Mellotronists

Although I'm a dedicated Korg player, if I recall correctly the JV-1080
series had a "Vintage Keyboards" card available that Keyboard magazine
praised highly.  I would also imagine that the K2000 could make use of many
of the Mellotron libraries that are available as well, so it would seem to
me to be a toss-up between the two, although I'd suspect the Roland to be a
bit more likely as the source of the sounds.  One way or the other, if the
player has the common sense (oxymoron?) to play "Mellotronistically," i.e.,
keeping within the note range of the instrument, obeying the 8-second
duration limit, and avoiding things like touch sensitivity and modulation
effects, it is very possible to come up with the feel and sonic sense of the
real thing.  I have some of the most incredibly realistic "Mellotron"
patches that I've written for my little Korg X5D's (you have to hear my
arrangements for "Nights in White Satin,"  "Strawberry Fields Forever,"
"Epitaph," and "Court of the Crimson King" to believe it!) and that
instrument has NO facility for importing samples. I am using strictly the
built-in waveforms, and emulating as many of the idiosyncrasies of the
Mellotron as is possible, particularly the ones mentioned above.

Jon E Salley
MiloJohnson@...
M400 #886



----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Marshall" <paulm@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:26 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] ReGenesis



> Thought I'd ask what their keyboard player does for Mellotron sounds -
> anybody know? His setup was Kurzweil K2000, Hammond XB-1, Korg X3 and
Roland
> JV-1080 but there were passable (in fact, pretty damn passable)
> Flute/3Vln/8Choir sounds in all the right places). Could be samples loaded
> into the K2000? (I do the same with an Akai S2000 'cos I'm afraid to take
> M400 out of his cosy corner :o)
>
> Regards
> Paul Marshall
> M400 #1380