20 Jul
2004
20 Jul
'04
8:53 p.m.
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! ;-)
Cheers,
Mark