Mellotronists

Hi Martin and All.

Sorry to have lowered the tone somewhat, I feel a bit like a red-faced 
out-of-breath schoolboy explaining himself in the headmaster's office after 
a playground scrap..

Of course. I suppose I hadn't made it clear that I DO regard the genuine 
article as so much more than a sample playback machine. I'm obsessed with 
the thing, she bewitches the majority of people who hear or play her and I 
take every opportunity to celebrate, promote and indeed mythologise the 
Mellotron. My defence of software and hardware emulations was based on my 
belief that such things help the cause, "engendering respect for the 
original achievement and appreciation of the new tape-replay machines.." and 
generally making people want to buy real LIVE 'singing fridges'.

Anyway, what about the Villa?* ;-)

Love and Scones,

Mark.

* n.b. A traditional Tamworthian method of attempting to change the subject 
by referring suddenly to the notoriously lame Aston Villa F.C. ..






>From: tronbros@...
>To: don@..., markstuartwallis@...
>CC: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
>Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:01:07 EDT
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>The mellotron does things!  I'm not about to describe in detail but it  
>does
>things that no sampler has ever done. Unless the person programming
>understands that the mellotron does things then no sampler, however  
>sophisticated will
>ever sound like a mellotron.  Memotron, Mtron, Akai,  Trubshaw 30 or the
>Grosvenor.  It doesn't matter.  The mellotron does  things and modelling 
>that will
>always be tricky.   It's not just a  question of a seemingly familiar
>timbre...........................it's SO much  more.
>
>M
>Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
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