On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 15:38 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Ryan wrote: > > > It should be really easy to come up with a great mellotron sample set > > (since it's essentially a sampled instrument). But I think having a > > nice long keypress (4 seconds) would make it much easier. > > > > Hi, > Just as a point of reference the original Mellotron had 8 second > tapes, I believe. Also, when those tapes ran out there was no loop. You > get to the end of the tape and you just get no more sound. Playing a > Mellotron is an experience in learning to manage this by letting go of > individual keys in a chord and replaying them so that you don't have the > whole chord go away abruptly. > > Anyway, if you create loops from Mellotron samples you're no longer > playing a Mellotron! ;-) Well obviously you're not playing a mellotron... if you're not playing a mellotron ;-) The original mellotron had 6 feet of tape played at 7.5 ips (about 9.6 seconds of play per note) with 35 keys that'd be about 5 and a half minutes of sampled sound... how big would that be? Anyway I wouldn't want to emulate the experience of playing a mellotron (a software emulation of tape breaking anyone). Maybe if we ask really really nicely Emiliano's friend will re-sample the mellotron. -ry
