nigelvintage,
Some great tips on getting good mellotron sounds out
of the XL-1. I'm gonna try them on my unit. Thanks.

javaknees

--- nigelvintage <baron_de@...> wrote:

>
> two things about the mellotron to remember:
>
> one is that it is tapes of real instruments, played
> back out of tune
> and in very poor fidelity
>
> the second is that the original mellotron tapes used
> through the 60s
> and 70s are SO familiar from all the records we hear
> them on.
>
> the second point really needs the proper Vintage ROM
> as the samples
> are dervived from a real tron.
>
> but the first point is easy enough - take any flute
> / string / choir
> sample and filter it way down (apparently the 'tron
> had a bandwisth
> of 8Khz!), then put a random lfo through a lag
> genertor to
> constantly vary the pitch only 'just' detectably,
> then take one of
> the random generators and add to the initial pitch,
> so that every
> note starts slightly differently... again, only
> 'just' detectably.
>
> post how you get on!
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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