Mellotronists

Hi there,
the Pinder CD booklet lists Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds. Among 
violin sounds there are MarkII Violins, Tron Violin Section, Tron 16 
Violins, M300 Violins and Chamberlin 3 Violins. Now, what type of 
violins have been used as 3 Violins in the famous M400 Mellotron (the 
white one)? 
Any Information would be helpful. Thanx

I believe its "Mark II Violins"

 

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Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:25 AM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Mike Pinder Mellotron CD-Rom Question

 

Hi there,
the Pinder CD booklet lists Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds. Among 
violin sounds there are MarkII Violins, Tron Violin Section, Tron 16 
Violins, M300 Violins and Chamberlin 3 Violins. Now, what type of 
violins have been used as 3 Violins in the famous M400 Mellotron (the 
white one)? 
Any Information would be helpful. Thanx

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "tastenhauer2002" 
<n.e.schmidt@...> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> the Pinder CD booklet lists Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds. Among 
> violin sounds there are MarkII Violins, Tron Violin Section, Tron 16 
> Violins, M300 Violins and Chamberlin 3 Violins. Now, what type of 
> violins have been used as 3 Violins in the famous M400 Mellotron 
(the 
> white one)? 
> Any Information would be helpful. Thanx
>
  Re:  On your CD tracks 9 thru 16 are of the 400 library. Track 12 is 
self explanatory. Track 13, according to Sound Sales catalog, Violins, 
Viola, Cello-full bodied rich string sound.  The Chamberlin 3 violins, 
Track 24 are close if not more robust than the strings on my 400. 
After they stopped production of the 400 it seems they added a lot to 
the sound library.  When you ordered a 400 it came standard, at least 
stateside, with A: 8 voice choir, B: 3 violins, C: Flute.  My Streetly 
built came with Viola in place of the choir which many did. Obviously 
when they did the cd, someone thought it unnecessary to include.  
Maybe it will be on the next cd whenever.  Hope that helped,,,Doug

In a message dated 25/03/2007 21:01:54 GMT Standard Time,  caddyfam@... 
writes:

When you  ordered a 400 it came standard, at least 
stateside, with A: 8 voice choir,  B: 3 violins, C: Flute.


In the UK it was cello, 3 violins and flute.
 
Norm

#328 which I got in 1972 came with cello,violins,flute. The solo viola IS on the Pinder CD, 
at least it is on mine.:)
   The 400 violins were, I believe, standard MK2 violins but re-eq'd a bit for the 400 
circuitry. Martin could tell us for sure. Supposedly the MK2 violins were actually the 
original Chamberlin violin sound...the only sound that Mellotronics kept from the 
Chamberlin 600s Fransen brought to the UK.





--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, NormLeete@... wrote:

>
>  
> In a message dated 25/03/2007 21:01:54 GMT Standard Time,  caddyfam@... 
> writes:
> 
> When you  ordered a 400 it came standard, at least 
> stateside, with A: 8 voice choir,  B: 3 violins, C: Flute.
> 
> 
> In the UK it was cello, 3 violins and flute.
>  
> Norm
>

#886's tapes are marked "BBS" and have cello/3violins/flute, and are the 
original set as well.  As near as I have been able to figure, it was 
produced mid-1974.

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mike Pinder Mellotron CD-Rom Question


> #886's tapes are marked "BBS" and have cello/3violins/flute, and are the
> original set as well.  As near as I have been able to figure, it was
> produced mid-1974.

I've been told that #1145 rolled off the line in Nov.'73, and was originally 
sent out with cello/3v/flutes, so your #886 has to be rather older - early 
'73? Mind you, that depends on how things worked with Sound Sales, I 
suppose. I've never quite understood this - were all M400s produced in the 
UK, then some exported and 'improved' (cough, splutter) by SS?

Andy T.
#1145

Many thanx for your answers. One more thing:
What do you recommend as effects in combination with that samples? 
Delay, reverb, EQ-settings?  


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Berg" <caddyfam@...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "tastenhauer2002" 
> <n.e.schmidt@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> > the Pinder CD booklet lists Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds. 
Among 
> > violin sounds there are MarkII Violins, Tron Violin Section, Tron 
16 
> > Violins, M300 Violins and Chamberlin 3 Violins. Now, what type of 
> > violins have been used as 3 Violins in the famous M400 Mellotron 
> (the 
> > white one)? 
> > Any Information would be helpful. Thanx
> >
>   Re:  On your CD tracks 9 thru 16 are of the 400 library. Track 12 
is 
> self explanatory. Track 13, according to Sound Sales catalog, 
Violins, 
> Viola, Cello-full bodied rich string sound.  The Chamberlin 3 
violins, 
> Track 24 are close if not more robust than the strings on my 400. 
> After they stopped production of the 400 it seems they added a lot 
to 
> the sound library.  When you ordered a 400 it came standard, at 
least 
> stateside, with A: 8 voice choir, B: 3 violins, C: Flute.  My 
Streetly 
> built came with Viola in place of the choir which many did. 
Obviously 

> when they did the cd, someone thought it unnecessary to include.  
> Maybe it will be on the next cd whenever.  Hope that helped,,,Doug
>

In a message dated 26/03/2007 19:18:01 GMT Standard Time,  
chris.dale@... writes:

Harry gave them this sound via a master  tape


No.  Harry was up in arms about them having the sound.  We have  the 600 
tapes on the reel that Bill brought over.  The MKII violins  were copied one note 
at a time from the reel to reel set.  Painstaking but  neverthless this is how 
it was done.  You can hear the degredation from  Harry's recordings to the 
MKII violins.  The resulting MKII master would  have been, at a guess, two 
generations down giving the violins that unique  character.
 
Best,
 
Martin
 
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Hi all...

Does anyone have any inside info as to whether or not Volume II of the
Pinder samples will ever be released??

The website says "we are trying for an early summer release", but I guess
it's yet to be determined which summer we're talking about...  ;-)

See:  http://www.mellotron.com/prices.htm

Anyway, I'm a huge fan of the first set and would love to get my paws on
round 2....

Bruce
-- 
Check out the Orcas Island Tonewoods website at:
http://www.rockisland.com/~tonewoods

I emailed Dave Kean a while back and asked the same question....he 
wrote back saying don't hold your breath because they're working on 
something even better(?)  Write him and ask-see what he says


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Harvie <tonewoods@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi all...
> 
> Does anyone have any inside info as to whether or not Volume II of 
the
> Pinder samples will ever be released??
> 
> The website says "we are trying for an early summer release", but 
I guess
> it's yet to be determined which summer we're talking about...  ;-)
> 
> See:  http://www.mellotron.com/prices.htm
> 
> Anyway, I'm a huge fan of the first set and would love to get my 
paws on

> round 2....
> 
> Bruce
> -- 
> Check out the Orcas Island Tonewoods website at:
> http://www.rockisland.com/~tonewoods
>