Subj : Tommy Roe
To : MIKE ROSS
From : BRETT MCCOY
Date : Mon Oct 16 2000 09:38 pm
> BM> Now how about a digital sample of a mellotron...
>
> The mellotron was the original sampler, except I think the tape played
> backwards and very fast. Just what was recorded on the tapes is what I
> always wanted to know. I still remember seeing the nylon tape guide
> channels hanging in neat vertical columns in the back. String
> synthesizers quickly replaced the mellotron but it has an unmistakable
> sound. Moody Blues (Days of Future Past), Rolling Stones (2000 Light
> Years From Home), Gentle Giant, etc. etc... Real cool tone!
I think it was Robert Fripp of King Crimson who got the slick idea of
putting other sounds onto
the Mellotron besides violin sounds, i.e., Frippertronics.
