The Mellotron Group

Hey hey,

I have been both to Markus place and listened to the original master tapes
of the 3 violins sounds as well as been to Pea Hicks house and listened to
the original recordings of the String sound and, no it isnt the same sound.

// Mattias




Den 2011-02-02 00.19, skrev "Charles" <charel196@yahoo.com>:

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> 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.
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> , Chris Dale
> <unobtainiumkeys@...> wrote:
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>> > Orchestrons can made to sound really good (different than a Mellotron) by
>> > using what you describe below.
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>> > 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.
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>> > 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@...> 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
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>>> > > 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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