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On 5 November 2015 at 16:17, 'Hammonddave2004@yahoo.com' hammonddave2004@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Aren't those sounds all playable on Martins web site?
Sent from my iPadHello fellow Mellotronists,
I'm thinking about replacing my old tapes on one frame (3 violins, 8 choir and church organ), 'cause the tapes have been used a lot and I have sometimes even trouble with sticky tapes (that won't come back after releasing the key...). OK, I'am not only thinking about to do so, I am pretty sure :-)
The idea is to get new tapes from Martin in England, but I'am not sure which I should pick: the pitch-correctes 3 violins (as "the" ultimative Mellotron sound) or something different like solo violin, or one of the M300-strings?
The choir should be the original, but instead of the church organ I thought about a brass sound. Which one would you suggest?
I have carefully listened to the sound examples on the website, but some sounded dated and very short, some are not very "neutral" — a short melody line is very different to some block chords, for example. Has someone recorded, lets say, solo violin, M300 strings or some of the different brass sounds and uploaded it on youtube or sound cloud? Long notes would be fine to get an idea how it may work in different musical situations... That may help me to make a decision!
Thanks for any help & suggestions,
Thomas
--Mike DicksonEdinburgh