Mellotronists

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Blechta [mailto:rick@...]
Sent: 23 March 2002 15:10
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Book feedback

Rick

Also, it puzzles me mightily that anyone would want the MkII flute when Ian's is available. Why? Because the Beatles used it on 'Strawberry Fields'? Do you think Paul would have chosen that particular voice if Ian's had been an option at the time? Because MkII flute was always part of the "standard tape set"? Who cares? Personally, I would immediately dump the 3 violins if a better one came along. I don't worry that people might say, "Gee, it really doesn't sound anything like I remember."

The thing is, the original sounds are incredibly evocative, even if they don't sound particularly like the real thing! Deny at your peril that the 3 violins can make grown men weep... :-) New sounds are imperative, but the originals are essential.

Andy T. (pissed as the proverbial parrot)
M400 #1145

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/