Though I have no personal experience with them (I've heard a couple of
the voices and they sounded pretty good), the general consensus of the
list is that the best commercially available samples of the mellotron
are contained on the Mike Pinder Presents CD. The CD contains full
length note for note Samples of a wide variety of Mellotron and
Chamberlin tapesets and is available from Mellotron Archives - I think
it runs something like $200.
Best,
john barrick
1407
Rawl wrote:
>
> I know most of you are fortunate enough to OWN one of these great
> instruments but since I don't at the moment own one myself I would
> like to get the next best thing in the form of a sample library.
>
> The thought of using a sample library instead of the real thing
> might sound Blasphemous to any Mellotron owner/purist but not all of
> us are lucky enough to own a piece of musical history and since I
> truly love the unique characteristic sound of a Mellotron and would
> like to be able to employ it in some of my sequenced compositions, a
> sample library is the only way I will be able to get even close for
> now.
>
> Anyway, I would really like an opinion from anyone in the group on
> Emu's Mellotron (Vintage X Pro Vol 2) sample library if anyone is
> familiar with it. Or, if there is a suggestion for a better sample
> library than Emu's for use with Emulator X which can read most
> sample formats.
>
> So please, I am asking the group of folks most likely to be able to
> render a truly expert opinion. What would you suggest? (Be gentle)
>
> Sincerely,
> Rawl
>
>