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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: NAMM Report

From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-01-18

I define 'adventurous use' as pushing a tape based instrument beyond what it's expected use might be, rather than just using it as a string pad - which is what you mostly get in the music of the last 20 years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:37 PM, ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com> wrote:
 

Are you on DRUGS Chris? If someone wanted to be adventurous live or in the studio using a new digital Mellotron, there is nothing holding them back.

"only...a generic Mellotron atmosphere" <- WTF is that? You are suggesting that the new digital Mellotron will be a poor substitute for the real thing. That's just nonsense.

Clay


--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@...> wrote:
> In general - these new digital trons are made with the contemporary music of the 90's and 2000's in mind - little or no adventurous Mellotron use. So I think if you only want a generic Mellotron atmosphere, these latest digital incarnations are fine.