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Re: [Mellotronists] 35 Notes

2007-05-31 by Mike Dickson

jonesalley wrote:
> All I can say with certainty is that it goes all the way back to Harry's
> original prototype.
>
Sure - otherwise why else did he have only 35 violin notes recorded? I'm
not sure I entirely buy the business about it encompassing the best
range of orchestral instruments either. Maybe, but it just doesn't feel
right. It all feels too arbitrary.

Oh, and another three-in-a-row on the way home in the car this evening.
I have no idea who they are - three fairly bland songs sung by black
American females - but each of the songs had Mellotron sounds somewhere
in them. Samples, no doubt, but it's still *that sound* that people are
after.

--
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

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