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Mellotroner

The sound of a mellotron

About Me

The sound of the Mellotron have been around for a while now. The mellotron, said to be the first sampler, has a very special sound. Many people love it. Others do not. Most people have no idea what a mellotron is.
In some music you can hear a special sound, that´s coming from a mellotron. Often you can hear instruments like strings, flute and brass as well as the sound of a choir in recordings. Sometimes that sound comes from a mellotron! How could one know, if it comes from a mellotron? That ain´t allways easy to say. Mellotron-lovers can hear or feel if it is a mellotron.
Listen to my songs to hear some mellotronsounds. In "Nice Mellotron" you can hear the typical sound of strings, choir and brass, coming from a mellotron. I love the roughness of the sound.
You should not use the sound from a mellotron if you create music and want to have something that sounds exactly like strings or a choir. In that case there are other samples that suites better. On the other hand, if you want a sound that is magic, you might want to use the sound from a mellotron.
Unfortunately, most people can´t afford to buy a real mellotron.
Luckily, we can use samples from this extraordinary sampler, the mellotron!
Listen to understand the beauty!!!
Feel free to listen and download more of our music. You find us at:
    http://www.myspace.com/mellotroner (here) http://www.myspace.com/mellotroner1 http://www.myspace.com/mellotroner2

Below I show my little darling, the Mini-Magitron. It's a fake-M400, a whannabe-M400, or whatever you like to call it. It looks like a kid-piano but is defenitely a lot more than that. Watch the film!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/30/2006
Band Website: shivas.se
Band Members: I´m Max Backstrom.
I love the sound of a mellotron. Therefore I´ve set up this page as a tribute to the mellotron. You can hear some of my music here, but it can also be heard on other places at the web. I´m not a professional musician but still like the possibility to reach many mellotron-lovers out there.
Other members in this constellation are (simply) samples from mellotrons:

    M400 Chamberlin

Influences: The real sound (in a strange way) sounding through tapes in a mellotron or a chamberlin.
    Yes Genesis King Crimson The Flower Kings Transatlantic Focus Ekseption ELP Museo Rosenbach PFM SFF Cathedral Änglagård Il Balletto di Bronzo Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Maxophone Gracious Moody blues Barclay James Harvest

Guitarheroes like:
    Stewe Howe Jan Akkerman Eric Johnson Jimi Hendrix
and many, many more.
Sounds Like: Strings, choir, flute and many others
Type of Label: None

My Blog

In love with the mellotron

This is a page dedicated to the wonderful sound of mellotrons.I know I´m not alone when I say I love the sound of a mellotron.You are welcome to listen to what I´ve recorded so far (with samples from ...
Posted by Mellotroner on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:12:00 PST