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I am sure many Mellotron owners could tell the difference in some cases. But Mellotron owners are aficionados and few in number.
I agree completely that if you like the sound you are getting that is all that counts. My comments were in response to the Streetly
statement that they don’t “bad mouth” other companies yet they seem preoccupied with this new product of Marcus’s. I would
be willing to bet Marcus makes more money selling those in the next couple of years than all of the Mellotron and Streetly tape machines
sold in the last ten. But I think it’s great that Streetly and Marcus still build the tape machines for those loyal collectors and musicians
that want/use them. Also from what I ‘ve heard Streetly has top notch service and treats their customers very well as evidenced by
their activity on this group. The M4000D may make Markus realize that the tape market is more difficult and not worth doing, leaving
Streetly to own the tape based market. It may turn out to be a win win situation and I hope this is the case. Again, no disrespect was
meant to the fine people at Streetly in any case. Manufacturing these machines is obviously a labor of love appreciated by them and
there loyal owners. I am not an owner but was a user of the Mellotron and if I did not appreciate the magic of this instrument I wouldn’t
be here. ….as always IMHO & YMMV….
Cheers,
Gary
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 6:10 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT- NAMM 2011
It's about your personal connection with the machine as much as the sound..the feel of it. It's a very selfish feeling actually. I can fool 99.9% of the public with samples, but I can't fool myself. That's what counts!
fd
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 3:19 am
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT- NAMM 2011
Well I think it depends.
I've been able to tell the real thing apart from samples, but deeper in the mix - yes it's pretty difficult.
Also - I imagine most Mellotron owners could recognize when it is real or not.
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote: