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Re: Mellotron

Post by jop » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:17 pm

Thanks, Johan. $12 sure seems reasonable for a Mellotron plugin, too bad I only have Ableton Live Lite 6 and Garageband. Ah well.

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Re: Mellotron

Post by mitchellorchris » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:17 pm

Im pretty sure thats what the Beatle used on Strawberry Fields

let me take you down cause im going to.......pitch bend............strawberry fields

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Re: Mellotron

Post by Telliot » Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:02 am

prospect wrote:I have the plug-in.
It sounds just like it.
Look up GForce M-Tron
I had this too; effin great. I haven't been able to use it since switching to Mac, though. :'(
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Re: Mellotron

Post by Veitchy » Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:09 am

There is a Mellotron all over HiFi way, so I love them.

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Re: Mellotron

Post by jbiscuti » Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:23 am

Love the Mellotron; own a Nord Electro 3. Close enough for me!

Just for kicks, here's a short instrumental track I did; it uses the Mellotron glockenspiel, one of the choir sounds, and cello.

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Re: Mellotron

Post by 46346 » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:55 am

mitchellorchris wrote:Im pretty sure thats what the Beatle used on Strawberry Fields

let me take you down cause im going to.......pitch bend............strawberry fields

yeah - Lennon was fascinated with it right off the bat and apparently got one just in time for that session. with the flute tapes. i heard people freaked when they first heard that intro - especially other musicians who hadn't heard it yet.

long ago our keys guy had one. he actually brought it to gigs. it was ridiculous. and amazing! the tuning was a bitch when the tape motor drives or capstans would wear. i'm glad i learned a bit about them. it was a relic at that time, i can't imagine trying to do it now. i guess one of those minty new ones would be a treat. for the rest of us, yes - the nord 3 is the ticket.
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Re: Mellotron

Post by 46346 » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:00 am

jbiscuti wrote:Love the Mellotron; own a Nord Electro 3. Close enough for me!

Just for kicks, here's a short instrumental track I did; it uses the Mellotron glockenspiel, one of the choir sounds, and cello.
John - does the Nord have the old solo tenor guy who sounds like he's having tummy trouble on the lowest notes? that used to crack me up every time! originally part of the choir set of tapes.


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Re: Mellotron

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Re: Mellotron

Post by jbiscuti » Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:39 pm

46346 wrote:
jbiscuti wrote:Love the Mellotron; own a Nord Electro 3. Close enough for me!

Just for kicks, here's a short instrumental track I did; it uses the Mellotron glockenspiel, one of the choir sounds, and cello.
John - does the Nord have the old solo tenor guy who sounds like he's having tummy trouble on the lowest notes? that used to crack me up every time! originally part of the choir set of tapes.


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No it doesn't, I wish it did! I know the one you're talking about. It really doesn't have all that many to offer (I like the sound effects) AFAIK, but the ones it does offer are probably the most usable.

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Re: Mellotron

Post by Veitchy » Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:51 pm

jetset wrote:How about making a Mellotron out of, I dunno - Sony Walkmen?

http://mysterycircuits.com/melloman/melloman.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(Found on Boing Boing)

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Someone get these guys in the space program!

Maybe they could kick off the next one or some such.

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Re: Mellotron

Post by crazypaws » Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:15 pm

nothing beats a beautiful girl playing such a beautiful instrument.

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Re: Mellotron

Post by Dylanwilde » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:29 am

LOVE the Mellotron sound. I actually used it for one of my tracks a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpV_tzltqtw

What I did was download the old sample mp3's that are floating around. Here's the site I think I used ( http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aphex/113/ ) and sampled those through an old Casio SK-1. It was luckily in tune enough to track with and worked out well, apart from being extremely lo-fi due to the process. But, hey, it worked!

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Re: Mellotron

Post by ravcon » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:17 am

I love the Mellotron. There's M-Tron Pro all over my stuff.

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Re: Mellotron

Post by XIIduostang! » Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:20 pm

You guys are giving me MAS (mellotron acquisition syndrome)!
"But this goes to 11"

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Re: Mellotron

Post by XIIduostang! » Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:20 pm

plus that melloman is also cool
"But this goes to 11"

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