well it WAS called "Mellotronics LTD"
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.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, Edinburgh
>
> Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/
> Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
> Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
> Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks
>