Re: Closing the Loop: orchestral instruments>>mellotron>>orchestr al instruments SIMULATING mellotron

["Larry" <larrytremblay@carolina.rr.com>]

I've had a Casio SK-5 sampler for ages and I've gotten some great
"mellotronish"
strings and vocals using this fantastic noise machine.

BTW, It's a lo-tech looper too. For backing tracks - soundscape beds and
percussion
samples - I just hold one key down for several minutes one it's own track 
or
fly it into
a mix sometimes. With or without processing, you can get some very 
satifying
results.

- Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Nelson" <psychle62@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:39 PM
Subject: RE: Closing the Loop: orchestral instruments>>mellotron>>orchestr
al instruments SIMULATING mellotron


>
>
> --- goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:
>
> >once you
> > appreciate where the imperfections are, it's a lot
> > of fun to introduce them deliberately by messing
> > about with microtuning & modulation, aswell as
> > unusual signal paths.
>
> Yeah, I think there's something about lo-fi electronic
> instruments that ISN'T true for things like stereos;
> the imperfections of the instrument grow on you as you
> learn to incorporate them into the voice of the
> instrument, whereas a piece of 'home entertainment'
> electronics that has audibly obvious shortcomings
> never really inspires fondness, unless it's a case
> where enough time has passed that a retro vibe is
> involved, like vinyl crackle or the midrangey sound of
> an old Victrola. I recently recorded a piece that
> included some of that heterodyne squeal from a
> shortwave radio; high fidelity wasn't the objective so
> much as mood, texture and all the associations one has
> with that type of sound.
>
> Even with instruments, the quirks can take a while to
> sink in. I remember when guitar synthesis first
> started getting widespread in the late 70's/early 80's
> and people would hear, say, a trumpet patch and gripe
> that it didn't sound anything like a trumpet. Fast
> forward a couple of decades, and that same patch CAN
> (but not always) evoke nostalgic associations. Or take
> the Ensoniq Mirage: at first, the complaint was that
> it didn't sound enough like the instrument it was
> imitating. But after a while, people started looking
> for them on eBay because they LIKED the way its low
> sampling rate mangled the sound; it just took a little
> while for people to realize its musical usefulness.
>
> > ART? :-)
>
> You guessed it. (An old ProVerb 200 that I've had
> since the 80's; for certain things it's still very
> useful, but it sure doesn't stand up too well to
> today's more transparent recording technology.)
>
> -t-
>
>
>
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