RE: Looping History - Mellotron - How Does It Work?

["Tom Rex" <tomrex1@cox.net>]

Title: RE: Looping History

here's a link that describes how it works

 

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/7846/mtron_desc.html

 

Tom

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From: goddard.duncan@mtvne.com [mailto:goddard.duncan@mtvne.com]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 7:40 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: RE: Looping History

>>Apparently Shaeffer's work lead directly to the
Mellotron,arguably the first commercial looping device
<http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/mc.html#phono>

no. mellotrons have tape in them, but not in loops. the mellotron is best thought of as a replay-only sampler.

duncan/r.m.i

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