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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: It's all gone digital...........

From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: 2010-01-06

I guess what Markus was telling me is that Clavia was getting all the sounds. I never bothered to consider it further. This was many months before it was ever announced publicly. Obviously they would have to be sampled from a real Mellotron. I would think that Mark II sounds sampled from a Mark IV would be somewhat different then if sampled from a Mark II.
 
In a message dated 1/6/2010 3:54:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tomdcour@amnh.org writes:
 

The Mellotron Archives cdrom was produced from fresh tapes played through
actual melotrons and an M1 Chamberlin I'm pretty sure. I would guess they
would do the same thing with this new instrument.

> "These tapes were then used to create original soundbanks for a brand new
> Mellotron, manufactured with original tape heads, capstans,
> electronics etc. And from this brand new, exquisite instrument, the sounds
> were recorded using state of the art technology."
>
> I would think that if you want the sound of a Mellotron, you need to have
> the sound processed by a Mellotron, otherwise, wouldn't it sound too much
> like the actual recordings of the instruments?
>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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>> As I recall, Marcus told me they were taken from the masters.
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>> In a message dated 1/6/2010 2:05:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> kornowicz@.. . writes:
>>
>> I've uploaded the Nord Wave sample library pdf to the files section.
>> According to the document, Clavia sampled a MkVI.
>>
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