The Mellotron Group

Mine isn't as bad as that!!  It dosen't make any noise, a couple of minutes to warm up and then it's pretty steady as long as I don't start playing more than 8 keys at once, and why would I want to? It just isn't likely to be in exactly the same tune the next time I switch it on nor at concert pitch. Yours does sound like it needs replacing.

Mark

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Swanson <tspit74@...> wrote:
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> I have a CMC-10 too. It takes about 45 minutes to warm up and get to  
> something resembling a proper speed and it's pretty noisy. I do hope  
> to replace mine down the road. I'd rather not have to crank the pitch  
> knob so high on startup and keep moving it down as it warms up.  
> However, I do hope modern replacement motor control cards don't take  
> all the character away. I do like a little wow and flutter.
> On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:52 PM, markpringnz wrote:
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> > Funny how subjective this all is, anyway I would have Mark II 3  
> > violins, Cello, and M300 strings. But then I only really like the  
> > mellotron string sounds. I would also have untuned on pretty much  
> > the same reasoning as you stated. I don't like the string section  
> > sound and generally the fewer keys you press at once on a tron the  
> > better it sounds! It's easy enough to alter the tuning after  
> > recording if you are not happy, anyway for those of us with a CM10  
> > ( which I'm keeping for the same reason ) it's never in the same  
> > tuning for long!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Swanson  
> > <tspit74@> wrote:
> > >
> > > As of now, I'm leaning towards:
> > >
> > > MKII brass
> > > String section w/ cello
> > > 8 voice choir
> > >
> > > All untuned.
> > >
> > > The String section sounds about as German a sound as I can imagine.
> > > With those 3 sounds, I could set up a nice 23 second ambient wash of
> > > string section with my Gigadelay, loop it, and play flourishes of
> > > choir and brass for days on end until my wife has me hauled away to
> > > the looney bin. Tangerine who?
> > >
> > > Why untuned? Because any records I've grown up listening to and thus
> > > made me lust after this instrument in the first place, all had  
> > untuned
> > > tapes. I never knew what the keyboard on "Siberian Khatru" was. I  
> > just
> > > knew I couldn't get the sound on my brother's D-50. Why? I'm  
> > assuming
> > > because his D-50 was in tune. Same with any song with a Mellotron.  
> > You
> > > can get a note close with a synth, but when you add the rest, they
> > > just sound boring. I don't think I want my Mellotron to sound  
> > perfect,
> > > so much as I want it to sound right. Right?
> > >
> > > Feel free to tell me that my reasoning is stupid and I should
> > > reconsider either of my positions on tuning or the sound set. I'm  
> > sure
> > > I'll wake up in the morning feeling completely differently anyway.  
> > But
> > > I am getting close,r and you guys have been a big help. I feel like
> > > I'm finally making some progress.
> > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:39 PM, Daniel Swanson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Good point.
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:49 PM, lsf5275@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Wrong. But if you get Mark II Strings and Cello on the same  
> > frame,
> > > >> you're nearly there when you mix them anyway.
> > > >>
> > > >> In a message dated 12/23/2009 10:09:44 P.M. Eastern Standard  
> > Time, tspit74@
> > > >> writes:
> > > >> I think it would be cool, but you probably can't play more than 2
> > > >> notes at a time, right?
> > > >>
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