The Mellotron Group

I don't... it was a joke. Let's leave it that way. I could have just as  
well said Palin or Bin Laden
 
 
In a message dated 2/1/2011 11:14:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tomdcour@amnh.org writes:

 
 
 
I think Palin could fit two as long as you want to bring politics  onto
this page

> I have a suggestion where Nancy Pelosi can put  it!.....probably won’t
> make it sound any better  though………..
>
> From: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
>  [mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ]  On Behalf Of _lsf5275@aol.com_ (mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) 
> Sent: Tuesday,  February 01, 2011 4:31 PM
> To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
>  Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Youtube Orchestron  demos
>
>
> It looks and sounds like an amazing piece of  shit, doesn't it? I can't
> imagine Pat Moraz could have ever been  remotely thrilled with it, even
> though he had a really jazzy one. The  more I see and hear them the less I
> want one. In fact, I sooo don't  want one at this point, I really want
> Nancy Pelosi to have one. And I  want it to sound just like Pea Hicks'.
>
> In a message dated  2/1/2011 6:19:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> _charel196@yahoo.com_ (mailto:charel196@yahoo.com) 
<mailto:_charel196@yahoo.com_ (mailto:charel196@yahoo.com) >  writes:
>
>
> In the Pea Hicks video when he's demo'ing the  Orchestron, the violins 
disc
> sounds a lot like they sampled Mellotron  violins too me. I thought I read
> long ago that Vako used a Mellotron  to make some of the discs.
>
> --- In
> _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>,
>  Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@...<mailto:unobtainiumkeys@...>>  wrote:
>>
>> Orchestrons can made to sound really good  (different than a Mellotron)
>> by
>> using what you  describe below.
>>
>> Vako never had the budget for the  laser reader and it was nothing bnut
>> marketing. I have stickers on  my that say it's read by lasers but it's
>>  nonsense.
>>
>> There were suppsedly some glass test discs  made but those broke easy
>> and
>> they stuck to the  Optigan format.
>> All of the discs stacked in one system would have  been a good idea
>>  too!!
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan  31, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Charles
>>  <charel196@...<mailto:charel196@...>>  wrote:
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>> >
>> >
>> > After  watching several Youtube videos of Orchestron playing (like Pea
>>  > Hicks' recent posting) I am amazed no one ever seems to use a  volume
>> pedal
>> > on the thing and a good long  delay/reverb to get more realistic swells
>> & cut
>>  > offs & smoothing over the loop glitches. I think those things  might
>> sound
>> > good if properly played with a pedal  & run thru some noise filtering.
>> > I wonder if Vako had had  the budget to use higher quality technology
>> (like
>> >  a laser for reading the discs, better motors and audio circuitry,  and
>> > thicker and more rigid records instead of the flimsy  Optigan discs)
>> what the
>> > result might have been?  An Orchestron could have been built with all
>> the
>> >  sound/optical records placed stacked in a seperate cabinet never
>>  having to
>> > be touched and accessed remotely by a master  control keyboard.
>> >
>> >
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