Mellotron Brass

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Mellotron Brass

 ·  Posted: 30.07.2007 - 13:51  ·  #1
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Does anyone of you know what instrument or instruments were used to create the Mellotron Brass sound?

I mean the sound often heard on TD records during their golden era (not the "Watcher of the skies" sound).

I would guess trumpets, but sometimes it sounds like saxophones too.

Since my EMU VK-6 does not have this sound, I am trying to re-create it using different brass samples and some filtering, but no success so far.
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 ·  Posted: 30.07.2007 - 15:41  ·  #3
Saxophone, trombone, and trumpet.

TD used the Mixed Brass B tapeset, and occasionally a GC 3 Brass which sounded slightly edgier.

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 ·  Posted: 30.07.2007 - 20:44  ·  #4
Judging from my ears, the TD sound I'm after is the GC 3 Brass - three trombones. The MBB seemes to be the "Watcher..." sound.
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 ·  Posted: 31.07.2007 - 12:31  ·  #5
Tapeworm Mellotron synthesizer v2.0

Tapeworm is a mellotron-like synthesizer based on remastered versions of J.P. Hovercraft's original mellotron multisamples. tapeworm includes five voice types, tuning, attack, release, and midi automation.

Brass, Strings 1, Strings 2, Flute, Choir. All TD type sounds.

http://www.tweakbench.com/tapeworm
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 ·  Posted: 31.07.2007 - 19:59  ·  #6
You could, in theory, buy one old AKAI sampler cheap these days (S-3200 or the like) and then... buy my AKAI CD-ROM full of M400 stuff...

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 ·  Posted: 03.08.2007 - 20:59  ·  #7
Well, I have all the sounds I want except that brass on my EMU VK-6.

And about Tapeworm; I want real gear, not software.
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 ·  Posted: 03.08.2007 - 21:22  ·  #8
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Well, I have all the sounds I want except that brass on my EMU VK-6.

And about Tapeworm; I want real gear, not software.


Fair enough but I included it as you could sample the sounds from it as you said you were using samples in your first post.

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Since my EMU VK-6 does not have this sound, I am trying to re-create it using different brass samples and some filtering, but no success so far.
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