A combination of eq and compression, usually. Same as any other
instrument. Overdubbing won't help at all, which is why the compressor
generally gets wheeled out.
Mark Pring wrote:
>
> Just listening to some live Moody Blues track on Last FM, well
> actually Melancholy Man. Just got me thinking of the difference
> between the live and studio sound of the mellotron. I much prefer the
> live sound, not knowing much about recording, what do they do them in
> the recording studio to take most of the life out of them?
>
> Mark
>
>
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