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Re: [newmellotrongroup] NAMM Report

2010-01-15 by Fritz Doddy

Y'all can correct me if I'm wrong, but that entire library seems like  
it would be over 100 sounds.

Sorry for the brevity as I am replying from a remote region of  
iPhonekstan.

fritzdoddy

On Jan 14, 2010, at 9:36 PM, David Jacques <djacques@csulb.edu> wrote:

>
> Just returned from my first day at NAMM, Saw Markus with the new
> digital Mellotron. It sounds and plays great. Although it is still in
> prototype stage you can play two sounds on it (3 Violins and Flute).
> Eventually he will have over 100 loaded (including the entire
> mellotron, optigin, and chamberlin sounds). What is REALLY cool is
> that he uses the original SM400 keyboard... Completely wood with the
> same length all the way back into the keyboard cartridge. in fact it
> looks and feels exactly like a Mellotron keyboard unit. Completely
> built out of wood and metal like the original, Very nice.
>
> It was sitting in top of his new Mellotron and it sounded identical.
>
> He said that he is looking at production models in two or three  
> months.
>
>

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