Mellotronists

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/

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

----- 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.

--- 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

> 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

> > 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

> 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/

> (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

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

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

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

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

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.
>

----- 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.

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@...>
 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.
 
      
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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

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

** Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents:  http://www.kleonard.com
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>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.GONewEngland.org

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.GONewEngland.org
 
      
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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

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@earthlink.net
 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:Mellotronists@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.GONewEngland.org           
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