Discerning 'tron sounds
2010-05-17 by zogher
Hi again, group.
As a new 'tron owner, recently I've been trying to pay more attention to recordings having 'tron on them and trying to discern the sounds. This may sound silly, because although I'm usually pretty good with picking out a 'tron when I hear it, unless the sound is the Mk II flutes, many times I'm not sure what I am hearing (e.g. are those "strings" or "violins"?).
So, I'll pose these questions to the group based on some songs that I really enjoy the 'tron on.
Here are two by Emitt Rhodes off of his final 1973 album Farewell To Paradise. These are FLACs used to preserve the sound quality and they are relatively big files (playable in WinAmp and others I am sure), but... no one's still using dial-up nowadays, right? =):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IX47VNCH
On See No Evil, I can hear what sounds like flutes making their first appearance at 0:39, they waft in and out of the song beautifully. However, I am not sure of the sound that starts at 0:56. Is this strings? Or violin? The planetmellotron site says strings for this song.
Now, I'm assuming that Emitt used a M400 (he could have used anything but if he did this album like he did the others, i.e., recorded at home, I'd have to think that more than likely he used an M400). If so, I again assume that if the flutes were a part of the tapes with this M400 (what do you call them, the standard BB tapes?) that he'd have only violin and cello available to him.
So I ask all the 'tron heads here: what do YOU hear?
See No Evil
Chorus
Flutes 0:39
Strings 0:56
The other song is Trust One More from the same album:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TUUZ1M7I
I hear something at 0:35 but I have no idea what it is. I love the sound, though! Sounds like it's got some kind of vibrato/tremolo on it. Is this the Mk II flute? If so, it's got a fluttering to it I don't remember hearing before. Also, throughout the verses I hear something but it's buried a little bit in the mix. And at the end of the chorus there's a high part that descends that is very nice. So on this song, I guess what I'm asking is: is there more than one sound on this song or is it all flutes?
Sorry if these are obvious to y'all: I'm learning! =) All comments welcomed and appreciated.
Back to your regularly scheduled program.
Cheers!
Chris
As a new 'tron owner, recently I've been trying to pay more attention to recordings having 'tron on them and trying to discern the sounds. This may sound silly, because although I'm usually pretty good with picking out a 'tron when I hear it, unless the sound is the Mk II flutes, many times I'm not sure what I am hearing (e.g. are those "strings" or "violins"?).
So, I'll pose these questions to the group based on some songs that I really enjoy the 'tron on.
Here are two by Emitt Rhodes off of his final 1973 album Farewell To Paradise. These are FLACs used to preserve the sound quality and they are relatively big files (playable in WinAmp and others I am sure), but... no one's still using dial-up nowadays, right? =):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IX47VNCH
On See No Evil, I can hear what sounds like flutes making their first appearance at 0:39, they waft in and out of the song beautifully. However, I am not sure of the sound that starts at 0:56. Is this strings? Or violin? The planetmellotron site says strings for this song.
Now, I'm assuming that Emitt used a M400 (he could have used anything but if he did this album like he did the others, i.e., recorded at home, I'd have to think that more than likely he used an M400). If so, I again assume that if the flutes were a part of the tapes with this M400 (what do you call them, the standard BB tapes?) that he'd have only violin and cello available to him.
So I ask all the 'tron heads here: what do YOU hear?
See No Evil
Chorus
Flutes 0:39
Strings 0:56
The other song is Trust One More from the same album:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TUUZ1M7I
I hear something at 0:35 but I have no idea what it is. I love the sound, though! Sounds like it's got some kind of vibrato/tremolo on it. Is this the Mk II flute? If so, it's got a fluttering to it I don't remember hearing before. Also, throughout the verses I hear something but it's buried a little bit in the mix. And at the end of the chorus there's a high part that descends that is very nice. So on this song, I guess what I'm asking is: is there more than one sound on this song or is it all flutes?
Sorry if these are obvious to y'all: I'm learning! =) All comments welcomed and appreciated.
Back to your regularly scheduled program.
Cheers!
Chris