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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] ID The Keyboard?

From: Andy kinch <kinchmusic@aol.com>
Date: 2011-09-25

I use 2 sources for my "Solina" parts. The first is on the Roland XP80's "Vintage" card. Now I also have a brilliant version on my Nord Electro 2. Both perfectly useable IMO.
In the mid seventies, a friend of mine had a Masive "Eminent" Organ which had virtually the same "buzzy" string sound as the Solina.
For recording, I like to use the Mellotron for mid strings down, and then mix in the "Solina" flavour for the higher register. Nice blend.
Andy K



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From: john barrick <barrickjohn262@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:33
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] ID The Keyboard?

 
John - thanks much for posting.  This sounds very tempting, and I may just undertake it as my next project.  I guess I better start trolling ebay and other sources for an input keyboard.  I had read that the Solina used a sawtooth wave generator, but in the article, he says it's square but highly filtered.  That's interesting.

I'd love to find an old Solina, but at the end of the day, the sound is what's important.

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:56 AM, John Hammaren <hammaren@geoconcepts.com> wrote:
 
Check this out. Before I bought my Solina, I was planning on building a Triple Chorus module for my DotCom. Great engineering overview by one of the synth DIY masters out there. Has a nice explanation of the Solina.
 
 
 
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john barrick

∗Leo got it right the first time∗
∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗