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Woolly M300 Strings

Woolly M300 Strings

2008-01-27 by Paul Marshall

Hi All,
 
rare posting from lurker... and first to new group, hi Clay.
 
Just been watching a DVD of BJH on tour in 1977. Woolly on M300, M400 etc. Is the strings sound he uses on the M300 the same one on my Pinder CD-ROM ('low/mid/high' strings when loaded into the sampler)?
 
Best,
Paul Marshall
M400 'T550ette' #1380 

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Woolly M300 Strings

2008-01-27 by Thomas C. Doncourt

He used the A set, it is the B set that is on the first "Pinder" disk .
Pinder used the B- softer, kind of challenging to use. Mellotron Archives
advertises that the 2nd disk will have the A.

> Hi All,
>
> rare posting from lurker... and first to new group, hi Clay.
>
> Just been watching a DVD of BJH on tour in 1977. Woolly on M300, M400 etc.
> Is the strings sound he uses on the M300 the same one on my Pinder CD-ROM
> ('low/mid/high' strings when loaded into the sampler)?
>
> Best,
> Paul Marshall
> M400 'T550ette' #1380

Re: Woolly M300 Strings

2008-01-27 by Bernie

When I received my Pinder CD, I extracted all the samples to WAV
files using the default names. It turned out that the 300 Strings Lo
were prefixed by the note, Tron model and "Cell" or "Cello", ranging
from A1 to D#3 (eg: A1.300 Cello). The 300 Strings Hi has "Viol"
or "Viola" and ranges from E3 to C6. Neither sounds anything like the
M300A (2 violins) or M300B (solo violin) on my M400.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas C. Doncourt"
<tomdcour@...> wrote:
>
> He used the A set, it is the B set that is on the first "Pinder"
disk .
> Pinder used the B- softer, kind of challenging to use. Mellotron
Archives
> advertises that the 2nd disk will have the A.
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > rare posting from lurker... and first to new group, hi Clay.
> >
> > Just been watching a DVD of BJH on tour in 1977. Woolly on M300,
M400 etc.
> > Is the strings sound he uses on the M300 the same one on my
Pinder CD-ROM
> > ('low/mid/high' strings when loaded into the sampler)?
> >
> > Best,
> > Paul Marshall
> > M400 'T550ette' #1380
>

Re: Woolly M300 Strings

2008-01-27 by ceccles_ca

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Marshall" <paulm@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> rare posting from lurker... and first to new group, hi Clay.
>
> Just been watching a DVD of BJH on tour in 1977. Woolly on M300,
M400 etc. Is the strings sound he uses on the M300 the same one on my
Pinder CD-ROM ('low/mid/high' strings when loaded into the sampler)?
>
> Best,
> Paul Marshall
> M400 'T550ette' #1380


Martin will know for sure... he knows everything. The Pinder CD-ROM
"300 STLO" samples (low strings) sound like two cellos to me.

Clay

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Woolly M300 Strings

2008-01-27 by tronbros@aol.com

Eh up,
 
The M300 split sound is a weird one.  It must have been on very early M300s as the only sounds we have ever found on numerous M300s we have renovated are the M300A violins(Woolly's sound)which is two in unison and the M300B violin which is a solo violin recording. The earlier split sound with cello, viola and violin is good in principle but not too attractive in practice.  We now offer a blended Cello/Viola/Violin mix which covers all 52 notes of the M300 and that works well. We also do the same for choirs and saxes.
 
Check out the new BJH album 'Legacy' which is a live recording made in London 2006.  Very mellotronic.
 
M
Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic

www.mellotronics.com
US Sales East: Jimmy Moore JMoore6397@aol.com
US Sales West: Paul Cox pjc56@earthlink.net

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Woolly M300 Strings

2008-01-27 by Thomas C. Doncourt

The Hi seems to match the M300B tapes in my M400.
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Marshall" <paulm@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> rare posting from lurker... and first to new group, hi Clay.
>>
>> Just been watching a DVD of BJH on tour in 1977. Woolly on M300,
> M400 etc. Is the strings sound he uses on the M300 the same one on my
> Pinder CD-ROM ('low/mid/high' strings when loaded into the sampler)?
>>
>> Best,
>> Paul Marshall
>> M400 'T550ette' #1380
>
>
> Martin will know for sure... he knows everything. The Pinder CD-ROM
> "300 STLO" samples (low strings) sound like two cellos to me.
>
> Clay
>
>

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Woolly M300 Strings

2008-01-28 by Thomas C. Doncourt

Ah. this could explain some things. The M300B tapes that are sold by
Mellotron archives seem to be the upper end of this three way split. The
lower few notes still retain the cello sound. When i played the M300 at
the Mellotron Ranch the string sound didn't seem at all like this version
nor did it sound like the A set either. So maybe Jerry has this later
sound- the true B sound.

> Eh up,
>
> The M300 split sound is a weird one. It must have been on very early
> M300s
> as the only sounds we have ever found on numerous M300s we have renovated
> are
> the M300A violins(Woolly's sound)which is two in unison and the M300B
> violin
> which is a solo violin recording. The earlier split sound with cello,
> viola
> and violin is good in principle but not too attractive in practice. We
> now
> offer a blended Cello/Viola/Violin mix which covers all 52 notes of the
> M300
> and that works well. We also do the same for choirs and saxes.
>
> Check out the new BJH album 'Legacy' which is a live recording made in
> London 2006. Very mellotronic.
>
> M
> Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
>
> _www.mellotronics.com_ (http://www.mellotronics.com/)
>
> US Sales East: Jimmy Moore_ JMoore6397@aol.com_
> (http://JMoore6397@aol.com/)
> US Sales West: Paul Cox_ pjc56@earthlink.net_
> (http://pjc56@earthlink.net/)
>
>
>
>
>