Interesting…Thanks Martin!
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tronbros
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 12:36 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Subject= Re: M4000D nice review with photos
We have a lot of reels'o'tape and occasionally we would trawl though some undisturbed stuff and find a gem somewhere on a reel. Maybe an entire recording, an unused or little used copy master, a better transfer, a clearer note we can lift and insert as a replacement and sometimes a gem like the Sad Strings. In the days of analogue this particular recording was abandoned due to too many errors and glitches but digital editing allowed us to create a new set of violins that has been very popular. They sound fragile and mellotronic but needed coaxing into life. And all because we listened to an overlooked 1/4" reel lurking in a pile! Les sat on a lot of stuff.
Best,
Martin
mellotronics.co.uk
On 18 Jul 2011, at 20:03, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:
Hey Mike,
Can you (or maybe Martin) tell us how earlier generations of these tapes were “found”?
Streetly seems like a small company so I was curious……I’m not being a smart ass just
thought it might be an interesting story. J
Gary
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Dickson
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 10:13 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Subject= Re: M4000D nice review with photos
On 15/07/2011 13:02, feline1973 wrote:
Mike, examples of where the Streetly tape library mentions explicit improvements to the original sounds... (not that I'm saying these don't sound like improvements - but if purists are going to carp about any remastering of the M4000D sounds...)
Woah, Hang on there. The first two refer to earlier generation copies being found - not some weird re-hacking of the sounds to make them sound 'better'. They have better fidelity but are in themselves untouched. That's totally different to the 'improvements' we were speaking about.