Moog vs Mellotron
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Topic: Moog vs Mellotron
Posted By: Froth
Subject: Moog vs Mellotron
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:05
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Two instruments that were in many ways responsiable for Prog and are synonimous with the genre... which do you prefur? For me, its got to be the Mellotron. Matching Mole's 'O, Caroline' and Greenslade's 'Featherd Friends' are proof alone of its beutiful sound. Unlike the Moog, it didnt sell out in the 80s as well. But please, what are your thoughts? |
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Posted By: elpprogster
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:20
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Hi Froth; excellent topic this one!!! MELLOTRON Have you already checked http://www.planetmellotron.com - www.planetmellotron.com ? |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:30
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Yeah nice poll; good respite from endless 'versus' threads. I really love both sounds; they are very '70s' but this adds to their appeal for me. There's a real thrill for me at hearing Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman really show off on the Moog, but there's a resonance and beauty from the mellotron. Also, the late 70s Moog sounds were ugly, so the mellotron narrowly wins out. |
Posted By: CandyAppleRed
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:34
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Has to be the mighty 'tron. Seminal sound of prog rock. And here's another plug for G-Force's M-tron software. Just the job for those of us that cannot fit a full blown mellotron in the house!
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:34
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MOOG SYNTHESIZER |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:37
Mellotron  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:39
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MOOG !!! ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 17:51
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The Moog sounds very spectacular but the Mellotron is superior because it is pure emotion and that's what progrock often needs! I prefer the choir-Mellotron section from the M400, mindblowing and so compelling My favorites tracks: BJH-Child Of The Unvierse/King Crimson-The Court Of The Crimson King/Genesis-Afterglow(Seconds Out version)/Museo Rosenbach-Zarathustra/Fantasy-Alanderie/Epidaurus-Actions And Reactions/Outer Limites-The Scene Of Pale Blue/Anekdoten-intro Karelia .... |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 18:08
| And of course the beautiful Mellotron extravaganza from Greenslade on Tide! |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 18:13
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I think Mellotron ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 18:15
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erik neuteboom wrote:Posted By: gabbel ratchett
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 18:28
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This is really stupid. Like comparing apples and oranges. They are both tremendous instruments and both have played an enormous roll in the progress of music and in particular prog. Its one thing to state which one you prefer, but it is foolish to say that one is better than the other. ------------- dead things don't talk too well, they've got a shaky sense of diction. |
Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 18:38
Am I the only one who thought this a pretty absurd thread ? Both
instruments are a crucial part of progressive rock.. It would be like
comparing the guitar and bass guitar ... 
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Posted By: Froth
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 18:39
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aye.. i'll support that! Greenslade are among THE mellotron bands although the're not often credited for it.
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 22:25
 ------------- David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light. http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 23:57
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Rick Wakeman playing Moog and Tony Banks playing mellotron. I can't see how can you compare two instruments unles you're asking your son which one he wants to learn (What doesn't apply here because both are keyboard instruments). Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 00:19
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The Mellotron ------------- 
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 00:41
I agree with Nets for the umpteenth million time  .------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 05:08
| Think I posted a poll with moog v Mellotron v Hammond v piano v other...of which I picked Hammond...here I'd got for the Mellotron. |
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 06:57
| A totally ridiculous poll...the moog is a monophonic instrument used for leads, the mellotron for pads (backing chordal passages). |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 07:35
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The Minimoog was monophonic but the Memorymoog and Polymoog were polyphonic, this poll is about Moog synthesizers. And if you listen to Kitkat from Gracious you willnotice that a Mellotron can also be used as a lead instrument And the poll is perhaps ridiculous from a rational point of view but I'm glad that we can release some emotions and ideas in polls like this, thanks Froth! |
Posted By: Froth
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 12:56
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Well i did think of doing all keyboards but people would start complaining that i had left out their favourite keyboard and i'd end up including Troutoniums, harmoniums, hurdy-gurdys, ondes martinots, spinnets, celestes, vox-continentals, Chamberins... the list is endless. Also, Hammonds ect. were already established in rock and blues. Mellotrons and Moogs were essentially 'discovered' by prog rockers and will always be assosiated with the genre. And finally, i'd be too torn if i'd included the Electric Piano, an instrument i love as much, perhaps moreso, than the mellotron. As for all those busy bodies who are complaining about this thread, i know that they are completely different instruments and you cant compare them. all i wanted to know was which one the greatest asset to prog. Classic Moody blues' records only use mellotron but there aint no mellotron on Camels 'Raindance', 'Snowgoose' or 'Nude' albums, proving that you can have one without the other. |
Posted By: troy
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 14:40
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MOOG ------------- SUNSET IS AN ANGEL WEEPING HOLDING OUT A BLOODY SWORD NO MATTER HOW I SQUINT I CANNOT MAKE OUT WHAT IT IS POINTING TOWARD |
Posted By: Genesisprog
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 14:44
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Moo....mellotron ------------- Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity- I Love Them all ! |
Posted By: hey_timj
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 15:11
| you need them BOTH simultaneously!! |
Posted By: Zweck
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 15:16
| An eldritch, noisome goat. |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 15:32
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Like them both, of course, but the Moog when played expertly is just sublime. Love that fat, fat sound. Also like its use outside of Progressive Rock (Stevie Wonder on Innervisions, for example).
------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 16:14
Thanks, Ivan... For a moment I thought I (Moog-tron) had to choose between my these wonderful instruments. Wisdom is once again dripping from your lips like honey. Proverbially speaking, of course |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 17:14
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That's too cheap, Moogtron III: We demand a choice and we want it now: MOOG or MELLOTRON |
.. 10, 9 , 8 , 7 , 6, 5 ...Posted By: akin
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 17:20
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Well, I prefer Mellotron, cause though I love moog solos, they´re not
very common. Solos like Uriah Heep´s July Morning, Kansas - Magnun
Opus, ELP - Toccata, Edgar Winter´s Frankenstein (in fact arp 2600, but
the same sound) are superb, but not very common. Mellotron is always superb, and impressive work has been made commonly (Moody Blues, King Crimson, Barclay James Harvest, Yes, Genesis... just to say some). But If I could, I´d like to have the two, but the money just allows me to have a very cheap Casio keyboard for beginners...  . I have to suffer hours in the computer to make good synth sounds... |