The comparison mp3 that you posted shows the difference well. I opened your mp3 with Sony Sound Forge and used the spectrum analysis thingy. The MK-II notes have a lot more going on around 1.8 khz than the M400 notes. (8 db more !) The rest of the spectrum looks about the same. No wonder M400 Violins sound a bit thin in the middle.
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tronfan66" <mellotron_head@...> wrote:
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> Same here, when I had the M400 violins I was always trying to get them to sound like the MKII ones. But of course with the re-EQ, and some of the actual notes/recordings not being the same between versions, it was always to no avail!
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> I wonder if this is also part of what Mike Pinder meant when he described the M400 as being "like a black and white photo of a colourful Mellotron". Circuitry and types of amplification between models aside (though of course they're major factors), maybe that's another reason why he said this, if he'd judged the M400 by the sound of the M400 violins.
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> Don't get me wrong, I still like the M400 versions - just that to these ears they'll always pale by comparison to the MKII ones.
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> Hmm, probably a case of OCD here too...
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> Tony Swettenham
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Sean" <fourtytwominds@> wrote:
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> > His YouTube videos have helped point me in the right direction. I'm stuck with the same M-Tron problems.
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> > Only, I'm MUCH more partial to the MkII sound than the M400 sound.
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> > Probably just as OCD though.
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> > -Sean
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