Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group

Gary... Always remember the two requirements to be in this group. Thin skull & thick skin. You may mess with me to your hearts content. I can dish it out and I can take it. Mel, on the other hand, is thick skulled and thin skinned and he sometimes reads my email. He's also often drunk and somewhat stupid. So if he comes after you, don't take it hard. All he can do is make a lot of noise.

Frankl

 

Just messing with you Frank….you made that comment about “how’s your Mellotron doing” before….

…..it’s ok I had it coming J

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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lsf5275@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 3:57 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M4000 D

 

Why from me? I love the real ones, but I'd take a fake one too.

Frank

In a message dated 9/1/2011 6:41:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gabru@comsec.net writes:

 

The last time I recorded with a Mellotron (70’s) it sounded fine.  Back then they were borrowed or rented since

(to address your jab J) I don’t own one.  Now that may not allow me to have an opinion on this group but

I have recorded groups with Mellotron and samples and I spent copious amounts of time listening to Genesis,

King Crimson, etc. recorded and live…..and I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night! (US commercial for those abroad). 

Seriously , I have run them through guitar amps, reverb, and whatever to get the sound I wanted like the albums

I listened to.  Sorry if my ears aren’t as Mellotron astute as some here but I wasn’t trying to put down the tape machines

in any way….I think you know that…..actually I was expecting that response from Frank! J

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john barrick
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:00 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M4000 D

 

How does yours sound, Gary?

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:

 

In a live or studio mix you would never hear the difference especially after the reverb and

other processing that is commonly used on Mellotron tracks.  It will almost certainly out

sell the tape machines but most on this list will hate it no matter what it sounds like. 

Fire away…. J

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john barrick

∗Leo got it right the first time∗

∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗