Mellotronists

Gene,

If I can get a word in here, you might want to consider auditioning
"Orchestra" or "Gothic" which, while older sound, were not generally
available. Gothic, in fact, was a serendipitous mixing mistake by Les
Bradley. Both sounds are absolutely monstrous. At a recent wedding gig,
the guys I was playing with talked me into dragging the FX console along
with me to play a couple of tunes. The happy couple asked if we would
play "TCOTCK" (at a wedding??), so we obliged, and I felt compelled by
the occasion to use Orchestra (mainly because both my flutes and the 3
violins are on the other keyboard and all on different stations (it was
only a 4-piece band, so no real flute).

To make a long story short, none of the other musicians had heard my
mellotron since I'd had Streetly put up a full set of tapes when it was
restored (I formerly used it with two 400 sets -- six voices). The
guitar player turned around with a totally stunned expression and asked,
"What the #$@^* have you done to that thing??" We did the job right and
received enthusiastic applause from the under-50 guests and very puzzled
expressions from the grandparents.

In short, either of the sounds is well worth having. Mike's other
suggestions are dead on, too. Looks like you may be looking at two
frames here, old man!

Rick -- FX 10030 (How come I wasn't listed as being at the BBC?)

Gene Stopp wrote:

>  Thanks, Mike! I do like that idea. I guess I'd better go audition the
> sounds
> again from the Streetly site. So Russian Choir, Hackett guitar, cor
> anglais/oboe split - what would fit well together on A, B, and C?
>
> Hey - anybody going to NAMM?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> - Gene
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tron@... [mailto:tron@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:04 AM
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Mellotronists] stuff
>
>
> > Russian Choir is a prime candidate, along with the Ian flutes, and
> > let's see... what else... hey how about the Ted Taylor choir?
>
> An absolute must (IMO) is the new Hackett guitar. Another is the new
> cor anglais/oboe split.