The Mellotron Group

Yeah, 
and I bet you never buy records or CDs, 
cos they sound the same every time you play them  -
it's kinda lacking in soul compared to going to a gig.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> You can take the M4000D and manipulate it to be idiosyncratic in certain  
> ways. But those idiosyncrasies will be the same to every sound. The  
> character of a Mellotron is derived from how it plays its tapes, variances from  
> frame to frame, tape age, keyboard adjustment, etc. It makes each one unique.  
> Every M4000D will be exactly like every other one. Not a bad thing really,  
> but a little soulless. When I think of a Mellotron, I think of a tape  
> replay machine. The Mellotron sounds that come out of an iPad are no different  
> except the way they are accessed. The sampling rate may be different but the  
> concept is the same.The iPad delivers the sounds but imparts no character 
> to  them.
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/19/2011 8:37:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> tron400@... writes:
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>  
>  
> Looks like my last reply didn't make it.
> 
> The last frame I bought has  tuned Cello/M400 Violins/Flute. Sure, the 
> Violins are MkII Violins EQ'd for  the M400, but the EQ, as well as the tuning, 
> was done by Streetly, so there's  a degree of authenticity there (like 100%).
> 
> I'd love to play around  with an M4000D for a few days. It seems to be a 
> practical machine for those  who don't want to own a tape replay machine and a 
> good supplement to an M400.  But I don't think electronics can ever 
> accurately imitate the  electromechanical idiosyncracies of a Mellotron.
> 
> Bernie
> 
> --- In  _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "Charles" <charel196@> wrote:
> >
> > so if you bought a new  tape rack and played an E Major chord and the 
> fifth was recorded out of tune,  you'd prefer that over buying a digital unit 
> with all the notes properly tuned  and de-noised?
> > Even your Mellotron library was recorded and EQ'd with  someone else's 
> idea of how it should sound.
> > I just don't get it, I  guess.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > >  
> > > It's one thing to alter the sound of your Mellotron or samples,  but 
> it's another thing to have someone else decide for you how it should  
> fundamentally sound.
> > > 
> > > Bernie
> > > 
> >  > --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "Charles" <charel196@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > > do you think Mike Pinder never did any "tampering" to make  his units 
> sound "better"? Geeezus....to me the M4000D is the outgrowth of all  the 
> years of addressing the complaints about exactly what was wrong with the  tape 
> system by all the major artists (tuning, noise, etc.)
> > > >  Do you think if Harry Chamberlin had this technology at his disposal 
> he would  have used tapes?
> > > > It may not be a "real Mellotron/Chamberlin"  in the eyes of the 
> hardcore obsessives but for me it's a completely normal  development in the 
> lineage and deserves the name.
> > > >
> >  >
> >
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