Mellotronists

Hello everyone, I'm lacking a bit in knowledge on keyboards (Okay, I 
know hardly anything about them) and was wondering what kind of midi 
controller is good with the M-Tron program?  Would one of the cheap $50 
ones suffice? (please please please...) or do I have to shell out some 
cash for one?  Thanks a ton! Here's to owning an actual mellotron 
someday....

Virtually any midi keyboard will do as long it has at least 49 keys. It 
doesn't have to be expensive.

Bernie

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "johnt0401" <johnt0401@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, I'm lacking a bit in knowledge on keyboards (Okay, I 
> know hardly anything about them) and was wondering what kind of midi 
> controller is good with the M-Tron program?  Would one of the cheap 
$50 
> ones suffice? (please please please...) or do I have to shell out 
some 

> cash for one?  Thanks a ton! Here's to owning an actual mellotron 
> someday....
>

johnt0401 wrote:
> Hello everyone, I'm lacking a bit in knowledge on keyboards (Okay, I 
> know hardly anything about them) and was wondering what kind of midi 
> controller is good with the M-Tron program?  Would one of the cheap $50 
> ones suffice? (please please please...) or do I have to shell out some 
> cash for one?  Thanks a ton! Here's to owning an actual mellotron 
> someday....
>   
Any bit of crap will do. The M-Tron doesn't need much. It only requires 
35 active keys, does not respond to touch (good) and does not respond to 
voice changes either (bad).

-- 

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...>
wrote:

...does not respond to touch (good) and does not respond to voice
changes either (bad).

Sounds like my wife.

How do you mean *voice changes* ?

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "ceccles_ca" <ecclesreinson@...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@>
> wrote:
> 
> ...does not respond to touch (good) and does not respond to voice
> changes either (bad).
> 
> Sounds like my wife.
> 
> How do you mean *voice changes* ?
>

You can't change the M-Tron tracks with the keyboard controls. You have 
to use a mouse to select from a menu.

Bernie

ceccles_ca wrote:
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...>
> wrote:
>
> ...does not respond to touch (good) and does not respond to voice
> changes either (bad).
>
> Sounds like my wife.
>
> How do you mean *voice changes* ?
>   
You cannot change from one sound (say 'sine wave one' to 'sine wave 
two') to another via the keyboard or external software. You have to do 
it via the M-Tron program itself.

-- 

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

The touch sensitivity of a Mellotron is something that can't be 
simulated with a midi keyboard. Probably the best you can do is use 
a volume pedal.

Bernie


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring 
<mellotronmadness@...> wrote:
>
> Why is lack of response to touch a good thing? I use m-tron hosted 
by FL Studio and find it quite frustrating that I can't find any way 
of altering the note volume within a track. A  sample based touch 
sensitive tron would at least have one advantage over a real one.
> 
> Mark
> 
> Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> 
wrote:                                  
>  Any bit of crap will do. The M-Tron doesn't need much. It only 
requires 
>  35 active keys, does not respond to touch (good) and does not 
respond to 
>  voice changes either (bad).
>  
>  -- 
>  
>  Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
>  The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
>  Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/
>  
>  
>      
>                        
> 
>        
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Touch sensitivity on mellotron samples actually is an
annoying thing for me- I disable it on my Akai or
Kontakt right away-it just doesn't feel like a
mellotron any more. I agree that a volume pedal is a
more natural (and gradual) way of controlling gain. It
is one thing to want a realistic mellotron sound and
another to want a more natural string or brass sound.


--- Bernie <kornowicz@...> wrote:

> The touch sensitivity of a Mellotron is something
> that can't be 
> simulated with a midi keyboard. Probably the best
> you can do is use 
> a volume pedal.
> 
> Bernie
> 
> 
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring 
> <mellotronmadness@...> wrote:
> >
> > Why is lack of response to touch a good thing? I
> use m-tron hosted 
> by FL Studio and find it quite frustrating that I
> can't find any way 
> of altering the note volume within a track. A 
> sample based touch 
> sensitive tron would at least have one advantage
> over a real one.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> 
> wrote:                                  
> >  Any bit of crap will do. The M-Tron doesn't need
> much. It only 
> requires 
> >  35 active keys, does not respond to touch (good)
> and does not 
> respond to 
> >  voice changes either (bad).
> >  
> >  -- 
> >  
> >  Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
> >  The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
> >  Streetly Sample Library
> http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/
> >  
> >  
> >      
> >                        
> > 
> >        
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