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Fwd: Love, twue love

2005-04-28 by fdoddy@aol.com

I love the sound of the Orchestron (seriously) Missed out on a dual 
manual model that was on Ebay a few years back. If anyone ever needs a 
home for one, I got it\ufffd
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 I do have an Optigan that is non-functioning pile of scrap...\ufffd
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 Fritz\ufffd
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Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

2005-04-28 by Mattias

I love the Orchestron...It´s a close second to the Mellotron in my studio. There is something truly magical about those choirs and strings...The french horn on the other sounds a bit like it´s played inside a submarine by someone with a terrible cold miked from the surface...I have used it though...!
On my Optigan the autokomp buttons have died...sort of. They all play at once creating kind of a Tom Waits vibe...
I have to fix them some day...Now I just I play the discs in the Orchestron...
Are the Birotron sounds different recordings than the Mellotron sounds ? Would it be possible to transfer them to tape...or maybe even optical discs ?
// Mattias
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Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:04 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love



I love the sound of the Orchestron (seriously) Missed out on a dual
manual model that was on Ebay a few years back. If anyone ever needs a
home for one, I got it

I do have an Optigan that is non-functioning pile of scrap...

Fritz


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Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

2005-04-28 by David Davis

I do wish someone would convince Ralf Hütter of this fact...
these days instead of a choir of millenia-old radioactive
monsters, the 'werkers play Radioactivity with this wick
plastic digital choir sound :-(
You can't even hear the sample looping!
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http://www.feline1.co.uk
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mattias
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

I love the Orchestron...It´s a close second to the Mellotron in my studio. There is something truly magical about those choirs and strings...The french horn on the other sounds a bit like it´s played inside a submarine by someone with a terrible cold miked from the surface...I have used it though...!
On my Optigan the autokomp buttons have died...sort of. They all play at once creating kind of a Tom Waits vibe...
I have to fix them some day...Now I just I play the discs in the Orchestron...
Are the Birotron sounds different recordings than the Mellotron sounds ? Would it be possible to transfer them to tape...or maybe even optical discs ?
// Mattias
----- Original Message -----
From: fdoddy@...
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:04 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love



I love the sound of the Orchestron (seriously) Missed out on a dual
manual model that was on Ebay a few years back. If anyone ever needs a
home for one, I got it

I do have an Optigan that is non-functioning pile of scrap...

Fritz



Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

2005-04-28 by Mattias

As far as I´ve heard they don´t even use their Stylophone, Tubon or Bee Gees drummachine either anymore...These are grim times indeed...
// Mattias
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Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

I do wish someone would convince Ralf Hütter of this fact...
these days instead of a choir of millenia-old radioactive
monsters, the 'werkers play Radioactivity with this wick
plastic digital choir sound :-(
You can't even hear the sample looping!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.feline1.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: Mattias
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

I love the Orchestron...It´s a close second to the Mellotron in my studio. There is something truly magical about those choirs and strings...The french horn on the other sounds a bit like it´s played inside a submarine by someone with a terrible cold miked from the surface...I have used it though...!
On my Optigan the autokomp buttons have died...sort of. They all play at once creating kind of a Tom Waits vibe...
I have to fix them some day...Now I just I play the discs in the Orchestron...
Are the Birotron sounds different recordings than the Mellotron sounds ? Would it be possible to transfer them to tape...or maybe even optical discs ?
// Mattias
----- Original Message -----
From: fdoddy@...
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:04 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love



I love the sound of the Orchestron (seriously) Missed out on a dual
manual model that was on Ebay a few years back. If anyone ever needs a
home for one, I got it

I do have an Optigan that is non-functioning pile of scrap...

Fritz



[Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

2005-05-01 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk

> Are the Birotron sounds different recordings than the Mellotron
> sounds?

Yes. They are also pretty lousy.

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

Re: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

2005-05-01 by Mattias

Can´t help being curious...
How many sounds were recorded and is it possible to get them on a standard tape frame...?
// Mattias
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Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 9:41 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Fwd: Love, twue love

> Are the Birotron sounds different recordings than the Mellotron
> sounds?

Yes. They are also pretty lousy.

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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