The Mellotron Group

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 he left for the day,
I tried to do the same things and couldn't make heads or tails of it. And yes, it was too
noisy to use without some kind of filtering/noise reduction. File this one under the
heading "What the #$$%#$% where they thinking?"

As for the Rhodes, I hated them, too -- until I played one that the Rhodes company
actually made before Fender got their hands on the production. COMPLETELY different
instrument. Great action, great feel, a pleasure to play. Apparently, they're going into
production again and one can only hope that they do it right. Craig Collett of Col Audio
here in Tronto has just got his hands on one of the old ones. It needed work when I saw it,
but it shows great promise.

I shall report back to the group on its progress in due course.

As for Frank's list, why don't we put every keyboard that's been mentioned (nominated?)
and let everyone vote on their "top 10 worst keyboards" from that list? Send your info to
Frank, he can total things up and we can find out who wins (or loses, depending on your
point of view.

It could be revealing...

Rick

PS Geez, I just realized I got through a complete posting without insulting, degrading or
belittling anyone. That's not good...

PPS Hey, Martinge, fuck off!

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

> Send according to ranking, #1 being the worst. We'll see...
>
> Frank 1

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 only be mentioned in one
listing, others in every one. The total will give you the worst.

Much simpler. Much less time-consuming for you!

Thanks for doing it!

Rick

PS Damn! No insult again. Okay Martinge, keep fucking off!

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 programmer to load up the carts.  The interface and capability were far too disparate.

Hi, all-

Yeah, the Opus 3 gets my vote for bad. I have one,
and it lives up to it's reputation. It came complete
with disintegrating oily foam under the control panel,
and the plastic top panel label uniformly shrunk to
the point that some controls would not move. After
much cleaning, solder touch-up & adjusting it KINDA
works. And was the organ sound an afterthought?

-Bruce D.


--- gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 programmer to load up the carts. The
> interface and capability
> were far too disparate.
> I nominate the Moog Opus 3 and it's spawn.
>
> gw
>
> On Nov 29, 2007 3:52 PM, <NormLeete@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > 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 who
> > had figured
> > out how the damn thing works, and it was brilliant
> (for the time). After
> > he left for the day,
> > I tried to do the same things and couldn't make
> heads or tails of it. And
> > yes, it was too
> > noisy to use without some kind of filtering/noise
> reduction. File this one
> > under the
> > heading "What the #$$%#$% where they thinking?"
> >
> > Dear All you have to remember what else was
> around at the time that was
> > polyphonic and had velocity sensitivity. I sussed
> the programming (Ishocked
> > one pro keyboard player by making his DX7 sound
> like a MiniMoog!) but they
> > were noisy. DX5 was much better although I
> recently sold mine.
> >
> > Doesn't stop the DX7 going into room 101...
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
>

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