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From: John Wright

To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:40 PM

Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: MK-II Violins vs M400 Violins

 

I thought it was the KC black M400, but I may be mistaken

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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ClayE
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:30 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: MK-II Violins vs M400 Violins

 

It seems strange that he's obsessed with getting the M400 Violin sound when Seven Stones and Starless were recorded with a MK-II. They used a MK-II on Red did they not?

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "John Wright" <john.wright@...> wrote:
>
> I've seen this person's work on You tube and he does some very nice
> covers IMHO, particularly his cover of Starless.
>
> John
> #911
>
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ClayE
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:28 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] MK-II Violins vs M400 Violins
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>
>
>
> Here's a guy (Ryder Duncan AKA Squonk06) obsessed with making M-Tron
> digital samples of MK-II Violins sound like M400 Violins. He describes a
> complex three layer, four band, two self parametric EQ process. This
> processing might actually work. It sounds like it does. Kinda hard to
> believe that Les Bradley dicked around with EQ to this extent back in
> 1970.
>
> http://ryderduncan.com/themusicalbox/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-7
>
> Here he is playing M-Tron "violins - 1" (MkII violins)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDijelNipw&feature=related
>
> This guy has tron-OCD and clearly needs a real M400. :-)
>