On Thursday 30 June 2005 06:33 am, Neil Durant wrote: > James Stone wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:24:57 +0100, Neil Durant wrote: > > > Brett McCoy wrote: > > >> A little while back there was a thread about building Mellotron sound > > >> fonts, but all the links posted in that thread are dead (searched via > > >> Google). Does anyone know where these might be found? I've got this > > >> great Mellotron VST plugin but it flat out refuses to work under any > > >> of the Linux VST compatibility libraries (and the standalone version > > >> loads under Wine, but it requires ASIO to produce any sound), so am > > >> looking for something that will work under Linux. > > > > > > Let me know if I can be of assistance, if you need raw Mellotron > > > sounds. I own a Mellotron M400, with new remasters of the following > > > tapes: > > > > > > 8-choir > > > M300 strings > > > Cello > > > Mk-II strings > > > Russian Choir > > > Church Organ > > > > If you are willing to provide full length samples of these, I would love > > to put a soundfont together. I think there is some difference in sound > > depending on pressure as well? Perhaps a layered font would be a good > > idea. > > There is some difference in sound depending on pressure, but I'm not sure > it's a desirable difference. Generally speaking, if you play the note > properly, it sounds good, if you play it harder there's no noticable > difference, and if you play it softer the sound starts to fade out and > break up, as the head gets further from the tape. It'd be desirable in as far as training someone to be a mellotron virtuoso. As you infer, there's probably not a lot of call for that at present. > > I'd be happy to sample the full lengths of all 35 notes for all six sounds, > storing them as wavs. I don't have a lot of spare time these days, so I'll > let someone else have the pleasure of cropping/editing! I'd be willing do it. I did the one called "mellotronia" that was floating around. I never quite finished it, but the source had limited potential > > I wonder what the legal situation is regarding making soundfonts of these > recorded sounds...anyone know? > > Someone mentioned copyright but the chances of getting sued are pretty slim. It's not like we'd be eating Chamberlins lunch > Neil
