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From: <jeffc@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:20 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] tangerine dream 1975 sound effects CD/tape set.




> were any other tape sets contructed like this?
> [other than, obviously, the repeated notes on the 8-voice choir set?]

Although, of course, that's merely a serendipitous side-effect of the tenors
not being able to sing high enough, rather than a deliberate policy. :-)
I utilised this 'feature' on the album we did last year, playing a single
choir note for over two mins, with only the octave shift of the female
voices giving the game away.

> [fresh from finishing repairs on M400 1189 [i think?].
> some idiot using our studio tried to tap into the signal directly
> in the control panel by cutting the wires from the headblock and
> tapping the signal from there. needless to say, the next person
> to use the tron had some difficulties.
> said idiot is banned from our studio permanently.
> it's all fixed now, and a fresh keyboard adjustment has the M400
> sounding, according to our staff engineer, better than ever.

He did WHAT, Jeff? And said what when it was pointed out to him that he's a
∗∗∗∗? Is this character in the habit of opening vintage instruments up and
amending their interiors?

Andy T.
M400 #1145, probably ex-Gryphon, though Richard Harvey hasn't replied to my
polite e-mail on the subject, and probably won't.