The Mellotron Group

Hi all-
   If I had to guess, Mike Pinder probably recorded the motor noise, then played it back at a different speed or half-speed.  If a dynamic mic was used, it could've picked up all sorts of electronic noise from the motor, including the high-pitched whine.  It would also make sense that the recording was a multitrack mixture of many sounds, including the low-level MK2 violins.
   I wonder what the sound was supposed to represent.  Someone waking up with ears ringing from an acid dream after a rock concert?  A realization of self after the incident?
  The high-pitched whine is much like the tinnitus I live with all the time.
 
  -Bruce D.
 
 

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 From: tron400 <tron400@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 7:56 AM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: "In The Beginning" - Moody Blues (Threshold)
  

 
   
 
I wish I had a MkII to try it with.

With some processing, I suppose it's possible. Way in the background, you can hear what to me sounds like MkII Violins.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Sean" <fourtytwominds@...> wrote:
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> I remember reading that it was originally a microphone held to the motor of one of their MkII units. This seems a little dubious to me though as I listen to it.
> 
> -Sean
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
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> > Someone posted this question on the Synthesizers.com group. It sounds like a combination of sounds to me. Anyone want to take a crack at it?
> > 
> > "In the song "In The Beginning" by the Moody Blues", what produces that opening sound. I have wondered this from the time I first heard it!"
> > 
> > Bernie
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