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Hi Bruce , thanks for your input into this confusing issue. My Nord wave
was bought used but had all the sounds on it so I don't know if they came
on a disc. They are easily downloaded from the nord site though!
I'm comparing the Mellotron (Markus/Kean) library with Streely's....
First off there are three distinct M300 "string" sets that I have found.
One is the 2 violin that Wooly made famous. Then there is a string section
consisting of celloes, violas and violins. Last there is a solo violin (I
heard this one for myself at the Mellotron Ranch).
On the "Pinder Presents" disc of samples the M300 strings are the
cello/viola/ strings.
Mellotron's library has this as their M300A sound. If you buy a set for
your M400 you get that violin/viola section with a few cellos at the lower
register. Their M300B is the two violin sound.
Streetly has the M300A as the two violin sound. The Streetly M300B sounds
to me like the solo violin and I double checked this with the M300 solo
violin on the Nord and my recordings of Jerry's
M300. Phew, that's as much as I can figure out.TD

> Tom-
>   A late response.  Just curious, did your Nord Wave come with all
> the 'Tron sounds, or were they on a disc or download?
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>   Yeah, my references are to the Streetly library.
>   Mr. Kean's Mellotron listing is confusing, and so are the library
> sounds.  I wonder where he got his sound descriptions from?  Were they
> written on the master tape boxes, and/or passed down from Les Bradley? 
> His "String Section" and String Section 2" seem like Streetly's "String
> Section" & "String Section w/o Cello" respectively.  Kean's "M300A" and
> "M300B Strings" both seem to have 2 violins each, but are diferent
> recordings.  Kean's "M300A Strings" may be 2 violas (contrary to the
> library description of 3 violins, violas & 'cello).  The weird thing is
> that the Kean's "M300B Strings" compares closest to Streetly's "M300A 2
> violins"!!   Kean doesn't have a "M300B Solo Violin" like Streetly, but
> his "Solo Violin" sounds the same.
>   Then there's Kean's "Solo Viola" recording, which sounds like a 'cello
> on the lowest sample note!  Let's mix it up!
>   But, I have respect for both companies for keeping up the sounds,
> history and tradition.
>  
>     -Bruce D
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> --- On Wed, 3/3/10, Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:
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> From: Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] String sound on "Never Comes the Day"
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 5:24 PM
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> Thanks Bruce! I'm going to have to try the M300A , which I do already
> have!?! It's possible that I didn't recognize it because of Pinder's
> handling of it. I have some confusion over the M300 strings-from what i
> could make out there appears to be an A version which is 2 violins, a B
> version which is solo and a String section which is split in three
> parts-violin , viola and cello. Mellotron archives and Streetly seem to be
> at odds with how these are labeled. I played a solo violin on the 300 up
> at the Mellotron Ranch and really loved it, it's on my Nordwave as solo
> violin M300 and it sounds like the M300b that is on the Streetly tape
> library.
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>> Hi Tom-
>>    I'm very sure Pinder used the M300A 2 Violins on "Never
>> Comes the
>> Day".  I have it on one of my frames, which it matches.  Sounds
>> like he
>> doubled it by recording on in the left ch, and also on the
>> right.
>>    An alternate choice might be the "Classic Strings".  You get
>> the 2
>> M300A violins with the 3 MK2 violins, a total of 5 violins!!
>>    The exchange rate dropped briefly below $1.50 this morning. 
>> I say
>> it can happen again.
>>  
>>    -Bruce D.
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>>   - On Tue, 3/2/10, Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh. org> wrote:
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>> From: Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh. org>
>> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] String sound on "Never Comes the Day"
>> To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
>> Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 4:46 PM
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>> While the subject of ordering tapes is fresh on the mind I'll risk the
>> usual rounds of Moodies bashing to ask a pressing question. Can anyone
>> tell me what solo violin sound is used by Pinder on "Never Comes the
>> Day".
>> I'm guessing that it is from the M300. But is it StringB or a solo
>> string
>> that I don't know about? I'd like to have it on a rack along with a good
>> viola and the Tenor Sax.
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>>> Now is as good a time as we in the US are likely to see. The Pound
>>> Sterling is under a buck and a half for the first time in a long time.
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>>> Frank
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