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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Hello to all. Questions about mixing.

2009-07-31 by doctorwho8@aol.com

This gave me the same chills when I hear the real deal.   Great job!   And 
you do sound like Pinder on Out and In.   Need a drummer?
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff

In a message dated 7/31/09 2:01:38 PM, owen@thinking-aloud.co.uk writes:


> 
> (Oh lordy is it really eight months since I last logged on here? Gah! Hi 
> everyone.)
> 
> If it's any use to you, I mocked up the Tuesday Afternoon Mellotron parts 
> last year when this question came up before - you can hear them here:
> 
> http://thinking-http://thhttp://thinkhttp://thinking-http://t
> 
> On this one I've used the Mellotron Archives CD samples for both voices. 
> The EQ chops all the top and bottom off, with a bit of a boost in the 
> middle. There's a bit of reverb on both sides. (Interestingly, after doing this, 
> I came across a partial recording of Tuesday Afternoon from (presumably) an 
> 8-track version, which had just the Mellotron parts in exactly the same 
> way.)
> 
> For the later Pinderesque sound, as it got mellower, I've used a wetter 
> reverb (more reverb than dry signal) which gives the sounds you can hear in 
> this track (which is all M-Tron):
> 
> http://thinking-http://thhttp://thinkhttp://thinkhttp:/
> 
> (I did this track just to see how close I could get to the original 
> recording. Please excuse the singing - I had a dreadful cold at the time!)
> 
> Tron sounds of this ilk can be found on other tracks on the website there 
> - click the header to go to the main page.
> 
> Hope that's of some interest to someone!
> 
> Owen


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