In us confide
2010-11-06 by Mark
"And the tune they played was in us confide"
2 versions of nearly the same tune played on a mellotron and synthesizer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3s0rJ-kI9E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgryZAIjt0k&feature=related
Admittedly I haven't really got to grips with any kind of keyboard playing apart from the easier Bach but I find the tron very frustrating at times, you have to do so much to the raw output to make it sound bearable. In my opinion by the time you have reverbed the violins enough they don't articulate very well ( The M400 manual agrees with me there I think) and I find equalising the output a nightmare plus the range is so restricted. It isn't so bad if you just want to play a solo line or you want to play chords, it's doing both that I find frustrating.
It is a shame that the M4000 D ( and by the way what's happeing to that ?) didn't have a 5 octave touch sensitive keyboard with a complete string orchestra mapped across it, but I suppose you could easily do that with a sampler a midi keyboard and the mellotron CD for a lot less money.
Still I wouldn't part with my mellotron but if I want to do a bit of musical doodling I'm more likely to use a piano or a string synth.
Mark
2 versions of nearly the same tune played on a mellotron and synthesizer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3s0rJ-kI9E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgryZAIjt0k&feature=related
Admittedly I haven't really got to grips with any kind of keyboard playing apart from the easier Bach but I find the tron very frustrating at times, you have to do so much to the raw output to make it sound bearable. In my opinion by the time you have reverbed the violins enough they don't articulate very well ( The M400 manual agrees with me there I think) and I find equalising the output a nightmare plus the range is so restricted. It isn't so bad if you just want to play a solo line or you want to play chords, it's doing both that I find frustrating.
It is a shame that the M4000 D ( and by the way what's happeing to that ?) didn't have a 5 octave touch sensitive keyboard with a complete string orchestra mapped across it, but I suppose you could easily do that with a sampler a midi keyboard and the mellotron CD for a lot less money.
Still I wouldn't part with my mellotron but if I want to do a bit of musical doodling I'm more likely to use a piano or a string synth.
Mark