Mellotron M 400 8 Choir
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Now I agree with you. I'd love to get my hands on one an get it going again, indeed to make one from scratch would be fun as well, but in the end you can programme a Triton or similar to make the same sound; and it's not easy, I think your average "Hipster" would be stumped on that one!
Now a Vintage Hammond...............
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@MyDadsMusic1 whether they can or not i will not attempt to say, as i admittedly have never used either. it's not just a matter of sound, it's the pursuit of that sound. having everything at your fingertips is just boring. there's no challenge. it must be tremendous fun to hunt one of these things down, service it, and then watch it come to life before your eyes - a real, moving machine, not some 'app' some hipster made in a day on his ipad that you can obtain at '5G speeds'! just how i see life
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I think it's very over-rated and nostalgia has a lot to do with the attachment to these dinosaurian things, you can do just as wonderful things with a Korg Triton.
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@hogweed89 He used the Leslie for the intro to Watcher of the Skies (the cool swirling effect).
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mmm, it actually was recorded with a ARP Pro Soloist synthesizer which was monophonic. Those parts were overdubbed. The only Moog Tony ever used was the Polymoog, which wasn´t designed by Bob Moog actually but by his former company, Moog Music.
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Tony Banks had a Leslie i think, but used it for the Hammond if i remember correctly...
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has anyone ever played a mellotron through a leslie, or a mellotron with distortion?
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ARP Prosoloist, not Moog
"the most beautiful synth (moog) and mellotron track ever made was that of Tony Banks' The Cinema Show,"
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The only version of Cinema Show on which Tony used a Moog- in this case a Polymoog- was on the 1978 world tour. The original and various live versions were done on ARPs- mainly the Pro Soloist and the Quadra which were his lead synth of choice. He dumped the Polymoog once he got his hands on a Prophet 5.
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Clearly the most beautiful synth (moog) and mellotron track ever made was that of Tony Banks' The Cinema Show, i swear that conclusion at the end with the duophonic moog practically leaves me in tears whenever i hear it it is absolutely breathtaking
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aihoschema 4 years ago 4
I guess the recent M400 Mark VI should be available second hand by now. I heard Streetly Electronics in London have some rebuilt old M400s in perfect working order. Be prepared to spend a couple thousand Pounds or more. I tried to talk two people to sell their M400s which they don't play for ages. Not a chance... Same like vintage Hammonds, they become very expensive again.
aihoschema 4 years ago 2