Thanks Martin-
Great insight into Pinder's sound.
-Bruce Daily
--- tronbros@aol.com wrote:
> Okay...
>
> Domestic MKIIs had a VFO(Voltage frequency
> ocillator)control and this gave
> you a great pitch sweep downwards but not upwards.
> The motor pulley was
> matched to the VFO range to maximise this effect.
> MKIIs suffered from voltage
> sensitivity.
>
> SFX MKIIs had an early CMC4 style controller to
> quieten the audio path and
> give better control, away from voltage sensitivity.
> It also put a whine in
> the audio just like the dreaded CMC10.
>
> M300s were built in two different fashions. One
> style had pitch
> control(CMC4), the other didn't.
>
> Mike Pinder removed the top end shriek(for which
> MKIIs are notorious), sent
> the instrument through an amp which was placed in an
> isolated room with a
> mike(s) picking up the ensuing and already mitigated
> sound. He removed all
> attack on the violins through careful footpedal
> control. He also overdubbed like
> buggery using what appears to be two note inversions
> layer upon layer. The
> resulting melange was put through an EMT plate. It
> took a while to perfect
> and you can track the progress through the first
> four albums as they developed
> 'that' sound.
>
> Mike Dickson is from Scotland.
>
> M
> Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
>
> _www.mellotronics.com_
> (http://www.mellotronics.com/)
>
> US Sales East: Jimmy Moore_ JMoore6397@aol.com_
> (http://JMoore6397@aol.com/)
> US Sales West: Paul Cox_ pjc56@earthlink.net_
> (http://pjc56@earthlink.net/)
>
>
>
>
>
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