I'm with Fritz and Mike on this one.....
Clay
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> From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:05 pm
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mellotrons Live vs Studio
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> The reason why Mellotron samples don't (usually) sound like a Mellotron
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> is because people making the samples come up with their own judgements
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> regarding eq, volume, pitching and the rest of it that makes it veer
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> well away from the original sound. Some samplers interpolate the sounds
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> I /have/ sampled my Mellotron strings, choir and brass faithfully
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> without making any adjustments whatsoever and I would happily defy
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> anyone to tell the real instrument from the samples. My problem is not
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> > I would imagine that the multiple overdubs that the studio albums
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> > really dilute the raw sound of the live instrument, as do
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> > the musical sensibilities of the producer. Hearing that
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> > realtime audio of tape moving across heads and passing through amps
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> > and speakers has an immediacy that doesn't seem to translate to
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> > recording. That's why Mellotron samples don't sound like a
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> > Mellotron. They sound like samples of a Mellotron.
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> > ----- Original Message -----
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> > ∗From:∗ Mark Pring <mailto:markpringnz@...>
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> > ∗To:∗ newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
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> > <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
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> > ∗Sent:∗ Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:53 AM
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> > ∗Subject:∗ [newmellotrongroup] Mellotrons Live vs Studio
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> > Just listening to some live Moody Blues track on Last FM, well
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> > actually Melancholy Man. Just got me thinking of the difference
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> > between the live and studio sound of the mellotron. I much prefer
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> > the live sound, not knowing much about recording, what do they do
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> > them in the recording studio to take most of the life out of them?
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> > Mark
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