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Subject: Re: Orford on trons

From: "Bernie Kornowicz" <kornowicz@...>
Date: 2005-04-22

Some more interesting quotes from a progressiveworld.net interview
with Martin (Orford):

"I used to have a Mellotron, but as soon as the tapes deteriorated
it never really sounded any good. The SampleTank Mellotrons sound
like the brand new original must have sounded, and they are really
spot-on."

Same damn thing happened to my Gibson Les Paul. As soon as the
strings went bad, it sounded like crap. I wonder if SampleTank has
some good guitar samples?

Bernie


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Mockenrue"
<mockenrue2000@y...> wrote:
>
> Martin Orford (IQ, Jadis) in a recent interview:
>
>
> TIM: Did you ever own a Mellotron?
>
> 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.