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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Markus the Mighty...................waht?

From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: 2010-05-22

I think Markus is making a big mistake. Although I like and respect Markus, I cannot understand why he would do this other than that the M4000 has made buying a Mark VI an investment that no longer makes as much sense. The price/performance trade off for a M4000 is well worth it. Both are exceptionally built machines, but c'mon, 24 voices and a whole lot of cool.
 
The machine Markus is marketing should not be called a M4000 and it shouldn't be called a Mellotron. It is neither. It is a digital sample playback machine that happens to only play back Mellotron samples. The Mellotron (real one) itself is defined by what it is, how it works and especially by it's limitations.
 
The whole thing screams of desperation.
 
Markus, if you read this, I would strongly suggest you reconsider the name. After all, Streetly didn't call their machine the Marc 6. Hell, they didn't even call it a Novatron. They called it a M4000. Everyone who sees it knows it is a Mellotron. They could have called it the Street XL-24 and it would still be a Mellotron. You call your new machine a "Mellotron," but it isn't one, and the name you chose is petty.
 
Frank
 
There, I've said it.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/22/2010 12:02:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tronbros@aol.com writes:
 

Ladies and Gentleman,
 
Markus the Swede seems to be hell bent on perpetuating friction betwixt Streetly and his goodself and we don't understand why.  He has continued with the name M4000D for his new digital 'tron according to the mellotron.com website.  This will only serve to confuse the market place and lead people to us that would have gone solely to him.  It can work the other way also but to what end?  We really cannot understand the marketing strategy and invite comments without fear of reprisal.
 
Martin and JB - keeping the peace for many a year now.
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JONSI and the M4000 - http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=XFQSq4o8jwo
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