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Subject: Re: OT- NAMM 2011

From: "ClayE" <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
Date: 2011-01-25

Chris Dale wrote:

> I believe Markus must have either taken the tapes from the Chamberlin masters, with the exception of sampling whatever was in the M1 he had in for repair at the time.

I believe that they are excellent digital samples taken from Mellotron and Chamberlin outputs. On the Pinder CD it says "each key sampled directly from the most meticulously cared-for Mellotrons and Chamberlins". They (DK and MR) have had access to a variety of Chamberlins and Chamberlin sounds over the years. Whenever they could sample a particular Chamberlin sound, they would.

Don't forget that 99 sounds would be 33 tape frames. Maybe there is something not quite right about this keyboard other than its crappy name. Right now, I don't know of anything.

Clay