The Mellotron Group

I'm with Fritz and Mike on this one.....

Clay


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> From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:05 pm
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mellotrons Live vs Studio
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> The reason why Mellotron samples don't (usually) sound like a Mellotron 
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> is because people making the samples come up with their own judgements 
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> well away from the original sound. Some samplers interpolate the sounds 
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> I /have/ sampled my Mellotron strings, choir and brass faithfully 
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> without making any adjustments whatsoever and I would happily defy 
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> > I would imagine that the multiple overdubs that the studio albums
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> > the musical sensibilities of the producer.  Hearing that 
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> > realtime audio of tape moving across heads and passing through amps 
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> > and speakers has an immediacy that doesn't seem to translate to 
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> > Mellotron.  They sound like samples of a Mellotron.
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> >     ----- Original Message -----
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> >     *From:* Mark Pring <mailto:markpringnz@...>
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> >     *To:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
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> >     <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
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> >     *Sent:* Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:53 AM
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> >     *Subject:* [newmellotrongroup] Mellotrons Live vs Studio
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> >     Just listening to some live Moody Blues track on Last FM, well
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> >     actually Melancholy Man. Just got me thinking of the difference
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> >     between the live and studio sound of the mellotron. I much prefer
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> >     the live sound, not knowing much about recording, what do they do
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> >     them in the recording studio to take most of the life out of them?
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