Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Don Tillman <don@...> wrote:
>
>    > From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
>    > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:31:09 -0000
>    > 
>    > --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Don Tillman <don@> wrote:
>    > > 
>    > > With some imagination, creativity, design and engineering, there a lot
>    > > you can do...
>    > 
>    > Care to elaborate?  Like what...maybe a dat tape mellotron? Or
>    > using 24 track heads?:) Or VHS tape?
> 
> None of those are really practical.  (Trying to imagine the VHS
> mechanism respond to playing a note is absolutely hilarious!)
 
well Don I was referring to the actual tape, not the mechanism....but really wasn't too 
serious anyway;)



> 
>    > Where there's any mechanical process involved with myriad
>    > adjustments there's always gonna be some problems down the
>    > road...
> 
> So all musical instruments involving a mechanical proces are doomed to
> failure?  Tell that to Steinway.

Don-you're putting words in my mouth....I never said "failure" but "problems"....yes even 
Steinways go outta tune & piano wires break (however rarely)
  In defense of my love of trons, in the 25 years I owned my 400 I only probably had 3 tape 
breaks and one of the large blue capacitors on the motor card blow...but I had an Anvil 
ATA case and was usually on one end of it when it was moved.

And calling the Memotron a Casio is a bit of a stretch...it's exactly what it set out to be- a 
digital clone of a tron for those who would like to tour with the original sounds and 
something a bit more reliable( and more readlily accessible than a sampler) and still have 
something slightly resembling the original ala Korg's C/BX-3s or the other Hammond 
clones. I imagine the Memotron is a bit less heavy to transport as well;)