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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Ian Flute Sampled?

From: Ken Leonard <ken@...>
Date: 2005-10-08

>Is there a sampled version of Ian Flemming's flute for
>the Mellotron out by anayone?

Yes, but it always sounds like a Walther PPK going off for some reason.

I'm waiting to hear back from Jimmy on this, but I'm pretty sure the flutes
used on "Improvised Waves" are Ian McDonald's. The reason I'm not sure is
that they're in the mix now and don't have a ton of high end (they're
mellow), so I'm thinkin' I could go either way (I need to hear that high
D!!! :-) ). I'm pretty sure we're talking Ian here, though.

http://www.kleonard.com/kltunes/improvisedwaves.htm#sound

The sample Track 3 has the flute sound Jimmy used (and he did a delightful
job of playing on that track). I think there's a little in sample Tracks 2
and 4 as well.

Jimmy - are those Ian's for sure?

...kl...
M400 #805 - prefers the old stand-bys
M400 #1037 - prefers the "dreary set"

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