Mellotronists

> From: "Ignacio" <ignacionietocarvajal@...>
   > Sender: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
   > 
   > I have been recording a song with 6 mellotron violin tracks (three
   > pairs of mellotron-violins so I can sustain a note on some parts). The
   > final result is that I get a very audible flanger effect on some parts
   > that weren't intended to be there. 
   >
   > You can hear it in www.myspace.com/ignacioNieto (it's called "la
   > muerte de la inocencia"). Any idea of how can I get rid of that
   > flanger effect?

I don't actually hear any flanging on that recording.  I do hear a
barking dog though.

Flanging occurs when two identical tapes are played with very little
time delay between them.  So there are lots of ways to eliminate
flanging.  For instance, use a different EQ on each track, the EQ
phase shifts will probably eliminate most of the flanging.  Run some
tracks through a static phase shifter (either use a plugin or an MXR
box with the direct mix clipped and the LFO shorted).

For something like this, the best and easiest way would be to record
the second track with part transposed up a half step and with the
'Tron tuned down a helf step.  Then other combinations of transposed
and tuned up.

Also, you could reverse the Mellotron tapes for some of the tracks,
but that would probably not be worth the effort.

  -- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...
http://www.till.com