Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group

I think it's safe to say that all tape playing mellotrons will have an unusual feel. They all have a key tension spring, roller spring, pad spring. Some might feel a little different than others, but they are all bloody strange devices and they are all going to feel a bit weird.

Remember that "WTF!" moment when you first played one?

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring <markpringnz@...> wrote:
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> I haven't played one of those, how does it compare to an M4000?
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> --- On Fri, 1/15/10, David Jacques <djacques@...> wrote:
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> From: David Jacques <djacques@...>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] NAMM Report
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 4:42 PM
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> I was referring to the NEW mellotron keyboard that Markus designed for his Model 400. That has a pretty good feel to it. There is no way I would want to gig with my original SM400 keyboard! 
> On Jan 14, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Mark Pring wrote:
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> Can't see the advantage of having a mellotron keyboard action, it's horrible! A nice weighted keyboard action would have been better. I suppose if you are used to tron action you might prefer it, but if you are used to tron action you probably won't be buying one of these.
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> --- On Fri, 1/15/10, David Jacques <djacques@csulb. edu> wrote:
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> From: David Jacques <djacques@csulb. edu>
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] NAMM Report
> To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 3:36 PM
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> Just returned from my first day at NAMM, Saw Markus with the new 
> digital Mellotron. It sounds and plays great. Although it is still in 
> prototype stage you can play two sounds on it (3 Violins and Flute). 
> Eventually he will have over 100 loaded (including the entire 
> mellotron, optigin, and chamberlin sounds). What is REALLY cool is 
> that he uses the original SM400 keyboard... Completely wood with the 
> same length all the way back into the keyboard cartridge. in fact it 
> looks and feels exactly like a Mellotron keyboard unit. Completely 
> built out of wood and metal like the original, Very nice.
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> It was sitting in top of his new Mellotron and it sounded identical.
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> He said that he is looking at production models in two or three months. 
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