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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Fwd: Unable to deliver your message

From: Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
Date: 2015-11-12

That’s really silly.. :) Why buy something with the Mellotron name slapped on it when you can just get a perfectly good midi-board that can do everything and some samples, or one of the dozens of workstations that have mellotron samples? That’s if you want somethingg that does “everything”. The whole line between digital mellotrons and tape based is really getting weird….any device that can play mellotron samples is suddenly a mellotron if you slap the mellotron brand on it. The M4000d is a little different because it does emulate the nation of an original mellotron. So then why talk about these things in a mellotron group at all.? weird

On Nov 11, 2015, at 7:23 AM, David Davis feline1@feline1.co.uk [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:



Subject: Subject: Re: M4000D vs. Memotron
Bernie, 
you're just parroting your standard answers and not engaging with what I'm saying. 

It doesn't matter that on a real tape-based mellotron that's working properly, there's not a 'marshmallow' action that gives the effect of aftertouch.   I'm talking about being able to use the M4000D keyboard as a very nice PolyAT MIDI controller for OTHER things that AREN'T mellotrons.

I know you're sitting there going "What? Things that AREN'T MELLOTRONS?!  I don't understand! It doesn't compute! How could a musician be interested in things that AREN'T MELLOTRONS?!??! Are these musicians insane?!" but nevertheless, some people out there actually are, and their musical horizons are slightly broader that asking "Do I sound exactly like a King Crimson LP from 1969? DO I???  No?? Then I am WRONG :(  "