Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, MAinPsych@... wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 12/8/2006 8:01:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> mellotronmadness@... writes:
>
> Hi, I just want to sound like Woolly Wolstenholme (Barclay James
Harvest )
> without actually having to buy an M300. I've got the M-Tron but
it doesn't
> sound remotely like, either M300 strings or M300 violins ( the
only M-Tron
> voices I like are the cello, saxophone, boys choir and clarinet,
generally it's
> quite disappointing) As I understand it Woolly never changed
banks on his
> M300, I assume he could only mix one other sound with strings
which I
> believe were M300a. I could be persuaded to buy the Mellotron CD
and a
> software sampler. Could that provide something close? I only play
for my own
> amusement and to inflict pain on others, so near enough would do.
> I've looked at the Kontackt and Vsampler, how much memory do these
> things need to perform? Thanks, Mark
> PS These days with Maestoso he has an M400 with remastered
strings but
> they don't sound as good.
> PPS I am not trying to restart the samples vs real thing debate!
>
>
>
> Hi, Mark.
>
> I have the Pinder/Mellotron CD, run through an AKAI CD3000i
sampler, and
> quickly discovered that the M300 samples are 300A strings from
approx. notes
> 1-19, and then shifts an octave down with M300B strings from
approx. notes 20-35
> (it may be the other way around, but I haven't used the disc for
a long
> time). It makes for some interesting voicings with that
combination across the
> keys, but frustrating when you want one over the other across the
keyboard.
> Do I have an aberrent disc, or are they all like this? At least
I have a tape
> frame for my 400 with M300A strings/IM, Flute/M300B strings, and
the same
> combination on Station 1, RH side of my MkII, but then I am a
lucky S.O.B.
>
> Frank Samagaio
> San Diego CA
> MkII #134 (Pindertron) / M400 3908
> author, The Mellotron Book
>

In a message dated 09/12/2006 04:01:27 GMT Standard Time, mellotronmadness@... writes:

PS These days with Maestoso he has an M400 with remastered strings but
they don't sound as good.

NO!!! They are not remastered at his very own request. The sound you love is the M300A violins through the spring line reverb of the M300 which Woolly used to great effect. You could back off the source signal and leave the reverb ringing. This is the sound of BJH. It grieves me to say it but the MTron can be made to sound very similar if you employ this same technique.

Best,

Martin

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