Mellotronists

In a message dated 11/22/2002 5:50:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, MAinPsych writes:

> In a message dated 11/22/2002 4:22:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, charel196@... writes:
> 
> > This is the point I was going for...as well as something for 
> > those of us who aren't so firmly single mindedly obsessed 
> > that only the REAL thing is a valid instrument.I had an M400 
> > for 25 years.Now I use the E4K with the Pinder CD Rom disc 
> > and I love it.The average listener could not tell the 
> > difference so what's the big deal?

Several thoughts come to mind.  I started out with the Pinder CD before acquiring #908.  Thought it sounded fine live and in the studio until I did an A/B comparison once I had 908.  There was a marked difference, so pronounced that I rerecorded the tron tracks using the real thing.   Live, the CD still causes people to go "oooh" (and is a lot easier to carry!), but the "oohs" AND "aaahs" come out when they see the real thing.  But for the studio, give me a real tron anytime, anywhere.  As far as the average listener, they generally don't know their ass from a hole in the ground anyway.   Just listen to the shit being played on the radio for proof positive of that.  I certainly wouldn't base any decisions (musical or otherwise) on them.  But...to each his own.  One man's ceiling 
is another man's floor!

Frank Samagaio
M400 #908