Re: [Mellotronists] return of the clones
2007-06-05 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 6/5/2007 5:54:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jonesalley@cox.net writes: Like I said, I can t stand transistor combo organs, but it s
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return of the clones
2007-06-05 by jonesalley
After reading with interest the points behind the clone debates over the last couple of days, what really strikes me is the comments about Memotrons and
Re: Andy? Anybody?
2007-06-05 by leetronhead
yeah...an open hole, wooden Irish-type is how I always understood that incredible sound...also I can t help but trying to tax this old hippie brain in thinking
Re: [Mellotronists] Andy? Anybody?
2007-06-05 by gino wong
Making a close harmony recording in pitch with strings or an orchestra is very expensive and not so easy to do back them (monitoring was more primitive). Vocal
Re: [Mellotronists] Andy? Anybody?
2007-06-05 by MAinPsych@aol.com
In a message dated 6/4/2007 11:54:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jonesalley@cox.net writes: I heard California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas for the
Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-05 by ceccles_ca
... This must be a use of the word rude that I am unfamiliar with. Don, I thought that your original reply to Mark was impolite (disrespectful). That is what
Yamaha DX-7 or DX-11
2007-06-05 by ceccles_ca
... hardly give them away today... ... Who is giving away a DX-7? Send it to me! Better yet a DX-11. Four oscillators, eight waveforms for each OSC, eight
Re: Pax Mellotronica...
2007-06-05 by Bernie
Mark, no need to apologize for defending your opinion (I ve yet to apologize for being the instigator with my Memotron comment [ :)] ). As you can see, we all
Re: Andy? Anybody?
2007-06-05 by ceccles_ca
... first time ages and ages, and was suddenly struck by the tronnish sound of the flute solo Sounds like real flute to me.
Re: Andy? Anybody?
2007-06-05 by thinkingalouduk
Sounds like an open-hole flute (as opposed to the more usual closed-hole pads) - open holes let most woodwind instruments vary the pitch as can be heard in
Re: [Mellotronists] Pax Mellotronica...
2007-06-05 by tronbros@aol.com
To Mark and all, Knowing Mark for many a long year, the inadequacies of email to convey the nuances of speech are highlighted by this passive gentleman being
[Mellotronists] Pax Mellotronica...
2007-06-05 by Mark Wallis
Hi Martin and All. Sorry to have lowered the tone somewhat, I feel a bit like a red-faced out-of-breath schoolboy explaining himself in the headmaster s office
Re: "Moody"blue tron
2007-06-05 by leetronhead
also...........where are the little (black) feet?????????? ... Germany in 03, at the same festival as Änglagård and Anekdoten. I was particularly taken by
Andy? Anybody?
2007-06-05 by jonesalley
I heard California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas for the first time ages and ages, and was suddenly struck by the tronnish sound of the flute solo,
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-05 by chris.dale@primus.ca
Well I can definitely say that this is the one thing that Richard Chamberlin and Dave Biro have believed to be true as well. There *is* more than just the
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-05 by jonesalley
So what has state of the art become? Dazed and sometimes confused....
Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-05 by Doug Berg
... harder to ... in ... art ... music ... is to ... production. ... technological ... creativity ... were ... amp. ... Allright Don, you seem to be in the
Re: Playing the Memotron
2007-06-05 by lsf5275@aol.com
Coincidentally, I was talking to Tom Brislin this evening. Tom is the keys player, songwriter and singer in a band called Spiraling. He also toured with YES in
question for Frank S.
2007-06-05 by jonesalley
What sounds are on the Pindertron and in what bank locations?
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-05 by Jim Anderson
... From the company that acquired and then put my former employer out of business (IOW, please don t mistake this for an endorsement--I will never buy another
clones?
2007-06-05 by jonesalley
Not to belabor the issue, but has anyone here actually played a Memotron? I d like to hear about it. Contact me off the list if you prefer...
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-05 by Donald Tillman
Dickson s post is far too incomprehensible and rude to address as such. But this part is interesting... ... Actually no; my band s album was the first to
Re: [Mellotronists] Walk Away Time..
2007-06-05 by jonesalley
Ah, the exception that proves the rule. Three million sold, can hardly give them away today...
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-05 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 6/4/2007 5:35:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... Such as what? I m thinking key triggered Steel Drums.
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-05 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 6/4/2007 5:32:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mike.dickson@gmail.com writes: It s not what you do, but the way that you do it, as three
Re: [Mellotronists] Walk Away Time..
2007-06-05 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 6/4/2007 5:56:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, markstuartwallis@hotmail.com writes: Don, I m not in the habit of insulting people I haven t
Re: [Mellotronists] Walk Away Time..
2007-06-04 by jonesalley
In an awkward way, you illustrated an important point: nobody gets that passionate about DX-7 s or D-50 s...
RE: [Mellotronists] Walk Away Time..
2007-06-04 by Mark Wallis
Sorry about that. Most uncool of me. MSW _________________________________________________________________ Play your part in making history - Email Britain!
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-04 by tronbros@aol.com
The mellotron does things! I m not about to describe in detail but it does things that no sampler has ever done. Unless the person programming understands
Re: [Mellotronists] "Moody"blue tron
2007-06-04 by Andy Thompson
... From: Mattias To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com ; MAinPsych@aol.com Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Moody blue tron
[Mellotronists] Walk Away Time..
2007-06-04 by Mark Wallis
Don, I m not in the habit of insulting people I haven t met. But you do sound like such a twat. Bests, MSW ...
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-04 by Mike Dickson
... I may be wrong, but you are probably not the p;erson to ask about this. Messrs Smith, Bradley and Kean probably are. I wonder what their opinion would be.
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-04 by Donald Tillman
... So it s down to price then; you just want one cheap. Gee, that s just being greedy. :-) I m well aware that the number of trons on the planet is quite
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Mike Dickson
... Don, Don, Don...that is patently absurd. Actually, it s worse than that; it s patently untrue. I had to struggle with MIDI for a while, but it was down to
Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by ceccles_ca
... MIDI has been utilized to compose and produce a boat load of real music. Hans Zimmer has produced soundtracks which are primarily digital sampler / midi.
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-04 by Thinking Aloud
... Living proof - right here! ... And now that a new cycling double-keyboard machine is coming, the only thing stopping me is ... ah yes, the bank balance.
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-04 by Mark Wallis
Oh Gawd.. If only THIS one lasted for 8 seconds.. ... The number of trons on the planet is quite low, not everybody who would really like one can afford one..
Re: [Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-04 by Donald Tillman
... Economics 101: If that were true, the price of Mellotrons would be significantly higher than they were in their heyday. Yet they re about the same price;
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Donald Tillman
... I don t see that at all. The first time I played a Mellotron it was hardly comfortable or familiar. What the hell, these keys feel like sponges! And I
Re: [Mellotronists] Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Mark Wallis
Good point! NO, I haven t. I didn t know it existed until a month ago! ;-) ... _________________________________________________________________ Play your part
Re: [Mellotronists] Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by jonesalley
With all of the debate about Mellotron samples in general and the Memotron in particular, there seems to be one data point prominently missing. Has anybody
[Mellotronists] The Clone Wars (was Memotron etc..)
2007-06-04 by Mark Wallis
Oh my, it s all kicking off. Let s not forget that we (Mellotron owners) are the lucky ones. There aren t that many of these machines on the planet so
Re: [Mellotronists] Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Mike Dickson
... It sounds like a Mellotron and looks a bit like one too. That s fairly conceptual by most standards. ... I m pretty sure you are speaking for yourelf
Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Doug Berg
Here s my 2 cents worth(with rebate). It all comes down to what the individual percieves as acceptable. I cannot think of anyone who has the real thing that
Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by ceccles_ca
... Always an interesting debate. I think that it has more to do with what a player is comfortable and familiar with. People like Richard Barbieri, John
Re: Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Bernie
Before I found out that I was still co-owner of an M400S that had been in storage for almost 20 years, I had a similar experience. My first keyboard was an
Re: [Mellotronists] Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Mark Wallis
That s ME told, then.. Press the key, get the sound, big grin. That s all I meant. If I didn t appreciate the quirks of the Mellotron I wouldn t have bought
Re: [Mellotronists] Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Thinking Aloud
** First post warning! ** I m a Virtual Mellotronist, who currently can t afford / has no room for / lacks the basic skills to maintain - a real live Tron
Re: [Mellotronists] Memotron Video Clip
2007-06-04 by Donald Tillman
... This must be a use of the word conceptually that I am unfamiliar with. ... Speak for yourself. No, the sounds didn t get us all here in the first place;
Re: "Moody" Blue tron
2007-06-04 by leetronhead
NO!!! What we are all saying is...you should have painted her knobs pastel blue after she even hinted of touching anything as holy as a tron. the guys