...Mellotron

Kinda off-topic and I hope I don't get expelled from the forum for this terrible taste question, but only a true 'tron aficionado can answer it:

Fantastic!!! A beautiful Snow White M400

Utah Man wrote: Jim Garten wrote: All I need to do now is convince Vicky that I can justify spending €1,900.00 on a toy... Jim...tell Vicky that it is our Husbandly God-Given right to have as many musical devices as possible hanging around the house ...no matter how much they cost Besides...women have their "toys" too ..

If it's all the same to you, I quite like my testicles where they are, thanks

Jim Garten wrote: I know this will be sacriledge to Mellotron addicts, but you really should see/hear the digital Memotron: Evidently built like a tank & virtually indestructible, yet manages to look right; in case you're wondering how this sounds, I have to say I was very cynical... until I saw this little clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WU1x_4yFD4 OK - Rudess is faffing around a bit & not playing it as you would play an original, but the sounds are right on! All I need to do now is convince Vicky that I can justify spending €1,900.00 on a toy...

Tell me about it... I've been trying to buy a humble midi controler keyboard, but Mercedes is indestructible and always turns into an ogre whenever I mention it. True, we have a lot of things to think about first, like the furniture we need, the house and everything on that line... but I need a synth

Anaon wrote: Jim Garten wrote: I know this will be sacriledge to Mellotron addicts, but you really should see/hear the digital Memotron: Evidently built like a tank & virtually indestructible, yet manages to look right; in case you're wondering how this sounds, I have to say I was very cynical... until I saw this little clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WU1x_4yFD4 OK - Rudess is faffing around a bit & not playing it as you would play an original, but the sounds are right on! All I need to do now is convince Vicky that I can justify spending €1,900.00 on a toy... It's not so a sacrilege to me but I just prefer my master keyboard + M-Tron vsti than that!

Apparenlty Manikin Electronic uses the exact same digital files that the M-tron does...from Tron Guru Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock...
In other words, just get the M-tron software ...it's far less expensive ! ! !

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I know this will be sacriledge to Mellotron addicts, but you really should see/hear the digital Memotron:



Evidently built like a tank & virtually indestructible, yet manages to look right; in case you're wondering how this sounds, I have to say I was very cynical... until I saw this little clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WU1x_4yFD4

OK - Rudess is faffing around a bit & not playing it as you would play an original, but the sounds are right on!

All I need to do now is convince Vicky that I can justify spending €1,900.00 on a toy...

It all depends on what we are talking about, for me the sound of a real Mellotron is not sterile at all, even if it's recorded on a hard drive... ;)

I listened to the music, really interesting!! Kind of old prog rock but with a better production ;)

A dream in picture!!

That is beautiful.  But I would be wary of any instrument that spent any time anywhere near Arthur Brown!  It could induce a sudden urge to make the most stunning music ever to pass through you.