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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
Date: 2013-06-07

Thanks all-
   Completely true, trons don't like to be ignored.  In my case, the rocks (which were pinch rollers) badly need replacement.  Also, a previous owner, for some unknown reason, hacked (literally, with a sharp object) at the nylon sides of the pinch rollers, leaving divots in the plastic.  I have no idea what the intention was in this matter.  Removal of tape debris or (god forbid) oiling?  I just don't know.  Needless to say, many of the pucks don't turn evenly, and most of the roller surfaces are uneven.  I have taken them apart, cleaned the bearing surfaces inside & out, which helps for a while.  Thanks to Dr. Frank for past advice in this matter.  But pinch roller replacement is due, as soon as I can afford it.
 
   -Bruce D.
 

From: tronbros <tronbros@aol.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins
 
To clarify, if all the components were at optimum performance, you can leave a 'tron for a few weeks and just turn it on and it will sing. That's rarely the case though!

Best,

M
1963 to 2013 - 50 years of mellotrons

mellotronics.com on my iPad



On 7 Jun 2013, at 17:58, John Wright <jwright911703@gmail.com> wrote:
 
Yep, me too.  Mine hasn't been on in 6 or 7 weeks and when I played last weekend, I had a lot of loud keys and quiet key.  Got better the more I played it.

John
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:52 PM, tron400 <tron400@yahoo.com> wrote:
I often turn mine on and let them run, even if I don't plan on playing them. Even that makes a difference. A neglected Tron is an unhappy Tron and it can take a couple of contiguous days of playing to make it come back to life.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> They don't like to be ignored. Make a point to play it regularly, even if
> it's only for 15 minutes.
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> In a message dated 6/7/2013 12:14:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> pocotron@... writes:
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> Hi all-
>   #1221 hasn't been played for a while, until a few days  ago.  I had to
> demo it to my cousin, who had never seen one (and really  didn't comprehend it
> anyway).  I should play it more often.  It  wasn't a good or bad day for
> the old beastie.  Let's just say it had a "squeaky"  day.
>
>   I foresee new pinch rollers, as soon as some money appears  in my pocket.
>
>    -Bruce D.
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> From: mellotronmadness <markpringnz@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013  2:52 AM
> Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins
>
> <WBR
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> I like ambient sounds a lot myself, both of them sound pretty good, I  find
> Cyrstal fun but almost  incomprehensible.
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> Redtron is by  along way the best of the free tron vsts  in my opinion, I'm
> eternally grateful to Mike to bringing my attention to it,  it sounds
> better than M-Tron to my ears, and on a bad day better than  #1565.
>
> Mark
> --- In _mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  Bruce Daily <pocotron@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Mark-
> >  Ã‚   I'm a bit of an ambient sound freak.  So, I really liked  the
> sounds of the Zebralette and Crystal  synths.  And Redtron, of course!
> > Â
> > Â Â   -Bruce D.
> > Â
> >
> >
> >  ________________________________
> > From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@>
> > To: "_mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) "  <_mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) >
> > Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 8:25 PM
> > Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Nearly off topics 10 best free vst plugins
> >
> >
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> > Â
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> > Well my excuse is it's  very quiet in here and No.4 on the list is
> Redtron, otherwise it's just the usual shameless self  promotion I'm afraid.
> >
> > http://youtu.be/38zQzvebJGk
> >
> >
> >  Mark
> >
>




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