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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Chamberlin sounds

From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-05-25

It would have been Mixed Brass B.
 
The MK II sounds were never available for the M400 until the 1990's
 
Tony Banks complained about Mixed Brass B being out of tune with the 3 violins so that it made playing Watcher Of The Skies difficult when mixing the two sounds with the track selector on the M400. On the MK II, the Brass and 3 violins were in tune.  
 
That's one way you can tell the two sounds apart, as they sound close. The other is that MK II Brass sounds slightly more powerful than M400 Brass. There seems to be more punch in the bass range.
 
Of course, another variant here though is whether Banks got his tapes from Mellotronics Ltd. which ran their tape making machine at a slightly different speed, compared to Streetly which ran theirs at the original standard speed.
 
I think Mike Dickson or Martin mentioned it one time - 10 years ago now I think!!
 
  

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Andy kinch <kinchmusic@aol.com> wrote:
 

What I can't remember is whether it would have been Mk2 brass or Mixed Brass B. I rather think it was the latter.



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From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 1:48 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Chamberlin sounds




On May 25, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Chris Dale wrote:

The earlier standard set was Brass / Violins / Flute  according to one of the brochures.

Yes, it was. I ordered one fairly early on (1973) and they changed the standard set just as they shipped mine. It came with cello/violins/flute and I remember being disappointed about not having brass -- at first.