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Muse

2006-11-28 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk

Here's a band that sounds like they are screaming out for a Mellotron. I
am happy to oblige!

http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/Apocalypse%20Please%20(Overdub).mp3

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

Re: [Mellotronists] Muse

2006-11-29 by lsf5275@aol.com

In a message dated 11/28/2006 5:46:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tron@... writes:

Here's a band that sounds like they are screaming out for a Mellotron. I
am happy to oblige!

http://www.systemst heory.pwp. blueyonder. co.uk/tunes/ Apocalypse% 20Please% 20(Overdub).mp3

Mike, I can't get the URL to work.

Frank

Muse have a 'Tron, I believe.

We share a publisher with them, and we're always being told what great
musicians they are. That may be the case, but they always strike me as
a cheap Radiohead copy, and just as depressing.

Cx

On 28 Nov 2006, at 20:52, tron@... wrote:

> Here's a band that sounds like they are screaming out for a Mellotron.
> I
> am happy to oblige!
>
> http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/
> Apocalypse%20Please%20(Overdub).mp3

http://www.s-club.co.uk
Sundae Club*
PO Box 862
Cheltenham
GL52 2XT

Re: [Mellotronists] Muse

2006-11-29 by Andy Thompson

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

From: Colin Crawford

To: tron@...

Cc: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:23 AM

Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Muse

Muse have a 'Tron, I believe.

We share a publisher with them, and we're always being told what great musicians they are. That may be the case, but they always strike me as a cheap Radiohead copy, and just as depressing.

Cx

They used one on their first album, 'Showbiz' - the one with the tacky cover. :-)

Andy T.

Re: Muse

2006-11-29 by ceccles_ca

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tron@... wrote:

>
> Here's a band that sounds like they are screaming out for a

Mellotron. I

> am happy to oblige!
>
> http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/Apocalypse%

20Please%20(Overdub).mp3

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

That was AWSOME Mike!!!
Two or three layers of choir / 3v's / Brass ? I've never heard the
original track. Is it lame without the tron ?

http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/Apocalypse%
20Please%20(Overdub).mp3

[Mellotronists] Muse

2006-11-29 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk

> Mike, I can't get the URL to work.
> Frank

It's at

http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/Apocalypse%20Please%20(Overdub).mp3

Your problems may be down to Yahoo reformatyting all the messages it
receives and adding tons of MIME rubbish into the bargain.

Mike

[Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-29 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk

> > Here's a band that sounds like they are screaming out for a
> > Mellotron. I am happy to oblige!
>
> That was AWSOME Mike!!!
> Two or three layers of choir / 3v's / Brass ?

Glad you liked it so much. It's two brass, one strings (albeit recorded
in two parts) and one choir. Oh, and some non-Tron church organ.

> I've never heard the original track. Is it lame without the tron ?

No, it's actually quite good as long as you can stand the singer's
voice.

Mike

[Mellotronists] Muse

2006-11-29 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk

> Muse have a 'Tron, I believe.

Then I wish they'd use the bloody thing.

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

Re: Muse

2006-11-29 by ceccles_ca

> (http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/Apocalypse%

20Please%20(Overdub).mp3)

>
> Mike, I can't get the URL to work.
> Frank
>

I had to paste the URL it into a word processor, edit it into one
string, then paste it into my browser. Worth doing tho. It's a great
track.

Clay

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-29 by Colin Crawford

Bloody great!

Now if they sounded like that all the time, I'd be buying their albums!

Send me a hi-fi mp3 if you like and I'll send Bellamy a copy to see if
he likes it!!

Cx

On 29 Nov 2006, at 16:45, ceccles_ca wrote:

> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tron@... wrote:
> >
> > Here's a band that sounds like they are screaming out for a
> Mellotron. I
> > am happy to oblige!
> >
> > http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/Apocalypse%
> 20Please%20(Overdub).mp3

> http://www.s-club.co.uk
Sundae Club*
PO Box 862
Cheltenham
GL52 2XT

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-29 by jeffc@netaxs.com

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, ceccles_ca wrote:

> > (http://www.systemstheory.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunes/Apocalypse%
> 20Please%20(Overdub).mp3)
> >
> > Mike, I can't get the URL to work.
> > Frank
> >
>
> I had to paste the URL it into a word processor, edit it into one
> string, then paste it into my browser. Worth doing tho. It's a great
> track.

just remember that "%20" in a URL is a space character.
[which is why it's best to avoid them in a URL]

jeff the geek

> Clay

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-30 by lsf5275@aol.com

In a message dated 11/29/2006 4:53:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jeffc@... writes:

just remember that "%20" in a URL is a space character.
[which is why it's best to avoid them in a URL]

jeff the geek

Thanks Jeff and Clay. Jeff, the last clue got me there.

Frank

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-30 by lsf5275@aol.com

In a message dated 11/29/2006 4:53:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jeffc@... writes:

just remember that "%20" in a URL is a space character.
[which is why it's best to avoid them in a URL]

jeff the geek

Oh yeah. Good tune. Loved the Mellotron.

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-30 by jeffc@netaxs.com

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 LSF5275@... wrote:

>
> In a message dated 11/29/2006 4:53:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jeffc@... writes:
>
> just remember that "%20" in a URL is a space character.
> [which is why it's best to avoid them in a URL]
>
> jeff the geek
>
>
>
> Thanks Jeff and Clay. Jeff, the last clue got me there.
>
> Frank

sure man!
...and to further exhibit geekiness, this is why:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt

or refer to the easy less technical explanation:
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm

...jeff

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-30 by lsf5275@aol.com

In a message dated 11/29/2006 10:36:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jeffc@... writes:

sure man!
...and to further exhibit geekiness, this is why:
http://www.rfc- editor.org/ rfc/rfc1738. txt

or refer to the easy less technical explanation:
http://www.blooberr y.com/indexdot/ html/topics/ urlencoding. htm

Most excellent!

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-30 by pete

I'll 2nd that-sounds great!
Pete

jeffc@... wrote:

>> I had to paste the URL it into a word processor, edit it into one
>> string, then paste it into my browser. Worth doing tho. It's a great
>> track.
>

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

2006-11-30 by Andy Thompson

----- Original Message -----
From: <jeffc@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 LSF5275@... wrote:
>
> ...and to further exhibit geekiness, this is why:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt
>
> or refer to the easy less technical explanation:
> http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm
>
> ...jeff

Many thanks, Jeff - useful html stuff that's actually quite difficult to
filter out from the general Internet 'background noise'.

Andy T.

pinch roller maintenence

2006-11-30 by fdoddy@aol.com

So I actually had a day off where I could putter and I finally got around to working on my pinch rollers. I rigged a rubber wheel (capstan) on to my electric drill to spin the rollers while I hit them with some 600 grit emory and took the cup out of my rollers as well as give em a little tooth, then hit em with some rubber rejuvenator (the kind used for typewriter platens) and now those suckers grab tape like their life depended on it. Did a pad and roller readjust (naturally as the rollers are a new diameter) No wobblies and notes are clear and true to the end. What a difference!

fritZ

-----Original Message-----
From: andy.thompson@...
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

----- Original Message -----
From: <jeffc@netaxs. com>
To: <Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Muse

> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 LSF5275@aol. com wrote:
>
> ...and to further exhibit geekiness, this is why:
> http://www.rfc- editor.org/ rfc/rfc1738. txt
>
> or refer to the easy less technical explanation:
> http://www.blooberr y.com/indexdot/ html/topics/ urlencoding. htm
>
> ...jeff

Many thanks, Jeff - useful html stuff that's actually quite difficult to
filter out from the general Internet 'background noise'.

Andy T.

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Re: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

2006-12-02 by jeffc@netaxs.com

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 fdoddy@... wrote:

> So I actually had a day off where I could putter and I finally got
> around to working on my pinch rollers. I rigged a rubber wheel
> (capstan) on to my electric drill to spin the rollers while I hit them
> with some 600 grit emory and took the cup out of my rollers as well as
> give em a little tooth, then hit em with some rubber rejuvenator (the
> kind used for typewriter platens) and now those suckers grab tape like
> their life depended on it. Did a pad and roller readjust (naturally as
> the rollers are a new diameter) No wobblies and notes are clear and
> true to the end. What a difference!
>
> fritZ

velly klever flitz.
but can vee get you to reveel more?

would that [rubber rejuvenator] be something like this stuff?:
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/specials/misc/chemicals/S03

do you have a brand/product name/source?

come to think of it...
i have a friend in copier repair [he works for canon] - i bet he
can get some good stuff for me if i tell him what i need it for.

great tip fritz.
and glad you had a day off!

i just spent the past week rewiring/reconfiguring my entire studio.
amazing how many unused cables had crept into it, along with cables
that were 3 or 4 times longer than they needed to be... eeesh.
it was a huge job, but should be worth it...

...jeff

Re: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

2006-12-03 by Ken Leonard

At 03:12 PM 11/30/2006, you wrote:

> So I actually had a day off where I could putter and I finally got
> around to working on my pinch rollers.

Hello Fritz,

It sounds like you ground those down a bit. I've only removed the
edges and scruffed them up (and then applied the rejuvenator).

I've used the flywheel to spin up the rollers in my machines to
accomplish this type of work, which probably a bit lighter than what you did.

...kl...
M400 #805 - i'm such a tool
M400 #1037 - i feel so used

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Re: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

2006-12-04 by Ken Leonard

>It sounds like you ground those down a bit.

I should have added: Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'd
be concerned about not letting them go out of round if taking a bit
off of them, so it's great to hear that you have found a way to bring
these suckers back to really decent shape so they play well!

Did you have to do anything to any of them so they spin more freely?

...kl...
M400 #805 - boxy, not round
M400 #1037 - not that there's anything wrong with that

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Re: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

2006-12-04 by fdoddy@aol.com

Just enforced the laws we already have on the books...

-----Original Message-----
From: ken@...
To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

>It sounds like you ground those down a bit.

I should have added: Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'd
be concerned about not letting them go out of round if taking a bit
off of them, so it's great to hear that you have found a way to bring
these suckers back to really decent shape so they play well!

Did you have to do anything to any of them so they spin more freely?

...kl...
M400 #805 - boxy, not round
M400 #1037 - not that there's anything wrong with that

** Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents: http://www.kleonard .com
** Get Outdoors New England: http://www.GONewEng land.org

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RE: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

2006-12-05 by Pomeroy Ranch

While I wouldn’t want to grind my Chamberlin rollers because they ought to stay “broad-shouldered” to exert an even pull for across the tracks, I am interested in the notion of “conditioning” the rubber to make them softer and “grippier”. What do you use and how do you apply it? Must one be extra careful to avoid getting this on the axle?

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Re: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

2006-12-05 by fdoddy@aol.com

Mine weren't broad shouldered, they just had shoulders. In other words, they were cupped so there wasn't much surface area. Conditioning the rubber would have certainly been an improvement, but the ever-sofine grinding, and I mean fine. really did the trick. Tough to do in a Chamby I know. I forget the brand of mine, but I'll look once I'm home. Simple google search is all I did.

fd

-----Original Message-----
From: punchbowl4@...
To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:59 PM
Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

While I wouldn’t want to grind my Chamberlin rollers because they ought to stay “broad-shouldered” to exert an even pull for across the tracks, I am interested in the notion of “conditioning” the rubber to make them softer and “grippier”. What do you use and how do you apply it? Must one be extra careful to avoid getting this on the axle?

Vance

-----Original Message-----
From: Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Mellotronis ts@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Ken Leonard
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 4:46 PM
To: Mellotronists
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] pinch roller maintenence

>It sounds like you ground those down a bit.

I should have added: Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'd
be concerned about not letting them go out of round if taking a bit
off of them, so it's great to hear that you have found a way to bring
these suckers back to really decent shape so they play well!

Did you have to do anything to any of them so they spin more freely?

...kl...
M400 #805 - boxy, not round
M400 #1037 - not that there's anything wrong with that

** Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents: http://www.kleonard .com
** Get Outdoors New England: http://www.GONewEng land.org

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