The Mellotron Group

Good for you Andy. I agree It's a pretty cool machine and you are fortunate 
 to have both.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 9/1/2011 1:34:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kinchmusic@aol.com writes:

 
 
 
OK. But how does it really sound?
 
Well, if we are comparing a well engineered and adjusted M400 (which I'm  
lucky enough to own thanks to John and Martin) with Markus' digital  
equivalent, guess what? the tape based machine wins, no question in my book.  The 
overall sound of the 400 has far more "grunt" than its digital  cousin.
BUT. I love my m400 so much I don't want to have to move it... ever!  (that 
is until I eventually move house, whenever that will be). Even if I  wanted 
to move it now, I can't ,due to where it is and the fact I would  be trying 
to shift it on my own, with my dodgy back and all!
The fact is, and it's no use denying it. Markus has done a terrific job  of 
building his creation. The attention to detail and sheer quality of the  
workmanship is of a very high standard.
OK, so people say why not just use computer software to create the sound?  
After all that's surely what the instrument is anyway. True, but I think our 
 love affair with the tron has always be more than just the "sound". Like 
me, I  bet most of us here would go down to the front of the stage at 
concerts just  to see what this curious white box was. I have to say I'm blown away 
with the  look of the Digital Mellotron (or whatever label you want to give 
it).
Also, it gives me instant access to 100 Mellotron  
M1/Mk2/300/400/Chamberlain sounds. Any 2 can be stored together and mixed  accordingly. I can have 
one sound either side of the stereo mix. I can move  the attack of the start 
of the sound backwards and forwards in relation to the  "virtual" head. I 
can control how fast the "tape" returns, so if you take your  finger off while 
holding a chord, if you put it straight back on again the  note starts 
midway along the "tape" instead of going back to the  beginning. And of course 
the samples are full bandwidth 24 bit uncompressed,  unlike the Memotron 
which was very compressed to these ears. No looping by the  way!
I was lucky enough to sell my Memotron just in time to transfer what I  
received for that accross to Markus who wanted payment in full straight away.  
Thankfully, he honoured the original price, rather  than coming back to  me 
for more cash as the price has gone up recently. Needless to say I've had  
to wait a very long time for him to develop the 100 sounds, which IMO was 
well  worth the wait.
In an ideal world, I would have had the space and the cash to buy an  M4000 
from John and Martin, but I would still have had the transportation  
problem.
The only issues I have with Markus, are mainly concerned with the  name. 
Even when I ordered it and discussed the order with him, I always  referred to 
it as a Digital Mellotron, even here I refuse to call it an M4000D  or 
whatever it's called.
I struggled long and hard over whether the decision to buy it was  the 
right one, just in case I upset anyone on this list. But I'm pleased I  bought 
it. It fulfils a specific requirement I have.
What I have for the (at the time) reasonable price I paid was very good  
value, and if anyone has a problem with that, they should get over it!
I still love my 400 to bits. I  just want to keep it that way.
Thanks for listening.
 
Andy K





-----Original  Message-----
From: Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net>
To:  newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, 1  Sep 2011 17:13
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] M4000 D


 
 
 
 
 
In a live  or studio mix you would never hear the difference especially 
after the reverb  and 
other  processing that is commonly used on Mellotron tracks.  It will 
almost  certainly out 
sell the  tape machines but most on this list will hate it no matter what 
it sounds  like.  
Fire away….  J
 
 
 
From: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   [_mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com?) ]  On Behalf Of mellotronmadness
Sent: Wednesday, August 31,  2011 8:56 PM
To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] M4000 D


 

 
 
 
 
I hadn't seen this before, I think I can just tell the  difference between 
the M4000D and the Mark VI. I don't suppose anybody on the  list has been 
tempted?

 


 


 
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