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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: M-Tron (was Re: HELP NEEDED..Related Question )

From: "Chris Dale" <chris.dale@...>
Date: 2004-11-26

Sorry to burst anyone's bubble but (having/using actual Chamberlins as a
reference point), those Chamberlin sounds aren't all that great either. The
sparkle and warm ambience are missing. A good effort yes, but not good
enough in my opinion.


Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "J.K.Beresford" <j.k.beresford@...>
To: <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: M-Tron (was Re: HELP NEEDED..Related
Question )


> Some of the MTron sounds are a bit rough others okay. I
> particularly like the Chamberlin solo female voice - nice for
> Entangled together with the real tron 8-voice choir!
> I have to say the Birotron sounds are a pile of crap!
> John
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> > On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at 07:02 PM, MSB wrote:
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> > > ey do make a stand alone version of M-Tron, so you don't even need
> > > Cubase or V-Stack..."???
> > > Because what I read on the GMedia website says, as I've stated
> > > earlier: "According to the GMedia M-Tron webpage, ".....the M-Tron VST
> > > plug-in requires a VST 2.0 compatible host application such as Cubase
> > > VST or Logic Audio to operate.""
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> > > Could you perhaps direct me to the stand-alone so that I can further
> > > investigate??? I really appreciate, thanks!!!
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> > http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/m-tron/mtronfaq.html
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> > Yes, it is confusing, and you have to click around to find it. Like I
> > say, I haven't tried it yet. No stand alone version came in the box
> > when I bought it, but I later downloaded it; just haven't had time to
> > try it.
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> > BTW, GMedia also make an outstanding virtual Arp Odyssey too!
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> > BTW #2... I did once own a number of real vintage keyboard back in the
> > 70s, including a suitcase 73 Rhodes, Wurly 140B, Odyssey, and others,
> > but never a Mellotron. (I did once sit in with a prog band who had a
> > Mellotron and an Arp 2600.) I miss a lot about those old instruments,
> > but I don't miss all the maintenance, tuning, etc... I have no desire
> > to own a real tron. The virtual stuff is a lot of fun, and in some
> > ways better than the originals.
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> > I just got the Arturia Mini Moog, which is awesome! Sure, it's not
> > ∗exactly∗ like the original. But it also has a lot of advantages over
> > the original ... patch memory, polyphony, ∗MIDI∗(!) ....
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> > In terms of the Tron, I appreciate the real thing, believe me, and all
> > the great music made with it. But I mainly joined this group hoping to
> > perhaps bump into other users of M-Tron, other other virtual tron
> > solutions. Any other M-Tron users out there?
> >
> > Best,
> > Babz
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