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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Speaking of the M4000

From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-12-02

What I listed are ipso facto the limitations of the Mellotron as an instrument. I don't think anyone here will disagree with any of them.

You liking them or not is a matter of taste.

Mike


On 02/12/2010 12:04, tron400 wrote:
 



Mike, I think you and a few others misunderstand me. Frank Stickle's comment about not being able to drive them is closest to it if only for the absurdity. Pianos have limited range and only one voice. That's the way they're designed. I don't see that as a limitation. It is what it is.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
>
> On 01/12/2010 13:20, tron400 wrote:
> >
> > If Mellotrons have limitations, everything has limitations. No one
> > ever mentions the limitations of a guitar or a piano, yet the article
> > mentions Mellotron limitations without saying what they are. What are
> > they?
> >
>
> 1. Tuning
> 2. Range
> 3. Voices
> 4. Recording quality
> 5. Timbre
> 6. White noise
> 7. Tape audio artefacts
> 8. Tape transport
> 9. Playing position
>
>
> Give me a shout if you want more.
>


-- Mike Dickson, EdinburghFree Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedicksonOr http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks