You liking them or not is a matter of taste.
Mike
On 02/12/2010 12:04, tron400 wrote:
Mike, I think you and a few others misunderstand me. Frank Stickle's comment about not being able to drive them is closest to it if only for the absurdity. Pianos have limited range and only one voice. That's the way they're designed. I don't see that as a limitation. It is what it is.
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
>
> On 01/12/2010 13:20, tron400 wrote:
> >
> > If Mellotrons have limitations, everything has limitations. No one
> > ever mentions the limitations of a guitar or a piano, yet the article
> > mentions Mellotron limitations without saying what they are. What are
> > they?
> >
>
> 1. Tuning
> 2. Range
> 3. Voices
> 4. Recording quality
> 5. Timbre
> 6. White noise
> 7. Tape audio artefacts
> 8. Tape transport
> 9. Playing position
>
>
> Give me a shout if you want more.
>
-- Mike Dickson, Edinburgh Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks