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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] another one.....M300 Tapes

From: egrefin@...
Date: 2005-03-17

Hello,

Here is the list of the M300A sounds (from Martin) :

Rhythm

       A                 B
SAMBA       BOSSA NOVA 
PIANO         DIXIELAND
QUICKSTEP      MEDIUM FOXTROT
LATIN           SLOW FOXTROT 
SLOW WALTZ   VIENNESE WALTZ
CELLO        ORGAN BASS

Leads

       A                B                       
FLUTE         TROMBONE
PIANO         VIBES
CLARINET      ORGAN
SPANISH GTR   ORGAN
ORGAN       CELESTE
VIOLIN        HARPSICHORD



Here is the list of the M300B sounds :

Rhythm

       A                B
VIENNESE WALTZ       QUICKSTEP 
SAMBA         SLOW WALTZ
6/8 TEMPO      DIXIELAND
POP           POP 
LATIN   SLOW FOXTROT
PIANO        ORGAN

Leads

       A                B                       
FLUTE         TROMBONE
PIANO         VIBES
CLARINET      ORGAN
SPANISH GTR   ORGAN
ORGAN       CELESTE
VIOLIN        HARPSICHORD


The first M300s had the M300A sounds. Then, this tape set was replaced
by the M300B.
The lead section seems identical between M300A and M300B but the
Violins sound :
M300A violins is 2 violins in unison (used by Gentle Giant and Barclay
James Harvest)
M300B violin is a solo violin (used by The Moody Blues)
I don't know the other differences between M300A and M300B sounds.
Martin ?

Cheers,

David
Egrefin Home Studio
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/egrefin


> Dear all
>
> OK, some confusion here - were there two different versions of the
> M300 tapeset? Is that what's meant by 'A' or 'B' violins? I've got a
> list of the M300 sounds in the same Word doc as the MkII, but it only
> lists one track of violins.
>
> Andy T.
>
> Orig.  "B" series tapes loaded within M300/037  have piano and organ
> across the entire keyboard (52 keys) at Station-6.
>
> Diminished chords (# 1-3), Rhythms (# 4-16) & percussion (# 17-19).
> Percussion keys also include the ending codas similar to  MK-II's.
> Leads from # 20-52 .    "A" Series tapes have 2 leads across the
> entire
> keyboard at different Stations. 2 and  3 , I believe .
>
> Most bespoke tapes for M300 series are span-limited. Only the
> piano,organ sounds are full-range. Too bad the violins aren't ....
> Please correct me  anyone, if I'm in error.
>