some guys remind me of horse & buggy owners protesting the automobile.:)
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tron400" <tron400@...> wrote:
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> The last frame I bought was tuned M400 Violins/Flute/Cello. It's true that the Violins were Eq'd for the M400, but they were EQ'd by Streetly. I don't know if the other sounds were EQ'd. But since they're Streetly tapes, I know they're as close as you can get to what a Mellotron should "sound like".
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> Don't get me wrong, I think the M4000D could be a good alternative to tapes. I'd like to try one, but I know I would still prefer tapes played via an electromechanical object.
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Charles" <charel196@> wrote:
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> > so if you bought a new tape rack and played an E Major chord and the fifth was recorded out of tune, you'd prefer that over buying a digital unit with all the notes properly tuned and de-noised?
> > Even your Mellotron library was recorded and EQ'd with someone else's idea of how it should sound.
> > I just don't get it, I guess.
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> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
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> > > It's one thing to alter the sound of your Mellotron or samples, but it's another thing to have someone else decide for you how it should fundamentally sound.
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> > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Charles" <charel196@> wrote:
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> > > > do you think Mike Pinder never did any "tampering" to make his units sound "better"? Geeezus....to me the M4000D is the outgrowth of all the years of addressing the complaints about exactly what was wrong with the tape system by all the major artists (tuning, noise, etc.)
> > > > Do you think if Harry Chamberlin had this technology at his disposal he would have used tapes?
> > > > It may not be a "real Mellotron/Chamberlin" in the eyes of the hardcore obsessives but for me it's a completely normal development in the lineage and deserves the name.
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