On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 19:55:52 -1000, david wrote: >I've found that Mellotron sounds I liked in the days of vinyl playing >on a turntable, I don't like so much when listened to in digital >forms. Maybe the digital versions are too clean? Hi, I don't have it right at hand, but somewhere in my collection of free samples, there are Mellotron flute samples recorded from a damaged Mellotron, that sound less clean, than what I hear, if I play my decades old Sgt. Pepper's vinyl. However, I agree that some Mellotron samples are less good than other. I didn't listen to Jeanette's recording yet. Usually the Mellotron flute samples are the only Mellotron sounds I like to use. For example synthesizer nowadays provide polyphony, so we don't need high quality Mellotron recordings of mono synthesizers anymore. Using Mellotron sounds only makes sense, if we could hear artifacts caused by the Mellotron. Worn out tapes, drop-outs, little mechanical damages of the tape players, wow and flutter etc. should be audible. Those quality flaws are even more needed for digital recordings, than they were needed for an analog chain, from the analog studio to vinyl. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
