MOTM

Much preferred over both.  I have long been a fan of the mellotron sound. 
 I have the Pinder mellotron sample set as well as a sample set done by Emu 
for the Emulator line.  A lot of these are unlooped with samples for every 
key.  Unfortunately many of the samples are very noisy and out of tune (in 
other words just like the real thing.)
I have even gone so far as to buy an Emu Custom Proteus and burn my own 
mellotron banks.  Having said all that, I don't have a Vintage Pro yet, but 
my birthday is next week and I'm hoping for one then.  I have auditioned 
one at length at the local music store and was quite impressed by the 
Electric Piano, Clav and Synth sounds as well as the mellotron sounds.  I 
would note that the Hammond sounds were somewhat disappointing.  The 
mellotron sounds are looped and there are certainly not individual 8 second 
samples for each key,  but the flavor and sound of the original is captured 
very well. Possibly even better than the full sample sets I have for the E 
IV.  I used to have one of the original Vintage Keys modules. I was never 
particularly impressed with it.  I sold it recently to help support my 
addiction (MOTM.)

-----Original Message-----
From:	jhaible [SMTP:jhaible@...]
Sent:	Saturday, June 14, 2003 4:41 PM
To:	motm@yahoogroups.com; paulhaneberg
Subject:	Re: [motm] Re: More Pawn Shop Booty

> BTW, the new EMU Vintage Proteus module has the best mellotron
> samples I've ever heard, much preferred over the original and much
> less expensive as well.

Much preferred over the original Vintage Keys, or much preferred
over the original Mellotron ? (;->)

Are the samples full length (no loops) and a different sample for each
key? (Should not be difficult with today's typical memory size, but
have they done it that way ?)

JH.