Mellotronists

Ignacio Nieto Carvajal wrote:

> My band is gigging soon and I am thinking of getting a digital clone 
> or alternative to my mellotron (we have several 'tron based songs and 
> I don't want to take my baby out of my house/studio : - ). I have read 
> very good reviews (although a bit outdated) of the E-mu vintage keys 
> and I wanted to know if any of you has/had this synth or know how does 
> it sound (I want it mainly for the 'tron sounds). I don't like MIDI, 
> and I am not thinking in gigging with a personal computer (I have 
> enough of them at work, thanks : ). Any ideas / suggestions? Do you 
> know of any other synth I can use?

I have the Vintage Keys Plus.  I bought it for the reasons you cite: 
wanting Mellotron sounds without having to transport Baby.  It served as 
my main sound source when I was playing live soundtracks for silent 
films.  (Damn, I wish that theater was still in business.)  It's not a 
perfect Mellotron clone, and I felt the flute sound had too much 
vibrato, but it proved useful.

However, you say you don't like MIDI, and you're going to need some kind 
of MIDI controller to send notes to a Vintage Keys.

I should also mention that I bought the Plus thinking that it was an 
additional layer of 512 sounds over the 512 sounds in the original 
module, but I was never able to figure out how to access the sounds of 
the original module.  That could easily be operator error.

John McIntyre
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John McIntyre
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