The Mellotron Group

The M300 strings were different recordings than the MKII and M400. Check out the Moodies "Seventh Sojourn". Pinder used an M300 on that album. 

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> On Jul 8, 2016, at 9:51 PM, markpringnz@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Sorry to air my obsession with this tapeset again, I was watching this video of Hessel's:
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> Mellotron M300 demonstration
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> Mellotron M300 demonstration
> Here's a little demo of my Mellotron M300, which is up for auction on eBay (item # 281566538559 ).
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> There does seem to be something different about the sound of an M300 as opposed to an M400 playing the same tape set, but I can't put my finger on what it is although that has always been the mellotron sound I wanted. Unfortunately the sound of my M400 has always been a disappointment I suppose there is quite a big difference between a Mark II an M400 and a Chamberlin playing the 3 violins.
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> This link is to a little demo on my Soundcloud channel comparing the sound of my M400, the Streetly samples of the M300a from M-tron Pro and the M300a samples in Redtron SE. I am not going to buy an M300!
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> Mark
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> PS If anyone knows why the M300 sounds different I would really like to know.
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