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Anyone succeeded to make a patche of Mellotron sound with the DW8000?

Richard

I don't think the DW8000 can be programmed to do a good Mellotron sound,
(any of the Mellotron sounds).   The DW8000 has only single-cycle
waveforms, and the Mellotron has 10-second full-length samples.  The
Mellotron has all kinds of distortion in it, too, in addition to pitch
instability.  I always use a bit of distortion in my Mellotron
emulations, if the synth supports it.

My approach on the DW8000 would be to start with a string-like waveform,
detune the oscillators a tad, and use the filter at a fixed cutoff to
emulate the restricted bandwidth of the Mellotron.  Then you'd use the
delay line to add animation via a chorus effect.   Maybe this would be
close enough for your needs, but if like your address suggests, you have
a DSS1 as well, the DSS1 is more suited for this because it has all the
analog goodness of the DW plus sample memory.

Eirikur

On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 19:18 +0000, Richard Renaud wrote:
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Thank's a lot for the info.

Yes I have a DSS-1 and a Wavestation EX.

Richard

--- In DW8000@yahoogroups.com, Eirikur Hallgrimsson <eh@...> wrote:
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> I don't think the DW8000 can be programmed to do a good Mellotron 
sound,
> (any of the Mellotron sounds).   The DW8000 has only single-cycle
> waveforms, and the Mellotron has 10-second full-length samples.  The
> Mellotron has all kinds of distortion in it, too, in addition to 
pitch
> instability.  I always use a bit of distortion in my Mellotron
> emulations, if the synth supports it.
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> My approach on the DW8000 would be to start with a string-like 
waveform,
> detune the oscillators a tad, and use the filter at a fixed cutoff 
to
> emulate the restricted bandwidth of the Mellotron.  Then you'd use 
the
> delay line to add animation via a chorus effect.   Maybe this would 
be
> close enough for your needs, but if like your address suggests, you 
have
> a DSS1 as well, the DSS1 is more suited for this because it has all 
the
> analog goodness of the DW plus sample memory.
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> Eirikur
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> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 19:18 +0000, Richard Renaud wrote:
> > Anyone succeeded to make a patche of Mellotron sound with the 
DW8000?

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