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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Leonard" <ken@...>
To: "Mellotronists" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Mellotronists] 'Tron hate...



> >Somebody on the list (Ken Leonard?) has a great mp3 file of an A/B test
of a
> >real Mellotron and a sampled Mellotron (eMu Vintage Synth, if I recall)
> >posted on their site - about fifteen minutes of same phrases
back-and-forth,

Had Ken actually done the A-B with the Emu box, it would've been a
grotequely unfair comparison - those have to be some of the worst 'Tron
samples I've come across.

> It's M400 #805 vs. the Roland M-VS1.

Despite the fact that I use the same unit live, the comparison's still
pretty unfair! About an octave of useable choirs, I think.

> Hmmm...Maybe the REAL comparison is comparing #805 to its sampled self
> (which I can also do on my PC)? Nawww, I have to rearrange my sock
drawer.

Oh go on, Ken... That would be the fairest comparison, but I think we all
know who'd win.

Andy T.