Before I reacquired #500, I went for 25 years without a Mellotron. Then I bought a keyboard that had Mellotron samples and I was in heaven. Over the years, I picked up samples from many sources, both commercial and non-commercial. Life was good. Then #500 came back into my life and suddenly I realized why samples will only ever come in second place. I can appreciate the effort that went into the design and creation of the M4000D and the effort to make it as much like a real Mellotron as possible. I've never played one, but in my mind it could never be a Mellotron. A painting or a photograph of a beautiful scene can never capture the spirit of the actual scene.
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "mellotronmadness" <markpringnz@...> wrote:
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> I've never understood the expression "lock and load", I don't know much about guns either, but wouldn't you have to load first?
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> Yours pedantically
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> Mark
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> PS much as I love the mellotron you are probably right, sadly it will only persist as a curiosity, however I think mellotrons will still be played after the dedicated sample players are forgotten, if you are using a sample player why restict yourself to one set of samples and pay way over the odds for it?
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Gary Brumm <gabru@> wrote:
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> > That's ridiculous Gino ....most every M4000D review has been staggering in its praise. I will most likely make the Streetly samples my next "Mellotron" type purchase
> > due to price but the M4000D had done to the Mellotron what the Ventilator has tone for the 122 Leslie....for all practical purposes it has replaced it. I think the
> > Streetly group are wonderful people and put a lot of care into every machine they builb but you can't ignore the reality that the day has come that these tape machines
> > have been relegated to collectors and enthusiasts and the season of the tape machine has past as a mainstream instrument for the sounds it produces. We all like the
> > Streetly group and this is meant with no disrespect at all...just an observation that is hard to deny and I am sure it has not been lost on Streetly. If tape machine sales
> > were still "booming" I doubt they would be selling samples and iPhone apps. Now I am sure I will be lambasted by the hard core tape guys but understand I am here
> > because of the tape machines and my lifelong interest in them so please keep that in mind before slinging the dung.
> >
> > Lock & Load!
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> > From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of gino wong
> > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 10:37 AM
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] need opinions for making a mellotron choice
> >
> >
> > Don't get me started on a 4000D. I know people who are full time working musicians who's records we have all bought and it is regarded as adirty oppurtunistic fake, like a guitar with Gribson or Pender on the headstock, there were such things.
> > If you can't afford a real Mellotron then don't bother buying an ersatrz device.. get a laptop or a sampler, theat plays Streetly approved samples. I have a Melotron and a computer and a sampler but I have felt no need for a thing that replicates a common thing like sample playback. If there was anything about these machines that made them special in termsof functionality I would not hesitate to reccomend.EG : I can't find a anything that repliactes my Crumar Performer.
> >
> > A VST playback module like the Muse would be what I would buy
> >
> > Look up the gear approach used by Radio Massacre International. A stripped down sampler with good samplesin a solid easy to maintain hardware shell and power sypply that demands no work to replace .is a great thing.
> > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM, mkmellotron <mkmellotron@<mailto:mkmellotron@>> wrote:
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> >
> > greatings from Greece
> > i am considering buying a digital mellotron,(i would prefer the analogue M4000 by streetly but it is way too expensive...)
> > So please share your thoughts M4000D or memotron / memotron rack.
> > Your opinions will be very usefull,thanks in advance
> >
> > ps: (i have the software) it is for gigging!!
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "All music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."
> > Louis Armstrong
> >
> >
> > Gino Wong Birgelo
> > BSComm, BSEE, CG, CSEC
> > Audio Production, Logistics, Analog Synthesizers, Sound Design
> >
> > Ginowong@<mailto:Ginowong@>
> >
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