In a message dated 22/04/2005 15:18:37 GMT Standard Time, mockenrue2000@... writes:
MO : I used to have a Mellotron, but I sold it to Clive Nolan many
years ago. I liked the sounds but I don't like the actual instrument at
all. It's a horrible keyboard and they go wrong all the time. I would
much rather access those sounds using modern technology that actually
works! The Sampletank Mellotron sounds sound a lot better to me than my
old Mellotron 400 anyway, and generally I was pretty disappointed with
the real Mellotron.
To put this in perspective, Martin's M400 was an unserviced bag'o'shite when we had it in for restoration. Of course his opinion was going to be ever thus just as anyone would malign anything that functioned that badly. Stick a car in a garage for years and then try driving it as your main vehicle without adjustment or attention of any kind. People like Martin piss me off because their comments are based on their own lack of commitment to keep things electromechanical maintained. Arse!