The Mellotron Group

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, john barrick wrote:

> Though I have no personal experience with them (I've heard a couple of
> the voices and they sounded pretty good), the general consensus of the
> list is that the best commercially available samples of the mellotron
> are contained on the Mike Pinder Presents CD.  The CD contains full
> length note for note Samples of  a wide variety of Mellotron and
> Chamberlin  tapesets and is available from Mellotron Archives - I think
> it runs something like $200.
> Best,
> john barrick
> 1407


i second that recommendation, as i'm sure many others will.
when it's inconvenient to use the real thing, it's the next
best thing. no need to apologize for looking for an alternative.

note that the CDROM is n akai format.
[not just the sounds, but the disc format itself.]
i don't know if the software you plan on using supports that
format or not - it's up to you to figure that out, though
there are a few translation apps around, notably cdxtract:

http://www.cdxtract.com/cdxtract.php

i have another CD of mellotron sounds and it's A W F U L !
i think it's called "the legendary m400" or something like
that. someone gave it to me. it's not even worth the space
it takes up.

best,
jeff