Hi Martin,
Splendid idea, go for it! I think it would be good to still keep the
original versions available as an alternative choice for the purists
(seems to be the general consensus on here so far), but if it means
being able to play without said note avoidance I'm all for
correctly-tuned versions.
Regards,
Tony S.
M400S #581
--- 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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