Hi again!
To me it's quite obvious that all manufactured tape heads are
optimized to work in a 90 deg. azimuth angle. Everything else
seems to be either an initial, non correctable, mistake or a way
to make the product look unique to the customers.
Take care!
/Lennart
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Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "John Beresford"
<j.k.beresford@s...> wrote:
>
> When Gordon Reid reviewed the MkVI beside his own M400 in Sound on
Sound a
> couple of years ago he said the differences to the frame were the
thumb
> screw threads as Martin said and the length which made one of the
separator
> pins catch on something in the M400. This wouldn't make any
difference to
> the tracking or the sound. What did make a difference in Gordon's
opinion
> was the apparent difference in azimuth between Streetly and MA
recordings
> and hence the machines themselves. Why this is I don't know as I
would have
> thought an azimuth of 90 degrees to the tape path was pretty
standard across
> all tape machines. Also Gordon said that MA's tapes were slightly
wider that
> Streetly's and so had a tendency to bind in the guide combs on
M400s. So for
> people like Mattias who use MA frames in Streetly machines do they
find the
> same or was this just a problem with the machine Gordon reviewed
or has
> Markus changed things to suit all machines?
> Talking of frames, when I was at Streetly the other day the guy's
showed me
> their new ones which did look very nice indeed.
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
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> On Behalf Of mellotrongirl
> Sent: 20 October 2005 23:16
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: But no bees...
>
> I had heard somewhere that even though the Mk VI racks are
compatable
> with an M-400, it's not an absolute exact match...so I guess this
> means the tracking is ever so slight and may make a difference with
> reproducing the sounds...true or rumour?
>
> The package deal would be great if someone wants a Mellotron with
> extra racks, but I kinda wish the seller would offer the option of
> selling the racks separate. Understandable tho' to offer it all as
a
> package deal and I'd do the same. (try and find a Leslie speaker on
> eBay w/o the organ...!) It seems however that Optigan seller
separate
> the unit from the discs.
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