Re: [Mellotronists] What makes a tron sound likenothing e Hi Andy,
just a thought -way back in the 70s when I played Mellotron onColin Scot's album 'Out of the blue', the producer Robin Cable (whoused to engineer for Elton John) got me to track the Mellotrons threetimes in order to 'iron out' the discrepancies. Listening to otheralbums of the time, I think that was quite common practice, althoughnot exclusively so (viz MikePinder and Rick Wakeman for just twoexamples.
There are reasonable hardware Mellotron violins and flutes on theGem Promega 3, together with wobbly bits in the notes; rather than theemasculated versions on Vintage keys.
Best wishes,
Dave.
Andy's right- has anyone here ever run into chords or intervals on the 3 violinsthat they can't use due to tuning issues? I'm not sure that tweakingevery note would 'un-Mellotron' them, as it's the tuning discrepancieswithin each note that produce that sound, but it would be tempting,and very easy, to overdo it.
AndyT.