Tony,
The Rev.1 is the best sounding you will ever hear. The problem was it was very unreliable. I had a friend from high school, Riley Smith, who worked
at Sequential in San Jose and later went to Emu in Santa Cruz. I was able to get factory trained at both places. He got me the Rev.1 and later a Prophet 10
direct from the factory. The Rev. 1 had been returned to the factory due to reliability issues and they sold it to me for $500. I also had a couple of Rev. 3s and
< span style="font- size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D; ">T8 but none compared to the Rev.1. It sounded fat like a bunch of Mini Moogs. They switched to a more dependable IC for their VCO, VCA, VCF, etc. and
redesigned the main board after the Rev. 1 after which it became very dependable but lost some of it’s “balls” in the process. I got training at the Emu factory
which was in a Victorian house in Santa Cruz during the Emulator days. It was a fun place and they knew how to throw a party J. A few years ago I bought a
couple of Emu Vintage Keys modules and no ticed that my friend Riley had written the manual. I also worked with Music Technology during the development
of the Synergy and I owned a couple of those….but that’s another story…..Those were fun days…at least I think they were from what I remember.
Man, there are some good drinking stories in there somewhere J. I may know where a P10 is in NC but this guy almost never cuts loose of any gear. He just stores
things forever. It was likely only played a few times. If I catch him in the right mood (not an easy thing to do) maybe I can g et him to part with it. As I recall there
the arm rest and it looked perfect. He had only used it for a couple of years and then stored it. Anyhow…didn’t mean to get started in the old days stories….. :) .
Cheers,
Gary
From: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:newmellotro ngroup@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of tony1
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:18 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron
I am impressed as I was the factory service tech for Hillsborough and Pinellas counties (Tampa/St Pete), for Sequential and most others when the Prophet 5 and 10s came out. And I' m looking for one of either right now.
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Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron
My first Prophet 5 came from Eddie Jobson. It was a Rev. 1 & Black.
If this was the Sequential Circuits forum I bet somebody would be impressed … or at least give a $hit J
Astra was good. They were well received
Eddie Jobson's mellotron shaped keyboard stand was a piss.
Yes, but only a bit. My camera crapped out on me. I'll post it on my myspace page and perhaps You tube as well.
Astra rules! Is there any footage of them using the Novatron?
--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> Flute, Strings, Choir
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> In a message dated 6/23/2010 3:13:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> pocotron@... writes:
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> Nice, Frank!
> Notice how neatly the Memotron sits on top of the Novatron.
> What voices were on the frame?
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