Hey Mark-
Ahhh, I see now... The CMC-10 bestows a certain blessing on you! Does the blessing last 15-20 minutes or so?
Which begs the question, is there a patron saint of Mellotronists?
-Bruce D.
(raised Lutheran, but willing to look to my Catholic roots if it will help my tron...)
--- On Fri, 10/1/10, Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:
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From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Tuning issues
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 11:42 PM
Thanks Bruce, that is weird. In my case with a CM10 I don't usually bless the pitch control, quite the reverse!
Mark
--- On Sat, 2/10/10, Bruce Daily
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From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Tuning issues
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Received: Saturday, 2 October, 2010, 6:19 PM
Hi Mark-
Loved your M300A demo! I like the strings heavy on the reverb too.
Martin will probably clarify this, but the tapes are not stretched. Somewhere I read that in the early '70s the M400 tapes were produced in 2 different locations, resulting in slightly different speeds. The differences are even heard when comparing old frames to the new frames. Weird, huh? God bless the pitch control!
-Bruce D.
--- On Fri, 10/1/10, markpringnz <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: markpringnz <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Tuning issues
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 6:39 PM
I've got the old tape rack back on and I have noticed something which seems to me to be odd. The old tape rack at normal speed is slightly sharp whilst the new rack is slightly flat.
I would have thought that there was more friction and possibly stretching of tape which in the old rack which would make it run flat if anything.
Mark
