The Mellotron Group

Tony,

The Rev.1 is the best sounding you will ever hear.  The problem was it was very unreliable.  I had a friend from high school, Riley Smith, who worked
at Sequential in San Jose and later went to Emu in Santa Cruz.  I was able to get factory trained at both places.  He got me the Rev.1 and later a Prophet 10
direct from the factory.  The Rev. 1 had been returned to the factory due to reliability issues and they sold it to me for $500. I also had a couple of Rev. 3s and
T8 but none compared to the Rev.1.  It sounded fat like a bunch of Mini Moogs.  They switched to a more dependable  IC for their VCO, VCA, VCF, etc. and
redesigned the main board after the Rev. 1 after which it became very dependable but lost some of it's "balls" in the process.  I got training at the Emu factory
which was in a Victorian house in Santa Cruz during the Emulator days.  It was a fun place and they knew how to throw a party :).  A few years ago I bought a
couple of Emu Vintage Keys modules and noticed that my friend Riley had written the manual.  I also worked with  Music Technology during the development
of the Synergy and I owned a couple of those....but that's another story.....Those were fun days...at least I think they were from what I remember.
Man, there are some good drinking stories in there somewhere :).  I may know where a P10 is in NC but this guy almost never cuts loose of any gear.  He just stores
things forever.  It was likely only played a few times.  If I catch him in the right mood (not an easy thing to do) maybe I can get him to part with it.  As I recall there
were only about 600 or so P10s made.  I bought a Neve console from him several years ago and when I cracked the LARGE anvil case the leather was like new on
the arm rest and it looked perfect.  He had only used it for a couple of years and then stored it.  Anyhow...didn't mean to get started in the old days stories..... :) .

Cheers,

Gary

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tony1
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:18 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron


I am impressed as I was the factory service tech for Hillsborough and Pinellas counties (Tampa/St Pete), for Sequential and most others when the Prophet 5 and 10s came out. And I'm looking for one of either right now.

Tony

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Brumm<mailto:gabru@comsec.net>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron


My first Prophet 5 came from Eddie Jobson.  It was a Rev. 1 & Black.
If this was the Sequential Circuits forum I bet somebody would be impressed ... or at least give a $hit :)
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of gino wong
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:18 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron


Astra was good. They were well received
Eddie Jobson's mellotron shaped keyboard stand was a piss.
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM, <lsf5275@aol.com<mailto:lsf5275@aol.com>> wrote:

Yes, but only a bit. My camera crapped out on me. I'll post it on my myspace page and perhaps You tube as well.
In a message dated 6/23/2010 4:14:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, got_a_guitar@yahoo.com<mailto:got_a_guitar@yahoo.com> writes:

Astra rules! Is there any footage of them using the Novatron?
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> Flute, Strings, Choir
>
>
> In a message dated 6/23/2010 3:13:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> pocotron@... writes:
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> Nice, Frank!
> Notice how neatly the Memotron sits on top of the Novatron.
> What voices were on the frame?
>