Exactly - I have the Pindertron CD-ROM -
it takes about 7 minutes to load it all up into the RAM off the hard drive on my Akai MPC4000 and many boring hours programming the thing to make the sounds play in the right song. It's a pain in the ass.
If I had the cash I'd love a dedicated mellotron keyboard to use at gigs which I can just switch on and it'll always have the right sounds louded at the flick of a switch.
I have no idea why Martin & JB thing we'd confuse the M4000 and the M4000D, we're not eejits!
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Charles" <charel196@...> wrote:
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> The CD sample rate is lower. (I have it on my Emu E4K and it sounds great) Why buy an M4000D? Why buy a Memotron? For immediate access in a live rig to a dedicated instrument doing a retro job. Why buy a digital Hammond? Digital piano? Convenience.
> I see the M4000D (and Memotron) as the next logical step of evolution of the Mellotron. Why is everyone so hung up on PLAYING BACK STRIPS OF TAPE? Yes it's cool..yes it was the starting point....but are people obsessing over the method and forgetting the reason for the sounds? The video demo of Markus' unit sounds great to me. I want one. I had an M400 for 25 years but have no desire to go back to that technology for moving around to live gigs. Loading tron banks into the E4K in a live show takes time (even if you have a bunch of sounds per bank)and the digital units provide immediate changes.
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