Hi Martin,
This is a tough choice. If you decide to tune up the old sounds,
will the original versions still be available for the "purists"
among us?
Bernie
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
>
> Now here's one for you and we'd welcome your
comments...................
>
> Just recently we have been asked to tune up original recordings.
One
> instance was the MKII Flute and the other was the MKII Brass.
Both these
> recordings are amongst the most popular ever in the Mellotron Song
Book.
>
> As a policy we never mess as we hold to the opinion that all our
favourite
> albums were made with the sounds as they were originally
recorded. However,
> the tuned up versions sounded fantastic and even seasoned
pedantic bastards
> like us agreed that it was wonderful not to have to find chord
inversions to
> avoid THAT NOTE!
>
> Talking with Woolly Wolstenholme, he says that half his time was
spent
> trying to find smooth chordal progressions that kept in tune as
best as possible
> and he had favourite notes in the M300A violins that he tried to
always avoid.
>
> There are so many dire notes amongst the recordings that you
become over
> aware of when making tapes and the temptation is to fix the
buggers. So what do
> you think about altering history even if the end result makes
things a lot
> easier to use?
>
> Best,
>
> Martin
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