Mellotronists

Hmmm... goes to show ya what years of drinking and a slightly
naive youth will result...  I don't even remember the
engineer's name - though I'm certain he worked with E-Mu.

My bad - i don't intend to propogate mis-information.

-jh


--- mark kasian <easle12@...> wrote:
> Wrong.
> 
> They were samples from the masters that Kean has.
> Project designer was Kevin Monahan with Riley Smith in
> tow. The problem with that box is the VERY limited
> amount of sample memory available and the stretching
> and re-mapping of the samples to fit that chunk of
> real estate. Sounds bad because there's NO bandwidth!
> 
> Plus, to make matters worse, they looped the thing.
> Yuk.
> 
> A better version is the set that they released for the
> E4...but still not as good as the Pinder disk and not
> really close at all to the real deal....natch.
> 
> 
> Mark.
> --- John Hofmeyer <j_hofmeyer@...> wrote:
> > I remember when those E-Mu boxes came out.  In fact,
> > I
> > chatted with the sound designer responsible for
> > creating the
> > sounds.  I asked him, specifically about the
> > Mellotron -
> > where he found the instrument, etc.
> > 
> > They didn't actually sample a Mellotron - they found
> > a
> > recording of the 'tron at a local studio (local =
> > San
> > Francisco) and sampled from the tape!  I'm pretty
> > certain
> > that they only sampled a few of the notes and went
> > from
> > there.
> > 
> > For this reason, I was disappointed with the Vintage
> > keys box
> > was released.  Rather use the string sounds on their
> > Proteus2
> > box than the vintage keys.
> > 
> > It seems that more recent, vintage-keys type synths
> > have
> > wisely avoided any attempt at re-creating the
> > mellotron.  The
> > Nord Electro comes to mind (nice Rhodes and Clav
> > sounds)
> > 
> > -jh
> > 
> > 
> > --- Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Ken Leonard" <ken@...>
> > > To: "Mellotronists"
> > <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:26 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Fw: [Mellotronists] 'Tron hate...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > >Somebody on the list (Ken Leonard?) has a great
> > mp3 file
> > > of an A/B test
> > > of a
> > > > >real Mellotron and a sampled Mellotron (eMu
> > Vintage
> > > Synth, if I recall)
> > > > >posted on their site - about fifteen minutes of
> > same
> > > phrases
> > > back-and-forth,
> > > 
> > > Had Ken actually done the A-B with the Emu box, it
> > would've
> > > been a
> > > grotequely unfair comparison - those have to be
> > some of the
> > > worst 'Tron
> > > samples I've come across.
> > > 
> > > > It's M400 #805 vs. the Roland M-VS1.
> > > 
> > > Despite the fact that I use the same unit live,
> > the
> > > comparison's still
> > > pretty unfair! About an octave of useable choirs,
> > I think.
> > > 
> > > > Hmmm...Maybe the REAL comparison is comparing
> > #805 to its
> > > sampled self
> > > > (which I can also do on my PC)?  Nawww, I have
> > to
> > > rearrange my sock
> > > drawer.
> > > 
> > > Oh go on, Ken... That would be the fairest
> > comparison, but
> > > I think we all
> > > know who'd win.
> > > 
> > > Andy T.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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