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From: "zogher" <fazeka@gmail.com>
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Discerning 'tron sounds


Hi Chris

Sorry, looks like I've confused matters by constantly (and consistently)
referring to the most common string sound, the three violins, as 'strings'.

Andy T.
http://www.planetmellotron.com



> Hi again, group.
>
> As a new 'tron owner, recently I've been trying to pay more attention to
> recordings having 'tron on them and trying to discern the sounds. This may
> sound silly, because although I'm usually pretty good with picking out a
> 'tron when I hear it, unless the sound is the Mk II flutes, many times I'm
> not sure what I am hearing (e.g. are those "strings" or "violins"?).
>
> So, I'll pose these questions to the group based on some songs that I
> really enjoy the 'tron on.
>
> Here are two by Emitt Rhodes off of his final 1973 album Farewell To
> Paradise. These are FLACs used to preserve the sound quality and they are
> relatively big files (playable in WinAmp and others I am sure), but... no
> one's still using dial-up nowadays, right? =):
>
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IX47VNCH
>
> On See No Evil, I can hear what sounds like flutes making their first
> appearance at 0:39, they waft in and out of the song beautifully. However,
> I am not sure of the sound that starts at 0:56. Is this strings? Or
> violin? The planetmellotron site says strings for this song.
>
> Now, I'm assuming that Emitt used a M400 (he could have used anything but
> if he did this album like he did the others, i.e., recorded at home, I'd
> have to think that more than likely he used an M400). If so, I again
> assume that if the flutes were a part of the tapes with this M400 (what do
> you call them, the standard BB tapes?) that he'd have only violin and
> cello available to him.
>
> So I ask all the 'tron heads here: what do YOU hear?
>
> See No Evil
>
> Chorus
>
> Flutes 0:39
>
> Strings 0:56
>
> The other song is Trust One More from the same album:
>
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TUUZ1M7I
>
> I hear something at 0:35 but I have no idea what it is. I love the sound,
> though! Sounds like it's got some kind of vibrato/tremolo on it. Is this
> the Mk II flute? If so, it's got a fluttering to it I don't remember
> hearing before. Also, throughout the verses I hear something but it's
> buried a little bit in the mix. And at the end of the chorus there's a
> high part that descends that is very nice. So on this song, I guess what
> I'm asking is: is there more than one sound on this song or is it all
> flutes?
>
> Sorry if these are obvious to y'all: I'm learning! =) All comments
> welcomed and appreciated.
>
> Back to your regularly scheduled program.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chris
>
>
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