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Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] Re: More Sample Questions

From: "David Jacques" <djacques@...>
Date: 2006-02-02

The Memotron's samples are also looped. I have always believed that the sample should be as close to the original as possible, and if the user wants to loop them, then they can do it from their own sampler. But they should have a choice.
 
The only looped samples I sell are for the Hammond B3, Vox Continental, and Gibson G101 organs. As they were all oscillator or tone wheel sources, looping is not such a big deal. B3's do have an "attack" when they key is initially pressed down as the key hits the contacts (a.k.a. Key Click), which is a good quality of the organ.  I simulate this within the Motif with an attack parameter.
 
Mellotrons, however, replicate the actual bow attack (or other instruments) that cannot be simulated with a high degree of accuracy. So I question looping these sounds in the first place.
 
The Pinder CD is not looped, and is completely authentic. I highly recommend it.
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The Hollow Sun samples are looped. Personally, I wouldn't want looped
samples. The beginning of the sound would have to be chopped off to
eliminate the instrument's attack for smooth looping.

Some of M-Trons's samples are pretty good. They also have samples that
are unavailable in any other collection. Some are redundant; same
sound, different name, different sources.

Sonic Implants claims to have gotten their samples from Tron models
M200, M300 and MkII. Anybody know what an M200 is?

Bernie







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