Mellotronists

> Y'see if I want the sound of an orchestra, I'm better of with a
> sampler, because, in theory, the digital platform won't add or distort
> the original.

Theory - perhaps; practice - never. Digital sampling may remove some
form of idiosyncracies but it also introduces its own myriad artifacts
into the process.

> Martin will be sniggering at this I know because he knows that my
> great ambition is to spend time and re-tune my all time fav sound MK2
> Brass!

Whether or not the purists scoff, I rather imagine that the Mk 2 Brass
is 'untuneable'. It consists of recordings of several instruments
playing the same note at the same time, and some of them appear to be
out of tune with each other. (The eight voice choir has the same
problems)

> I dont want faithful recreations of original sounds. I want original
> sounds!

So do I - but I also want new sounds that allow me to explore scope and
potential of this absolutely extraordinary instrument.

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/