I have several Chamberlins, too, but do not agree. Yes, they sound cleaner, but more like a sampler to me. Some of the sounds are amazing on the Chamberlin, but I think the Mellotron has more weirdness to the sound, and it less normal-sounding.
I'm not an expert in this, but I have heard that the Chamberlins were actually of a better quality than the Mellotrons. Still, that doesn't make this instrument less amazing. After all, it was used in "Watcher of the skies".
Brian played keyboards on the ROLLINS BAND song HOLD ON for their YELLOW BLUES LP.
TheInnerStation 2 months ago
Is this guy related to Tom Green?
bodhisattva87 1 year ago
@bodhisattva87 Do a barrel roll? :)
p1k4x 8 months ago
I've been sidetracked lately with the flurry of new Optigan discs...
mellotrongirl 1 year ago
Sold the M2 and M1, now just the 200 model left. Works worse, sounds best!
OFR 1 year ago
I have several Chamberlins, too, but do not agree. Yes, they sound cleaner, but more like a sampler to me. Some of the sounds are amazing on the Chamberlin, but I think the Mellotron has more weirdness to the sound, and it less normal-sounding.
OFR 2 years ago
@OFR What models of chamberlin do you have?
The2010SnowDay 1 year ago
you look like tom green
textur222 3 years ago 6
Always throws me into Moody Blues land when I hear one.
klaatu42 3 years ago 7
The Mellotron/Chamberlin are still (IMO) the best sounding.
CadillacL 3 years ago
I'm not an expert in this, but I have heard that the Chamberlins were actually of a better quality than the Mellotrons. Still, that doesn't make this instrument less amazing. After all, it was used in "Watcher of the skies".
EmersonsL100 3 years ago
RothHandle has both. The Chamberlin uses less compression on the sound. So Mellotrons may be better in construction, but a Chamberlin sounds better.
Keijz74 2 years ago
you can hear a car alarm go off somewhere..
he's a real genius and programmed a lot of the voyager presets, amongst other achievements ;-p
armalyte 3 years ago
MKII Top Tron.
kn1ghtstemplar 3 years ago
whoa the name brian kehew pops up on something else i was watching and i just have to comment. i met him once hes such a cool guy.
Hursty0 3 years ago
wow! thank you! The mellotron is my favorite instrument of all!
The Into reminds me of the final part of Lizard from King Crimson. Maybe it is...=)
Sunchild333 3 years ago
I saw him in concert, when he toured with The Who a couple years ago.
Tanvan180 3 years ago
Also, i think that the tapes last little longer than the M400 wich is 8 sec. and the MKII is 10 sec....
Cozy990 3 years ago
it is an AMAZING machine....
tarabusch 3 years ago
VERY cool.
AutomaticGainsay 3 years ago 2