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Subject: Re: Hello in Mellotron land

From: "tron400" <tron400@yahoo.com>
Date: 2012-02-27

One more thing: we need your serial number.

Bernie
M400 #500 (a.k.a. #497)

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> Welcome aboard! Good group of guys here, and a wealth of knowledge. Bernie
> is right, to survive here you'll need a thick skin and a thin skull... If
> you need help or have questions, ask away.
>
> Frank
>
>
> In a message dated 2/27/2012 2:08:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> capnreverb@... writes:
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>
>
>
> I guess I joined the old group that a member here was kind enough to point
> out to me so I'll post here instead. Thanks!
>
> Just joined and this is my first post. Ever since I was a kid I wanted a
> Mellotron and twenty five years later it finally came true. I have a m400
> with two sets of tapes in my attic recording studio. Works ok but I have to
> futz with it a lot, but I knew when I bought it that there was going to be a
> learnig curve. I just love it. One set of tapes is the standard flute,
> cello, and strings. The other set is kinda weird. It has six sounds each
> divided at the center key, plus some sound effects at the end of one of the
> sounds. How common was that? The crappy part about that is that the sound
> effects are on the choir half, leaving me only an octave of choir, I wish it had
> been the flutes! The choir is my favorite sound, so I just ordered a new
> set of tapes with full choirs from Markus Resch. I look forward to reading
> and hopefully getting a few question answered.
>
> Thanks!
> -jason wietlispach
> Oak Creek, Wisconsin
>