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Subject: [Mellotronists] MK2 sustained chords

From: tron@...
Date: 2004-08-22

> Anybody ever try putting the same sound on both sides of a MK2 or MK5
> so that when,say...the violins tapes end on one side, you could
> switch to the same chord/note on the other side and go back and forth
> to hold the notes "indefinitely"?

Didn't Wakeman pull that trick using two M400s?

Imagine trying to synch up two M400s with old motors so that they are
within a quarter tone. Mind you, it couldn't have sounded worse than his
Springotron.

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