Mellotronists

Hello again,
     Not to beat a dead horse, but in recording samples, in general, particularly 
in digital modeling, digital sounds don't blend.  
     I recorded a record some years ago in which three songs utilized real tube 
guitar amps.  The rest, per the request of the client, were done with an amp 
modeler.  The difference during mixdown was plain as the hole in your arse.  I 
had a bitch of a time getting the modeled sounds to blend in order to create 
that "oneness" you get from several distorted guitars layered over each other.  
No matter what I did they maintained seperation and indiviuality.  The real 
amps blended into a creamy wall of guitars.
     This would be one explaination why mellotron samples, when playing 
chords, sound flat and strange.  No criss-cross between harmonic points.
-Jack Younger

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

From: "Jack Younger" <e4103s@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:22 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] One more thing...



>      This would be one explaination why mellotron samples, when playing
> chords, sound flat and strange.  No criss-cross between harmonic points.
> -Jack Younger

I think Jack's made an extremely valid point here, not to mention one that
can be used against sample fans. Is there any way of testing this on an
oscilloscope or something?

Andy T.