The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 06/03/2008 08:29:25 GMT Standard Time,  
markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:

1) What happens if you continue to hold a key down
after 8 seconds?  There doesn't seem to be any
mechanism fo releasing the tape from the  capstan. Is
this the explanation for the notching of the tapes
over the  capstan in #1565?


If you make this a persistent habit, you will create a  clear piece of tape 
and maybe even a broken piece of tape in time.  Most  people avoid doing this.
 
2) Listening to the 3 violin sounds in M-tron although
the violins  start together they don't seem to end
together, is this true of the  original tapes?



Each recording is not a precise 8 second take so some  stop early and some go 
on longer.  
 
   Best,
 
   Martin

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