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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: NAMM Report

From: "Thomas C. Doncourt" <tomdcour@amnh.org>
Date: 2010-01-17

I thought for a moment you guys were talking about an on/off switch on the
sex robot. I had gathered that it was a very important feature. Phew!
There is no oversampling on the Nordwave. In fact I am suspicious of the
compression used although I did back to back listenings with it and full
samples from the "Pinder" disk and couldn't hear a difference.

> It looks like the same type of on/off switch found on most amplifiers
> (Vox, Fender, Orange, Hiwatt). My MK-VI has the same type of switch. It
> looks and feels like a switch to me. It makes a nice click sound. Not a
> mushy click or a spongy click, a nice snappy click.
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, kinchmusic@... wrote:
>>
>> Could have invested in some decent switchgear though. That On/Off switch
>> looks very homemade.
>> Andy K
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MAinPsych@...
>> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 12:20 am
>> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: NAMM Report
>>
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>> In a message dated 1/16/2010 2:11:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> djacques@... writes:
>> Markus has it set up on top of his Mellotron Mark V, and you cannot tell
>> the difference in sound.
>>
>>
>>
>> My 2 pence worth: Putting aside all the theorizing, at NAMM, David and
>> I did direct A-B comparisons between the digitial Mellotron and a MkVI.
>> I would defy anyone to tell the difference in sound (no one could), even
>> in the feel of the keyboard (the difference there is very slight). At
>> $1800. and 41 pounds with 100 sounds and (BTW) parameter control, it's
>> one hell of a machine.
>>
>> Frank1
>>
>> In a message dated 1/16/2010 2:11:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> djacques@... writes:
>> Markus has it set up on top of his Mellotron Mark V, and you cannot tell
>> the difference in sound.
>>
>>
>>
>> My 2 pence worth: Putting aside all the theorizing, at NAMM, David and
>> I did direct A-B comparisons between the digitial Mellotron and a MkVI.
>> I would defy anyone to tell the difference in sound (no one could), even
>> in the feel of the keyboard (the difference there is very slight). At
>> $1800. and 41 pounds with 100 sounds and (BTW) parameter control, it's
>> one hell of a machine.
>>
>> Frank1
>>
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