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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Nord Electro 4 D

From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
Date: 2013-05-24

I would agree about the mellotron and chamberlin sounds in as much as they didn't sound quite right but I also had the feeling that I could  do lots of interesting things with them.  I think I could replace a couple of my keyboards and possibly my piano with the 81 key weighted action version of this. Might have to wait a year or two.

Mark


From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, 24 May 2013 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Nord Electro 4 D

 
Pretty impressive overall.

I have a Rhodes, Hammond, Wurlitzer, Vox Continental etc. and these emulations are pretty close.

What I wonder about is the touch sensitivity. How incrementally dynamic is it compared to the real things?

I thought that Hammond was the most realistic. I imagine they spent the most time and money on getting that right.

I have to say though that I'm not impressed at all with the Chamberlin sounds. The Mellotron wasn't that great either.
 
This could be down to the demonstrator though, as I doubt he's ever played the real things, and wouldn't play them the way we'd expect to hear them anyway.

There were only two Chamberlin sounds that were recognizable and they sounded very muffled and twee. The 'big-ness' just wasn't there.

Still, this would be a wonderful live instrument.





 

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 4:37 AM, Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

The mellotron part starts at around 18 minutes.

Mark