>
> From my experience the real thing still wins! Smpled every note, full
> duration for a friend into a top end Yamaha sampler and as soon as you
> play chords the Mellotron wins hands down even though these are samplws
> of the same machine.
Fritz, Jerry, and I chatted about this when Jerry and I popped in on Fritz
for a visit last year. (If you missed that trip
report:
http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/mpma0404/interview.htm )
It must be something with the way the sounds get stacked up while traveling
through the head block, something a sampler wouldn't be dealing with in the
same way. So you wind up with chords that "aren't too much"; they actually
come out full without the notes fighting (although it is a brick wall). I
cannot speak from experience when it comes to 'tron chords from a
full-blown sampler.
OK, I'll go back to rearranging my sock drawer now.
>Same with a Fairlight although strangely the Fairlight samples we put onto
>Mellotron tapes get very close to a real Fairlight which was odd and very
>ironic...
Apparently there ∗is∗ justice in the world.
...kl...
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