Mellotronists

One thing to keep in mind about the Tomita stuff: 

The strings and choral sounds are all Mellotron
through a Moog 904 filter. I was told that by Keichi
Goto at a NAMM show a few years ago and he was
Tomita's assistant for many years. Bob Moog was the
best man at Keichi's wedding. 

He also told me that Tomita used to put BABY POWDER on
his tapes when he had trouble with them!!! Of course
this led to many disasters, but must have worked for
the moment.

Even with the tron being used, those records are
completely amazing. 

Keichi taught me how to patch what Tomita calls "the
popo voice". It's a tricky patch that he used for solo
vocal type sounds like the one at the beginning of
Mars and Ballet of the Chicks in their shells. 

Mark.
--- ceccles_ca <ecclesreinson@...> wrote:

> I also played a Tomita album for him - "Snowflakes
> are Dancing"...
> 
> Tomita !  One of the most amazing one-man tribute
> bands.  His Debussy 
> recordings are something special.
> 
> The Carmen mp3 came from reel-to-reel tape 4-track
> 1/4 with no noise 
> reduction.  The tape must have been in storage for
> about 35 years.  
> Between 1:15 and 1:25 you can hear print through. 
> (Like a 1/2 second 
> pre-delay).
> 
> Clay
> 
> 


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