Mellotronists

In a message dated 3/21/2003 3:02:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ken@... writes:

> Ken M's Mark II cycling was knocked out of whack when he installed new 
> tapes.  The tapes now stop well short of the pulse mark, so the inching 
> part of the cycling takes a lot longer than it should.  Jerry's Mark I 
> Julia cycles very quickly in comparison, as little as 3 seconds with an 
> average of about 5-7 seconds, because it stops fairly close to the pulse 
> and doesn't have so far to inch along.  Ken's Mark II is probably 15-30 
> seconds or so.  I am sure Ken's Mark II can be adjusted to correct this.
> 

I would love to see this adjustment (if there is one) written up and posted 
on a web site somewhere.  I'll post it to my site if someone can explain the 
adjustment to me.  I know there's only a handful of people who would be 
helped by this, but it would be good information to have.

Actually, the cycling speed issue doesn't bother me much, since I don't 
switch stations mid-song, but I'd like to fix it just so I don't have to keep 
hearing about it ;-) (as I did at the recent MONEYPIT 2003 get together in 
Vermont last weekend).


Ken M.
MKII #247 (mine's longer - cycling time, that is.....)




Ken M.