The Mellotron Group

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@...> wrote:
>
> I know that they worked long and hard on capturing decent sounds so it is
> possible that a MK II, 300 etc. were used. There should be some information
> included about how it was done in the product.  I'm sure fresh tapes were
> used as well but then the question might become whether they made tapes from
> the original masters or the work masters or both.
> 
> It's almost indirectly analogous to whether Mellotrons of the past received
> tapes from Mellotronics (at "London pitch") or at the original Streetly
> pitch.
> 

Actually, I think parts of the Pinder CD are Mellotronics. I noticed that the MkII violins on it are rather uniformly flat. Going to have to recompile the soundfont with a master adjustment. However, I don't really want to have a "tuned" set, just something in aggregate, centered on 440.