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2010-10-01 by Berington Van Campen

Hi gentlemen! (And I know... be careful who you call "gentlemen!")
First off... Mark - a gorgeous sound! Wow! I played that a bunch of times just to absorb it! S'what Mellotrons are all about! That, and on the other side of the same coin, the quiet, super-dry, kinda spooky sound that King Crimson used often enough. Delicious... all.
Now please forgive my ignorance, but I'm a bit confused in reference to your #1565. A bit newer than my #1485, I guess, but does it have 2 outputs, and a possible 2 volume pedals? How dat werks? Is it an upgrade, a home-grown modification, or just the way 400s were produced once mine was out of the oven? I've never seen or heard of dual outs before, anywhere.
Once again, Mark - what an AWESOME sound. I'm not sure th original sound you're trying to replicate, but whatever you did - you did GREAT, man!
Cheers to all!
Berington

Berington Van Campen
Van Campen Productions / V.C.MusiCorp / BEATUNES Beatles Tribute
VCMusiCorp1@yahoo.com
(626) 458-4474 Home/Office
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RE: [newmellotrongroup] Slightly Off topic - What's this song?

2010-10-01 by Ms. Janet Strauss

So, no Mellotron ….but there is a viola.

I’m only asking since I figured you guys know music - and I just can’t abide by the claim it is Guns and Roses…the lead vocal doesn’t like a

squirmy caterwolling punk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APUDbXKl2_U&feature=email

Jim & Janet

-----Original Message-----
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Berington Van Campen
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 4:24 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] (unknown)

Hi gentlemen! (And I know... be careful who you call "gentlemen!")

First off... Mark - a gorgeous sound! Wow! I played that a bunch of times just to absorb it! S'what Mellotrons are all about! That, and on the other side of the same coin, the quiet, super-dry, kinda spooky sound that King Crimson used often enough. Delicious... all.

Now please forgive my ignorance, but I'm a bit confused in reference to your #1565. A bit newer than my #1485, I guess, but does it have 2 outputs, and a possible 2 volume pedals? How dat werks? Is it an upgrade, a home-grown modification, or just the way 400s were produced once mine was out of the oven? I've never seen or heard of dual outs before, anywhere.

Once again, Mark - what an AWESOME sound. I'm not sure th original sound you're trying to replicate, but whatever you did - you did GREAT, man!

Cheers to all!

Berington

Berington Van Campen
Van Campen Productions / V.C.MusiCorp / BEATUNES Beatles Tribute
VCMusiCorp1@yahoo.com
(626) 458-4474 Home/Office
www.myspace.com/berington
www.facebook.com/berington
www.myspace.com/VCMusiCorpScoring

Re: [newmellotrongroup] (unknown)

2010-10-01 by Mark Pring

Thanks for the kind comments Berrington, #1565 has one output and one volume pedal, CM10 controller, new tape rack, it's a Streetly machine and has not been modified. The ouput was fed through a lot of computer software including a stero enhancer module for a fake stereo effect to get the sound, which I am very happy with. I am going to put the original tape rack back in today and see what I can do with the Mark II 3 violins.

Mark
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From: Berington Van Campen <vcmusicorp1@yahoo.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] (unknown)
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Received: Saturday, 2 October, 2010, 9:23 AM

Hi gentlemen! (And I know... be careful who you call "gentlemen!")
First off... Mark - a gorgeous sound! Wow! I played that a bunch of times just to absorb it! S'what Mellotrons are all about! That, and on the other side of the same coin, the quiet, super-dry, kinda spooky sound that King Crimson used often enough. Delicious... all.
Now please forgive my ignorance, but I'm a bit confused in reference to your #1565. A bit newer than my #1485, I guess, but does it have 2 outputs, and a possible 2 volume pedals? How dat werks? Is it an upgrade, a home-grown modification, or just the way 400s were produced once mine was out of the oven? I've never seen or heard of dual outs before, anywhere.
Once again, Mark - what an AWESOME sound. I'm not sure th original sound you're trying to replicate, but whatever you did - you did GREAT, man!
Cheers to all!
Berington

Berington Van Campen
Van Campen Productions / V.C.MusiCorp / BEATUNES Beatles Tribute
VCMusiCorp1@yahoo.com
(626) 458-4474 Home/Office
www.myspace.com/berington
www.facebook.com/berington
www.myspace.com/VCMusiCorpScoring

Re: [newmellotrongroup] (unknown)

2010-10-01 by lsf5275@aol.com

Are you high or something? :-)
In a message dated 10/1/2010 4:23:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vcmusicorp1@yahoo.com writes:
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Hi gentlemen! (And I know... be careful who you call "gentlemen!")
First off... Mark - a gorgeous sound! Wow! I played that a bunch of times just to absorb it! S'what Mellotrons are all about! That, and on the other side of the same coin, the quiet, super-dry, kinda spooky sound that King Crimson used often enough. Delicious... all.
Now please forgive my ignorance, but I'm a bit confused in reference to your #1565. A bit newer than my #1485, I guess, but does it have 2 outputs, and a possible 2 volume pedals? How dat werks? Is it an upgrade, a home-grown modification, or just the way 400s were produced once mine was out of the oven? I've never seen or heard of dual outs before, anywhere.
Once again, Mark - what an AWESOME sound. I'm not sure th original sound you're trying to replicate, but whatever you did - you did GREAT, man!
Cheers to all!
Berington

Berington Van Campen
Van Campen Productions / V.C.MusiCorp / BEATUNES Beatles Tribute
VCMusiCorp1@yahoo.com
(626) 458-4474 Home/Office
www.myspace.com/berington
www.facebook.com/berington
www.myspace.com/VCMusiCorpScoring