Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-30 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 11/29/2007 4:11:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mellotronist@cox.net writes: Fritz is a Marx Brother? Yes, Andy There was Groucho, Harpo,
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hello troners
2007-11-29 by jaspercolvin
hello group! this is my first post to the group, i have a nice novatron that was serviced by streetly a while back (thank you Martin and John) which is good
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Tony
I personally played Patrick s triple Orchestron at the Vako facility in St. Pete many years ago and the problem was obvious to everyone involved. Much like the
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Keyboards
2007-11-29 by gino wong
I had to make a dx7 sound like a minimoog for an employer back then. Thus my enmity. If life were fair every shop that sold one would have a Jellinghaus
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Mike Dickson
That s interesting. Moraz was so (allegedly) over the moon about it that he was prepared to stick his name up in the advertising for the instrument, etc etc.
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Mike Dickson
I would concur re the M1. I had one for about three months and found it the most utterly impossible thing to program. The only good thing I have to say about
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by mellotronist
Fritz is a Marx Brother? God bless The Marx Brothers! I think you are referring to Fritz, Andy.
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 11/29/2007 3:55:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kinchmusic@aol.com writes: Yeah, I was I guess, Frank. So how s your mental state? Andy
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by kinchmusic@aol.com
In a message dated 29/11/2007 20:52:12 GMT Standard Time, lsf5275@aol.com writes: In a message dated 11/29/2007 1:01:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Keyboards
2007-11-29 by NormLeete@aol.com
In a message dated 29/11/2007 18:58:55 GMT Standard Time, rick@rickblechta.com writes: I have to agree with Clay about the DX-7. I worked with someone once
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 11/29/2007 1:01:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kinchmusic@aol.com writes: Frank i m getting really worried about your mental state....... I
Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by john barrick
I was gonna say my Continental had wooden keys and I don t remember it requiring much effort to play, but then I was younger and stronger back then... johnb PS
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by gino wong
I need a new cardboard belt.
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Keyboards
2007-11-29 by MAinPsych@aol.com
In a message dated 11/29/2007 2:31:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, rick@rickblechta.com writes: No, no. That s not what I meant! People should just send their
Re: Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Rick Blechta
... No, no. That s not what I meant! People should just send their list of 10 and you simply have to total up the number of votes each keyboard gets. Some may
Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Bernie
... wobly ... being ... magic. ... Supertramp or Hall and ... +1 for the NI EP. Also for free/donationware emulations: MrRay, MrRay SeventyThree and MrTramp.
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Keyboards
2007-11-29 by MAinPsych@aol.com
In a message dated 11/29/2007 1:59:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, rick@rickblechta.com writes: As for Frank s list, why don t we put every keyboard that s been
Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Rick Blechta
I have to agree with Clay about the DX-7. I worked with someone once who had figured out how the damn thing works, and it was brilliant (for the time). After
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by kinchmusic@aol.com
In a message dated 29/11/2007 15:11:12 GMT Standard Time, fdoddy@aol.com writes: That s where you and part ways Andy. I just love the Orchestron/Optigan
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by kinchmusic@aol.com
In defence of the Fender Rhodes. You can forgive the odd mechanical wobly on any keyboard providing the final results are worthwhile. Mellotrons being the
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by kinchmusic@aol.com
In a message dated 29/11/2007 15:11:12 GMT Standard Time, fdoddy@aol.com writes: That s where you and part ways Andy. I just love the Orchestron/Optigan
Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by ceccles_ca
... This FM synth needed noise reduction too. The way to go these days is to use DX7 samples. Let somebody else do the programming and noise reduction. I
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by gino wong
DX7 . A great voice engine housed in a hosing. With a good programmer one of the best synths of all time , without one, toy xylophone pianos. Probably the
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Tony
I dissage with the bash of the Elka too. Mine was modified to do bends up and down. I think you guys played these noted insturments dry , and that s the
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Tony
I disagree too, I had a 73 note stage piano with a sustainer (some MXR device for guitars) with my tunings, the sucker would sustain clean ethereal sounds for
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by MAinPsych@aol.com
Almost forgot the Elka String Synthesizer. It belonged to our drummer. After trying it out, the rest of the band wondered aloud if Elka was Italian for
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by MAinPsych@aol.com
The list so far (in no particular order, and certainly not limited to just 10): 1. The Birotron (cool in concept; dismal in execution) 2. Any pre-M1 Chamberlin
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by fdoddy@aol.com
That s where you and part ways Andy.? I just love the Orchestron/Optigan library.? It s so cute.... ... From: kinchmusic@aol.com To:
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by fdoddy@aol.com
I agree on the M1...total crap.? I believe the Law and Order guh-guh is an M1 preset ... From: jeffc@netaxs.com To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com Sent:
Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Bernie
... You had ... It s the only wooden key Continental I ve ever seen. For some reason the key action was very stiff. Maybe they re adjustable? I certainly
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by lsf5275@aol.com
In a message dated 11/29/2007 12:36:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, MAinPsych@aol.com writes: Today there was a link on AOL titled, The Ten Worst Keyboards of
Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by tomdcour
... buttons on an old cigarette vending machine. Happily, I traded it for a poor unloved mellotron up in Connecticut. I really hate the DX7, the ugliest thing
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by candor@free.fr
... what ? i have a Vox Continental with wooden keys. It s a dream to play. Much better than other Vox or Farfisa organs with plastic keys. David
Re: 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Bernie
For a short while, I had a Vox Continental with wooden keys. You had to be a superman to press the keys down. Same with the first Rhodes I ever tried. Bernie
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by Hessel Herder
Let s not forget the feel and sound of Vox Jaguar,the budget version of the Vox Continental Cheers, H ... From: kinchmusic@aol.com To:
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by kinchmusic@aol.com
For me it s the Vako Orchestron. I bought it as a replacement for a tron I sold way back when. Lo fi...Huge disappointment! Andy K 1. The Birotron (cool in
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by tronbros@aol.com
Incidentally, my last posting was about feel and not the ensuing sounds. Martin Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic _www.mellotronics.com_
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by tronbros@aol.com
An EMI M400 mellotron as built. Birotron. Chamberlin M1. The Figgis Organichord. Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic _www.mellotronics.com_
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by mellotronist
That s the case with almost any synth. Sadly. And I still despise Rhodes pianos. i bet out of the thousands sold, only
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by jeffc@netaxs.com
... i d have to disagree, IMHO, of course. with all the lame crap instruments out there, that would not make my worst 10. i find playing a rhodes a quite
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by mellotronist
In format: 1. The Birotron (cool in concept; dismal in execution) 2. Any pre-M1 Chamberlin (Excedrin cycling headache # infinity) 3. Fender Rhodes 4. 5. 6. 7.
Re: [newmellotrongroup] 10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by mellotronist
Fender Rhodes. I have never hated an instrument with keys as much as I hate those things. ... From: MAinPsych@aol.com To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
10 Worst Keyboards
2007-11-29 by MAinPsych@aol.com
Today there was a link on AOL titled, The Ten Worst Keyboards of All Time . To my disappointment, it was about PC keyboards; however, it got me to thinking
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Sia...
2007-11-29 by fdoddy@aol.com
I feel more like I do now then I did a few minutes ago ... From: zappaboggs To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 28 Nov
Sia...
2007-11-29 by zappaboggs
I just recieved a copy of a tune called Breathe Me by Sia ... First listen kind of reminded me of old Kate Bush... There is either Tron or Chamberlin (I
Re: Novatron MK-V
2007-11-28 by Bernie
Gee, I always thought a nice, bright yellow with pink and chartreuse keys would be nice. Bernie ... the Mark V. ... I didn t say so. ... 48 sounds top 6. ...
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Novatron MK-V
2007-11-28 by Tony
I wish I could say it was I, because black is the proper color for the Mark V. I m awaiting a newer version (in black), patiently I may add, but I didn t say
TENORI-ON interface
2007-11-28 by ceccles_ca
Yamaha s 16 x 16 LED button matrix instrument http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SGwDhKTrwU http://www.global.yamaha.com/tenori-on/
protecto-muff price?
2007-11-28 by jeffc@netaxs.com
did someone on the list [there is ONLY one list now] acquire the protecto-muff that was up for auction? what did it end up going for? thanks... jeff [who may
Novatron MK-V
2007-11-28 by ceccles_ca
Hey - Who was it that adopted a MK-V recently? Does it work? Did you paint it black you devil?