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Subject: Re: M300 sound

From: "dan_miso" <dan_miso@yahoo.com>
Date: 2009-09-30

That's WAY too much butter, Rick!

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Rick Blechta <rick@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Sep 30, 2009, at 2:14 PM, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> > I run my Trons dry into a Mackie 12 channel mixer, then loop it out
> > and through an Alesis Nanoverb and back into the mixer on a
> > different channel. I pan the separate channels left and right and
> > can activate the reverb with a foot switch. It gives a very
> > interesting sound, with the reverb saturation control right at my
> > fingertips.
>
> I ran my tron dry into a Mixmaster set on low for 30 seconds, then
> slowly mixed in 30 pounds of creamed butter, 16 1/2 pounds of sugar, a
> pinch of salt, three dozen beaten eggs, a teaspoon or two of vanilla
> extract and around 60 pounds of flour. I got some VERY interesting
> cookies after baking for 20 minutes in a 325 degree oven. Had a hard
> time finding an oven big enough and we were still pulling bits of tape
> from our teeth a month later...
>