Mellotronists

> >insight.  It has over 150 members(I believe), so why do we always get the
> >same few and very welcome voices?  And if someone new does speak, let's
> >answer them.
> >
> I'll delurk for a coupla seconds here.  I enjoy reading thee information
> on this list, but I'm not, nor am I likely to be a mellotron owner at
> any point in the medium term at least.  The reason being that my little
> music studio is in my attic, and access is through a fairly small hatch.
> I managed to squeeze my Rhodes Chroma through (on my own as well, up a
> flight of ladders!) but there is *no* way a 'tron will fit up there.
> I'd like an RMI KC2 for that matter, but I'd better measure one up
> before I ever considered buying one - I know a CS80 won't fit.    For
> now, & the near future, I have to use samples.  Allow me to drone on a
> bit.  I bought a DAT tape from a company called "tronsonics" who
> advertised  just once in the back of "Sound on Sound" many, many years
> ago.  They had a range of IIRC 6 or 7 tapes, each with four complete
> sets. Well, very nearly complete, as it turned out, but never mind.  I
> ordered the one with violin trio, flutes, mixed brass and tremelo
> electrick guitar (I think this sound is used in "The Prisoner" theme -
> the twangy tremelo guitar does sound very similar anyway)  I remember
> how thrilling it was building up the keyboard map in my dreadful old
> Yamaha TX16w sampler - - Wow! I can play a min3rd! - Wow, I can play a
> diminished chord! - Wow, I can play an inversion! (Etc) I'll need HOW
> MANY floppies?  Oops I just pressed the sustain pedal whilst in "edit"
> mode - now I'll have to start all over again...  Anyway, that DAT tape
> of samples has seen me thru 3 samplers (emax2, and current peavey dpm-sp
> module being 2 and 3) and soon, I'm planning on getting a fancy new E-mu
> box.  This makes me think that I'd like to overhaul my mellotron
> samples, and expand from the violins & flutes I use at the moment.  I
> wonder if listmembers have any recommendations for sample sources?  I
> tried out propeller island's sample CD a while ago, but I wasn't too
> impressed w/that.  The 2 sources that occur to me as "possibles" are the
> Mike Pinder CD, or alternatively, buy a copy of the "M-tron" VST
> instrument, install it in a friends computer (I'm still on Atari here)
> and get him to blast the samples onto DAT, so I can put it into the
> E-mu, trim, map and er..loo...er...lo....er, do the terrible thing to
> them.  Has anyone tried the M-tron package, and what did you think?
> Also, has anyone used the "Symphonic Fields Forever" sample CD?  I read
> this was fancy modern stereo multisamples, but played FF and unlooped in
> approx 8-second lengths to give a tron-like, but with unfamiliar sounds
> type effect.  Sounds interesting to me.  Anyway, that's all I've got to
> say for now...oh, hang on, does anyone know what tape sets Simon House
> used with Hawkwind?  I really like the spooky choir sound on "the
> demented man" from "Warrior on the Edge of Time", plus the choir break
> on "D-Riders" has to be my favourite mellotron break, ever!
> Best etc.
> --
> Norman Fay
> Vietgrove
> Newcastle England
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