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Subject: did the Birotron ever sound good?

From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
Date: 2006-11-23

I haven't heard those Birotron samples on M-Tron but always thought the instrument was
hard to hear on record (see Wakeman's CRIMINAL RECORD & Yes' TORMATO) very bass-ey
and distant sounding. I heard that Biro used 2 Mellotrons to make the 8 track tapes, so
you'd think that this potentially might've sounded good.
I assume one could create their own Birotron sounds by looping Mellotron samples then
lowering the fidelity (LP filter)