Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "charel196" <charel196@y...> 
wrote:
> Brasses...layered together MK2 brass,trombone& trumpet,Chamberlin 
> trumpet,trombone,and alto and tenor saxes.Sounds great!!
> 
> Choirs...
>  layered 8 choir,my own samples of my split male/female 
> choir,Chamberlin male,Chamberlin female,with Symphony of voices
> males and boys ahhhs....panned and eq'd.....YIKES!

Digital samplers are wonderful instruments.  People like Nick Magnus 
were blending Mellotron sounds together with other string or choir 
synths long ago.  It is very easy to do now.

A lot of the "new" string, brass and choir samples sound too clean.  
(flawless, near perfect pitch.... lifeless!)  Using a "detune" effect 
can help.  Blending in layers of 'tron samples can really bring it 
back to life.

There's a lot to be said about leaving the flaws, distortion and bad 
notes in there.  The White Stripes played live at the Grammy Awards.
Two people, out of tune, distorted and off time... Just about total 
chaos at times.  I loved it!  For me, it was the only memorable 
performance in the whole program.  

Clay