Mellotronists

>
> Having been in Abbey Road several times I have found no evidence of

> Maybe Colin Crawford, for it is he, can ask his friend who is a

> of some sort there.

> In a message dated 6/15/2007 4:10:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jimab@... writes:
>
> But not for much longer?
>
> http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/070524-NL-EMI.html
> <http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/070524-NL-EMI.html>
>
> To repeat the subject line, anybody heard about this?
>
> Jim Bailey
>
>
> Well, that sucks, doesn't it?
>

> lsf5275@... wrote:
> > In a message dated 6/15/2007 4:10:57 P.M. Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> > jimab@... writes:
> >
> > But not for much longer?
> >
> >
>

> >
>

> >
> > To repeat the subject line, anybody heard
> about this?
> >
> > Jim Bailey
> >
> >
> > Well, that sucks, doesn't it?
> >
> That's really sad... I had no idea they were in
> trouble.
>
> john
>
>

> Having been in Abbey Road several times I have found no evidence of an
> M400. Maybe Colin Crawford, for it is he, can ask his friend who is a
> technician of some sort there.

> Check out this
> link: http://emusician.com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/

>

>Check out this link:
><http://emusician.com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/>http://emusician.com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/
>
>They say they sampled a 400. I didn't know Abbey Road had one.
>Martin and JB or Markus, did you have anything to do with this?
>Sounds as if they were very careful/thorough in their sampling, I
>can't see them using a crap instrument.

You mean this collection?

http://www.soundsonline.com/EASTWEST-FAB-FOUR-pr-EW-170.html

I almost purchased it until I found out that you have to pay an additional $40 for a PACE iLok Security Key on top of the $355 for the software just to tie up another USB port. Besides the extra $$$ for the Security Key, there have been reported problems with it and also with the engine. Postings on kvraudio.com have been less than favorable.

Bernie

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques" <djacques@...> wrote:
>
> Its a very strange collection. If would just save my money and purchase the
> new Beatles keyboards selection from East West Studios.
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Ken Leonard
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 5:18 AM
> To: Mellotronists
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Anybody heard about this?
>
>
>
> At 08:39 AM 6/15/2007, you wrote:
> >Check out this link:
> ><http://emusician.
> <http://emusician.com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/>
> com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/>http://emusician.
> <http://emusician.com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/>
> com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/
> >
> >They say they sampled a 400. I didn't know Abbey Road had one.
> >Martin and JB or Markus, did you have anything to do with this?
> >Sounds as if they were very careful/thorough in their sampling, I
> >can't see them using a crap instrument.
>
> If the video at the Propellerhead site shows the machine used, it's
> #1793---you can see the serial number in the video. Anyone recognize it?
>
> Mark Vail is in the video. He says the machine has 1/4" tape. Heh,
> as I understand it, he's really not into Mellotrons.
>
> ...kl...
> M400 #805 - its own sample player
> M400 #1037 - anything else is just unREASONable
>

On 16 Jun 2007, at 12:24, Colin Crawford wrote:

http://emusician.com/sftinstruments/AbbeyRoadKeyboardsforReason/
>
>>
>
> Technostalgia Towers has just received a copy for review purposes.
>
> I'll let you know what we think!

Initial thoughts? Well, as a whole it's quite interesting, but the
Mellotron is a bit of a let-down. It's sampled every two notes, so the
cello frame had an extra not of double bass in it, and is generally
quite lacklustre. There's also bugger-all to verify that the machine
used has anything at all to do with Abbey Road, it's just stuck on the
selection because it ought to be there.

The pianos are good simply because nobody has ever bothered commecially
to sample ropey old uprights before, preferring Bosendorfer Imperials
and Steinway Ds. The Celesta's actually rather lovely, but the Hammond
is a bit of a let-down. All the samples are rather 'polite' and of
course the transition between Leslie off and on is very abrupt, with no
acceleration effect. The only way to get a realistic effect would be to
record to audio then stick the track through a software rotary
emulation program or a G4 simulator or similar.

The worst thing by far are the notes by Mark Vail, who should really
know better before spouting off with utter crap such as "The 1905
Steinway upright was built before the term 'upright' had been coined
for a piano with a vertical harp" and "There are two types of
harmonium, one which blows, the other sucks....ours sucks" Well of
COURSE it fuggin' sucks, because ALL harmoniums suck. Those which blow
are reed-organs. TWAT.

The Mellotron chapter is guff from start to finish.

Anyhow, we'll keep trying the software and report further.

Wotcher Cocks!

Cx

>



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> Colin, perhaps we can learn more about the Mellotron from the video.
> Is has a label saying it was restored by Streetly, and it shows the
> serial number.