The Mellotron Group

As far as I know, the Memotron sounds all come from the M-Tron library. There is a Sad Stings in M-Tron, but it sounds like it's from one of the Rhythms and Fills. It only covers about one and a half octaves.

http://www.leisureland.us/audio/sadstrings.wav

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@...> wrote:
>
> To my knowledge Sad Strings isn't in the Memotron library, Vox Humana is an
> Optigan disc (according to my Montgomery Wards model), Novatron sounds are
> the same as Mellotron sounds, and the 4 Birotron sounds (sampled at the
> wrong motor speed and essentially useless) don't make up a library.
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/25/09, fdoddy@... <fdoddy@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    seriously i went to a recording studio in parsippany i think it was
> > and this guy brought it with him, with the ease of a menu he could blend sad
> > strings with flutes, cello, then change his mind and load vox humana
> > instead.  the thing was amazing, weighed 40 lb, size of a 1980's yamaha
> > keyboard.  Memotron is the name of the unit had control knobs just like the
> > original, even had reverb which the other didnt.  he told me he imported all
> > the sounds from m-tron software so he had a bank of 100+ sounds ever made
> > even had novatron or birotron  forget which one it was.
> >
> > 206-600-5900 cell
> >
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* "fdoddy@..." <fdoddy@...>
> > *To:* stuffoncraigslist@...
> > *Sent:* Thu, December 24, 2009 11:58:01 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [Mellotronists] Another eBay Tron
> >
> > Oh, how you taunt the weak!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Valone <stuffoncraigslist@...>
> > To: lsf5275@...; ;
> > Sent: Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:59 am
> > Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Another eBay Tron
> >
> >
> >    forget that junk go digital get a memotron with all the tape banks they
> > ever made on one machine.  why bother being stuck with three and an
> > unreliable machine you have to fix more than a Ford Pickup Truck.
> >
> > 206-600-5900 cell
> >
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* "lsf5275@aol. com" <lsf5275@aol. com>
> > *To:* newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com; Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com
> > *Sent:* Wed, December 23, 2009 8:29:46 PM
> > *Subject:* [Mellotronists] Another eBay Tron
> >
> >
> >  http://cgi.ebay. com/Mellotron- MK400-vintage- analog-electroni
> > c-keyboard_ W0QQitemZ1804479 46442QQcmdZViewI temQQptZKeyboard s_MIDI?hash=
> > item2a038926ca<http://cgi.ebay.com/Mellotron-MK400-vintage-analog-electronic-keyboard_W0QQitemZ180447946442QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKeyboards_MIDI?hash=item2a038926ca>
> >
> >
> >
> > Notice the second photo... no feet. It appears to be floating in air. The
> > pictures look photo shopped to me.
> >
> >
> >   
> >
>