Thanks Mark...!
Sad news indeed. I was hoping for a new source of crappy sounds...well well
guess I am stuck with my old ones...
BTW Does anyone around here have any of those weird eight track drum
machines that pop up now and then...Seems like a funkier cousin to the
Rhythmate...
// Mattias
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark kasian" <easle12@...>
To: "Mattias" <Mattias.olsson5@...>; <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Birotron dreams
> It's a bit of a waste of time really. The early
> Birotron sounds WERE Melltron sounds. Biro recorded
> his own Pipe Organ (Wakeman at the controls) and his
> own choir at the VERY end of their time. The loops
> were made using to TEAC tape decks playing two
> identical tape loops UPSIDE DOWN and 180 degrees out
> of synch to avoid the loop point. Biro cross-faded
> between the two machines to produce his eight track
> masters. All of this is from Kean via the well worn
> phone line. He interviewed Biro at length in
> Jacksonville Fla in the early 90's. Facinating but SAD
> story. Seems that Biro's fate was tied directly to
> Wakeman's divorce...which left him momentarily
> strapped for cash...which left Dave Biro out in the
> cold. End of his glory years I guess.
>
> Mark.
> --- Mattias <Mattias.olsson5@...> wrote:
> > Sorry..but I can´t let this slip. Markus...Streetly
> > boys ? Would it be possible to put Birotron sounds
> > on a 400 tape frame ?
> > Find a good startpoint on the loop and go go go ?
> > And what sounds are available...I found woodwinds
> > mentioned somewhere...but what does it mean ?
> >
> > Or are these sounds not be heard by human ears ?
> >
> > Mattias Olsson
> > Roth Händle Studios, Stockholm
> > www.roth-handle.nu
> >
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> > - Freddie Wadling - Daniel Lemma - Pineforest Crunch
> > - Vijaya - Johan Moraeus
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