Mellotronists

On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at 07:02 PM, MSB wrote:

> ey do make a stand alone version of M-Tron, so you don't even need 
> Cubase or V-Stack..."???
> Because what I read on the GMedia website says, as I've stated 
> earlier: "According to the GMedia M-Tron webpage, ".....the M-Tron VST 
> plug-in requires a VST 2.0 compatible host application such as Cubase 
> VST or Logic Audio to operate.""
>
> Could you perhaps direct me to the stand-alone so that I can further 
> investigate???  I really appreciate, thanks!!!

http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/m-tron/mtronfaq.html

Yes, it is confusing, and you have to click around to find it.  Like I 
say, I haven't tried it yet.  No stand alone version came in the box 
when I bought it, but I later downloaded it; just haven't had time to 
try it.

BTW, GMedia also make an outstanding virtual Arp Odyssey too!

BTW #2... I did once own a number of real vintage keyboard back in the 
70s, including a suitcase 73 Rhodes, Wurly 140B, Odyssey, and others, 
but never a Mellotron.  (I did once sit in with a prog band who had a 
Mellotron and an Arp 2600.)  I miss a lot about those old instruments, 
but I don't miss all the maintenance, tuning, etc... I have no desire 
to own a real tron.  The virtual stuff is a lot of fun, and in some 
ways better than the originals.

I just got the Arturia Mini Moog, which is awesome!  Sure, it's not 
*exactly* like the original.  But it also has a lot of advantages over 
the original ... patch memory, polyphony, *MIDI*(!) ....

In terms of the Tron, I appreciate the real thing, believe me, and all 
the great music made with it.  But I mainly joined this group hoping to 
perhaps bump into other users of M-Tron, other other virtual tron 
solutions.  Any other M-Tron users out there?

Best,
Babz