The Mellotron Group

Hi folks!

Taking M400 no151 out tonight for a gnarly covers set that tops off my mate's music degree. We're doing various things including Zappa's 'Inca Roads', Jimi's 'Rainy Day' and Gong's 'Master Builder'..

The full rig for tonight is the Mellotron, my D6 Clavinet (first time out last Sunday since rebuild and an absolute belter!) my Wurly 140B, Nord Lead 2 and Hammond L100 (the 'small' one..)
A bit excessive for 45 minutes but why not?

All good. In fact GREAT. ;-)

Love and Scones,


wallis xx
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-----Original Message-----
From: tronbros@aol.com
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 7:06 am
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:

>
> _http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html_
> (http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html)
>
> Utter bollocks!

Quite agree. Sounds pretty nasal, and lifeless.

At least they did a half decent job on the history though, which may be
like shooting themselves in the foot if people listen to how a *real*
one sounds.

Jim Bailey

Wow. That's not a confusing interface at all, is it?

I looked at a friend's version of reason....for about 10 mins, then
ditched it.They could hardly make it complex and poorly laid out if they
tried.

Mike

tronbros@aol.com wrote:

> http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html
>
> Utter bollocks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 1:23 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!

About a month ago I downloaded an mp3 example of this
sound, and it was awful. It was supposed to be
violins, but had no attack, and really didn't sound
like a 'tron at all. Lifeless, no soul. A flat
electronic drone(hey, a Minimoog has soul!). If it
originally was from a 'tron, it probably was run thru
too many correction stages.

-Bruce D.
#1221


--- James Bailey <jimab@rogers.com> wrote:

> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com,
> tronbros@... wrote:
> >
> > _http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html_
> > (http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html)
> >
> > Utter bollocks!
>
> Quite agree. Sounds pretty nasal, and lifeless.
>
> At least they did a half decent job on the history
> though, which may be
> like shooting themselves in the foot if people
> listen to how a *real*
> one sounds.
>
> Jim Bailey
>
>

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I've been trying to find some sound samples on the Web, but this is
all I've been able to find:

http://tinyurl.com/4edxb6

That's got to be the sickest sounding MkII Flute I've ever heard.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...>
wrote:

>
> About a month ago I downloaded an mp3 example of this
> sound, and it was awful. It was supposed to be
> violins, but had no attack, and really didn't sound
> like a 'tron at all. Lifeless, no soul. A flat
> electronic drone(hey, a Minimoog has soul!). If it
> originally was from a 'tron, it probably was run thru
> too many correction stages.
>
> -Bruce D.
> #1221
>
>
> --- James Bailey <jimab@...> wrote:
>
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com,
> > tronbros@ wrote:
> > >
> > > _http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html_
> > > (http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html)
> > >
> > > Utter bollocks!
> >
> > Quite agree. Sounds pretty nasal, and lifeless.
> >
> > At least they did a half decent job on the history
> > though, which may be
> > like shooting themselves in the foot if people
> > listen to how a *real*
> > one sounds.
> >
> > Jim Bailey
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

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>

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie" <kornowicz@...>
wrote:

>
> That's got to be the sickest sounding MkII Flute I've ever heard.

You are obviously using "sickest" in its original definition, not the
current street (not Streetly) vernacular.

Jim Bailey

That's doesn't even sound like a flute, never mind a Mellotron.

Dear lord above what do these people think of when they are making this
dreadful shit?

Mike

Bernie wrote:

>
> I've been trying to find some sound samples on the Web, but this is
> all I've been able to find:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4edxb6 <http://tinyurl.com/4edxb6>
>
> That's got to be the sickest sounding MkII Flute I've ever heard.
>
> Bernie
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > About a month ago I downloaded an mp3 example of this
> > sound, and it was awful. It was supposed to be
> > violins, but had no attack, and really didn't sound
> > like a 'tron at all. Lifeless, no soul. A flat
> > electronic drone(hey, a Minimoog has soul!). If it
> > originally was from a 'tron, it probably was run thru
> > too many correction stages.
> >
> > -Bruce D.
> > #1221
> >
> >
> > --- James Bailey <jimab@...> wrote:
> >
> > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > tronbros@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > _http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html_
> <http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html_>
> > > > (http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html
> <http://www.audiowarrior.com/TRON.html>)
> > > >
> > > > Utter bollocks!
> > >
> > > Quite agree. Sounds pretty nasal, and lifeless.
> > >
> > > At least they did a half decent job on the history
> > > though, which may be
> > > like shooting themselves in the foot if people
> > > listen to how a *real*
> > > one sounds.
> > >
> > > Jim Bailey
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>

There's no way that started out as a 'tron sound. It sounds more like a
cheezy Lowrey sound than anything else. But speaking of Mellotronish
flutes, how about this new Qwest commercial with the Strawberry-like flute
part, anyone know about that one? Is it the same guy with the
gender-confused friend in his bedroom?