Much preferred over both. I have long been a fan of the mellotron sound.
I have the Pinder mellotron sample set as well as a sample set done by Emu
for the Emulator line. A lot of these are unlooped with samples for every
key. Unfortunately many of the samples are very noisy and out of tune (in
other words just like the real thing.)
I have even gone so far as to buy an Emu Custom Proteus and burn my own
mellotron banks. Having said all that, I don't have a Vintage Pro yet, but
my birthday is next week and I'm hoping for one then. I have auditioned
one at length at the local music store and was quite impressed by the
Electric Piano, Clav and Synth sounds as well as the mellotron sounds. I
would note that the Hammond sounds were somewhat disappointing. The
mellotron sounds are looped and there are certainly not individual 8 second
samples for each key, but the flavor and sound of the original is captured
very well. Possibly even better than the full sample sets I have for the E
IV. I used to have one of the original Vintage Keys modules. I was never
particularly impressed with it. I sold it recently to help support my
addiction (MOTM.)
-----Original Message-----
From:jhaible [SMTP:
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Sent:Saturday, June 14, 2003 4:41 PM
To:
motm@yahoogroups.com; paulhaneberg
Subject:Re: [motm] Re: More Pawn Shop Booty
> BTW, the new EMU Vintage Proteus module has the best mellotron
> samples I've ever heard, much preferred over the original and much
> less expensive as well.
Much preferred over the original Vintage Keys, or much preferred
over the original Mellotron ? (;->)
Are the samples full length (no loops) and a different sample for each
key? (Should not be difficult with today's typical memory size, but
have they done it that way ?)
JH.