It could be the inverse; you could be hearing intermodulation products
in the Mellotron preamp that don't exist in the sampler, which could be
construed as "glue" or warmth. Same reason engineers often like to pass
a digital mix through a piece of tube gear; it's not that the digital
summing is bad, it's that the analog piece adds something.
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Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Hofmeyer
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Mellotronists@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: Fw: [Mellotronists] 'Tron hate...
I've always thought that the result of an analog summing buss
is much more 'natural' sounding than digital.
My guess is that the upper harmonics are more fairly
represented in the analog sum.
-jh
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NormLeete@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 23/04/2005 01:27:48 GMT Daylight Time,
> ken@...
> writes:
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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...
>
> Norm
>
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