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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Younger" <e4103s@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:59 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] 'Tron hate...


> Hello again,
> I love to watch the fur fly! Scathing commentary!

Nah, this isn't fur flying... :-)

> I have a friend as well, who swears by the sample. He also swears by
> protools and I, in turn, swear at him, as a result. At one point, during
a heated
> analog vs digital argument, of which we seem to have an unending supply, I
> mentioned recently aquiring my EMI. He came over with his infernal laptop
> and we set to comparing the two through my studio's monitors. To his
> embarassment, the real thing won, of course. More body and dynamics. The
> samples were flat and grainy, while the EMI seemed to breathe the notes
forth
> like surging ocean waves. We have not argued about such things since.
> Mellotron - 1, Sampletank - 0.

Heh heh heh. Yeah, when neo-prog troupe Galahad (stop laughing at the back)
recorded with mine a few years back, they were of a mind to only replace the
already-recorded 'Tron string samples, leaving the choirs, "'Cos they sound
fine". Until the dreaded A-B comparison. Heh heh heh. Cue replacement of all
samples.

> I hope to make a few of my more Mellotron-oriented albums available
by
> MP3 shortly, so that I may enjoy the spit and daggers of opinion, as well.
The
> reviews from this group are always so refreshingly raw and unabashed.

I've obviously missed a posting here, Jack - what's available, and where can
I get it?

Andy T.