Mellotronists

Dear all

As a follow-up to Frank Carvalho's mention of his new album with Etcetera,
I'd just like to give it a quick endorsement. For those of you who are into
full-on symphonic prog, in a '70s style, I recommend it highly. Conversely,
if you're not, it won't be your all-time favourite album - you have been
warned! One question - Frank, is that real 'Tron? Your website uses the
ominous phrase 'Mellotron sounds'.  :-)

Andy T.

>Dear all 
>
>As a follow-up to Frank Carvalho's mention of his new album with Etcetera, 
>I'd just like to give it a quick endorsement. For those of you who are into 
>full-on symphonic prog, in a '70s style, I recommend it highly. Conversely, 
>if you're not, it won't be your all-time favourite album - you have been 
>warned! One question - Frank, is that real 'Tron? Your website uses the 
>ominous phrase 'Mellotron sounds'.   

Thank you for the kind words. I remember people on this list that claimed 
they could anytime hear the difference between real mellotron and 'tron 
samples. So I decided to do my best to challenge that. I've done really odd 
things like recording the sounds through two ancient Vox amps with reverb to 
get closer to that elusive MKII sound. I also processed some with a MiniMoog.
But I am an honest man (I beleive), so I can't claim to play mellotron where 
no mellotron is present. "Mellotron sounds" is the closest I can get to the 
truth. Yet I don't think you can actually hear the difference.
But NEXT time I will exploit M400 #160 to maximum.

Cheers

Frank

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From: <dko4342@...>
To: <andy.thompson@...>
Cc: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 9:10 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Etcetera


> Thank you for the kind words. I remember people on this list that claimed
> they could anytime hear the difference between real mellotron and 'tron
> samples. So I decided to do my best to challenge that. I've done really
odd
> things like recording the sounds through two ancient Vox amps with reverb
to
> get closer to that elusive MKII sound. I also processed some with a
MiniMoog.
> But I am an honest man (I beleive), so I can't claim to play mellotron
where
> no mellotron is present. "Mellotron sounds" is the closest I can get to
the
> truth. Yet I don't think you can actually hear the difference.
> But NEXT time I will exploit M400 #160 to maximum.
>
> Cheers
>
> Frank

Thanks for your honesty, Frank! It's a bloody good album either way. Look
forward to hearing the 'Tron next time round!

Andy T.
M400 #1145  - celebrated its 30th birthday by being recorded twice in that
very week, and appearing in a video.  :-)