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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] I washed my tron last night and now I can't do a thing with it

From: sdavmor <sdavmor@systemstheory.net>
Date: 2009-10-01

Mike Dickson wrote:
>
>
> Mine is the same.I distinctly recall that when I was recording
> 'Water Through Fingers' on the fiorst Systems Theory album it was
> worse than ever. The coda to that track features over a dozen
> Mellotron sounds, and recording one was not a problem, but the next
> was in variably out of tune to the tune of (say) a quarter tone
> flat. If I turned the pitch up by a hint of smattering of a
> suggestion then it was playing a semitone sharp. Back down the same
> amount and it was still sharp. A tad further down and it was back
> where it started.
>
> I gave up for the day and did it all again the next day. I recorded
> all tracks, one after another, with no pitch problems at all.
>
> Mike

It just wanted to remind you who was the boss.
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