The Mellotron Group

another one on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Vintage-Chamberlin-M1-M-1-Optigan-Mellotron-/330567982620?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item4cf7631e1c

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas C. Doncourt" <tomdcour@...> wrote:
>
> Mark, I can post note to note samples I made from the same amplifier and
> recording sytems if you like.. It might be better if I actually played the
> same musical passages on the two instuments but I am away from them for
> the next week
> 
> > Any chance of posting a recording?
> >
> > Mark
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas C. Doncourt"
> > <tomdcour@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I can compare form an M1 and an M400 on the cello and 3 violins. I can't
> >> say which I like better though... the M1 is brighter in both cases but
> >> the
> >> M400 seems fuller. Two slightly different sounding instruments but each
> >> with its purpose. The M1 sounds better to me with the tone control
> >> nearly
> >> all the way up - the M400 I have the tone at less than half.
> >>
> >> > I would be interested to hear I direct comparison of the 3 violins
> >> played
> >> > on an M400 and a Chamberlin, has anybody on the list got a working
> >> > Chamberlin, did Mattias sort his out?
> >> >
> >> > Mark
> >> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, tronbros <tronbros@> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Maybe different but not better.  The M400 is capable of hifi quality
> >> if
> >> >> given good source material.  It is not the muffled lofi beast
> >> everyone
> >> >> assumes.  We have put excellent commercial recordings through them
> >> and
> >> >> they handle up to 16k, clear and precisely.  Never underestimate the
> >> >> potential of a mellotron.
> >> >>
> >> >> Best,
> >> >>
> >> >> M
> >> >>
> >> >> mellotronics.co.uk
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 22 May 2011, at 00:32, "markpringnz" <markpringnz@> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Would these sound a lot different played through a chamberlin? I
> >> would
> >> >> guess that they would.
> >> >>
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