[Randy Yates]

Les Cargill writes:

Randy Yates wrote:
Les Cargill writes:

They're baaaaaaack. http://www.mellotron.com

Who'd want one now when you can have a sampler with 24 bits / 120 dB
SNR?

Why do people spend $1500 for a Victoria tweed
Deluxe?

Because it's a Mellotron. It's a musical
instrument with its own sound.

Yeah, I can certainly relate to that. It's the same reason I want (some
day) to get another B3 even though they have VK7s and X3 (isn't
it?). And I do currently own a 1969 122 Leslie.

I'm with you, though - I own a ROMpler with a scattering of sampled
Mellotron patches, and those oughta get somebody an awful long way.

We are on the same wavelength.

By the way, didn't Rick Wakeman make extensive use of mellotrons in his
"Six Wives of Henry VIII"?
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[Mr.T]

"Eeyore" wrote in message
...
There's nothing incorrect about using dBs for voltage.

Sure, as long as you know what you are specifying, and how.

Indeed since audio no longer uses matched impedance working (and hasn't
fro many
decades), using dBm is not only pointless and irrelevant but wholly WRONG.

Why should dBm be any more wrong than dBu or dBv ?
If you don't understand it, simply don't use it.

MrT.

[Eeyore]

"Mr.T" wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote in message

There's nothing incorrect about using dBs for voltage.

Sure, as long as you know what you are specifying, and how.

Indeed since audio no longer uses matched impedance working (and hasn't
fro many
decades), using dBm is not only pointless and irrelevant but wholly WRONG.

Why should dBm be any more wrong than dBu or dBv ?
If you don't understand it, simply don't use it.

I understand it perfectly but I haven't met any real 600 ohm matched working
equipment in over 30 years. THAT is what makes dBm in audio an irrelevance. To
use dBm correctly, the equipment MUST have 600 ohm outputs and 600 ohm inputs.

Graham

[Andrew Haley]

In rec.audio.tech Randy Yates wrote:
Les Cargill writes:

They're baaaaaaack. http://www.mellotron.com

Who'd want one now when you can have a sampler
with 24 bits / 120 dB SNR?

Q: What were the fundamental differences between the Mellotron and
Birotron?

Rick Wakeman: The mellotron was a great sounding instrument that was a
nightmare to play, never stayed in tune, broke down all the time
and the notes only played for 8 seconds. The birotron was a great
sounding instrument that was a nightmare to play, never stayed in
tune, broke down all the time but the notes played for 8 minutes.

:-)

Andrew.

[Randy Yates]

Andrew Haley writes:

In rec.audio.tech Randy Yates wrote:
Les Cargill writes:

They're baaaaaaack. http://www.mellotron.com

Who'd want one now when you can have a sampler
with 24 bits / 120 dB SNR?

Q: What were the fundamental differences between the Mellotron and
Birotron?

Rick Wakeman: The mellotron was a great sounding instrument that was a
nightmare to play, never stayed in tune, broke down all the time
and the notes only played for 8 seconds. The birotron was a great
sounding instrument that was a nightmare to play, never stayed in
tune, broke down all the time but the notes played for 8 minutes.

:-)



I'd never heard that one.
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[Mr.T]

"Eeyore" wrote in message
...
Indeed since audio no longer uses matched impedance working (and
hasn't
fro many
decades), using dBm is not only pointless and irrelevant but wholly
WRONG.

Why should dBm be any more wrong than dBu or dBv ?
If you don't understand it, simply don't use it.

I understand it perfectly but I haven't met any real 600 ohm matched
working
equipment in over 30 years. THAT is what makes dBm in audio an
irrelevance.

Irrelevant to you maybe, but still not wrong when used correctly.

MrT.