explanation for this most erratic and disturbing
behaviour?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dagfinn
>
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