The Mellotron Group

Completely agree Tom

Which makes me wonder,aren't the samples in the 
M4000D taken directly from the mastertapes, instead of 
a real Mellotron?





Op 21 jan. 2011 om 16:41 heeft "Thomas C. Doncourt" <tomdcour@amnh.org> het volgende geschreven:

> That is well put! Playing a sampler is like a job, getting a real tron to
> sound just right and then recording it is a personal process I enjoy. Few
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> > It's about your personal connection with the machine as much as the
> > sound..the feel of it. It's a very selfish feeling actually. I can fool
> > 99.9% of the public with samples, but I can't fool myself. That's what
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> > From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
> > To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 3:19 am
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT- NAMM 2011
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> > I've been able to tell the real thing apart from samples, but deeper in
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> > Also - I imagine most Mellotron owners could recognize when it is real or
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> > An Alesis piano module would never be mistaken for a Steinway where as
> > this instrument would be difficult if not impossible to distinguish
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