The Mellotron Group

A combination of eq and compression, usually. Same as any other 
instrument. Overdubbing won't help at all, which is why the compressor 
generally gets wheeled out.

Mark Pring wrote:
>
> Just listening to some live Moody Blues track on Last FM, well 
> actually Melancholy Man. Just got me thinking of the difference 
> between the live and studio sound of the mellotron. I much prefer the 
> live sound, not knowing much about recording, what do they do them in 
> the recording studio to take most of the life out of them?
>
> Mark
>
> 

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

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