Mellotronists

>
> From my experience the real thing still wins! Smpled every note, full 
> duration for a friend into a top end Yamaha sampler and as soon as you 
> play chords the Mellotron wins hands down even though these are samplws 
> of the same machine.

Fritz, Jerry, and I chatted about this when Jerry and I popped in on Fritz 
for a visit last year.  (If you missed that trip 
report:  http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/mpma0404/interview.htm )

It must be something with the way the sounds get stacked up while traveling 
through the head block, something a sampler wouldn't be dealing with in the 
same way.  So you wind up with chords that "aren't too much"; they actually 
come out full without the notes fighting (although it is a brick wall).  I 
cannot speak from experience when it comes to 'tron chords from a 
full-blown sampler.

OK, I'll go back to rearranging my sock drawer now.

>Same with a Fairlight although strangely the Fairlight samples we put onto 
>Mellotron tapes get very close to a real Fairlight which was odd and very 
>ironic...

Apparently there *is* justice in the world.

...kl...
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