I need a GOOD mellotron soundset (preferably soundfont)

[adammann]

Thank you all for all suggestions.

As for the "type" of sound I was after, the best example of it is in Opeth's song, "The Baying Of The Hounds", off their latest album, "Ghost Reveries". Found a link for the song at Roadrunner Records, here...
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/music/ ... ileID=1888

...and there was something from batsounds if I remember right, a very old vsti...

Yup, heard it. That most definitely fits into the "crap" catagory for me.

I've heard the B4, and that probably comes the closest to what I want so far. I will go and look for this M-Tron now though, as well as the others.

[BertKoor]

Found a link for the song at Roadrunner Records, here...
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/music/ ... ileID=1888

That's a lengthy and diverse track... At what minute:second does the sound you're looking for come in?

[adammann]

Found a link for the song at Roadrunner Records, here...
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/music/ ... ileID=1888

That's a lengthy and diverse track... At what minute:second does the sound you're looking for come in?

The closest sounds would be at ~0:11-0:20 and especially 1:50-2:20.

The tremelo mellotron I'm thinking of is from a live DVD I saw (not Opeth - can't remember who). But if I could get the sound of those bits in the Opeth track I'd be well chuffed.

SOULARFLAIR

[m_e_t_r_o_n_o_m_e]

+1 michael pindergrast

[MelloProg]

M-Tron is nice for sure. But often I am just fine using the Mellotron sounds out of my E-MU vintage keys (Hardware). The great benefit of that is that it does not take up computer resources.

[emdot_ambient]

The closest sounds would be at ~0:11-0:20 and especially 1:50-2:20.

That's an organ run through a Leslie rotating speaker (or something emulating both) not a Mellotron. Probably a Hammond B3, so the Native Instrument's B4 (or the latest version, B4 II) will handle that, as will several other organ VSTi's.

[mistertoast]

Face it. You need both a good organ and a good Mellotron. How else will you ever get those yummy 1967 Beatles sounds?

[adammann]

The closest sounds would be at ~0:11-0:20 and especially 1:50-2:20.

That's an organ run through a Leslie rotating speaker (or something emulating both) not a Mellotron. Probably a Hammond B3, so the Native Instrument's B4 (or the latest version, B4 II) will handle that, as will several other organ VSTi's.

It specifically says in the album sleeve that a mellotron was used. No mention of any others organs.

But I'll try the B4 through a Leslie like suggested anyway to check it out.

[John Vulich]

Here's J.P. Hovercrafts Mellotron samples:
http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aphex/113/
They're as "mellotron-ish" as it gets. I mean, it's the real deal sampled.
I think on www.sf2midi.com you can find some soundfonts based on them.

For a freebie, they are excellent.

IMO, the Hovercraft samples (and most others) suck ass. Of course, they are free, and you get what you pay for. The Michael Pinder samples are among the best that I've heard. The difference, in the Pinder set, is that it has the full 8 seconds of each note, as opposed to Hovercraft's truncated versions. This makes all the difference in the world when it comes to Mellotron sounds.

[John Vulich]

That's an organ run through a Leslie rotating speaker (or something emulating both) not a Mellotron. Probably a Hammond B3, so the Native Instrument's B4 (or the latest version, B4 II) will handle that, as will several other organ VSTi's.

Yeah, I don't hear anything that sound remotely like a Mellotron. I barely even hear anything that even sounds like an organ... and BTW, what a crappy track!

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

The closest sounds would be at ~0:11-0:20 and especially 1:50-2:20.

That's an organ run through a Leslie rotating speaker (or something emulating both) not a Mellotron. Probably a Hammond B3, so the Native Instrument's B4 (or the latest version, B4 II) will handle that, as will several other organ VSTi's.

It specifically says in the album sleeve that a mellotron was used. No mention of any others organs.

But I'll try the B4 through a Leslie like suggested anyway to check it out.

Yeah, that's DEFINATELY a Hammond[or Hammond-esque] organ through a Leslie (or such emulation) at 1:50 and definately NOT any of the usual Melotron sounds. Melotrons were early samplers, so you hear a lot of funny lo-fi sounding choirs, flutes, strings, and brass sounds. I think maybe the Mellotron or Chamberlin did have organ sounds, but the part of the track in question sounds too organlike to even be that. Native Instruments B4II, PJ Geerling's NuBi, DaOrgan's Organ3, or Organized Trio are where you need to be looking. Why they didn't list an organ on the CD? I don't know. But that's certainly what you're hearing. Maybe they just used B4II and didn't want to credit a virtual instrument, or maybe they used a ROMpler's organ patches, but again that's DEFINATELY DEFINATELY DEFINATELY a Hammond Organ sound with a Leslie speaker sound (if not the real things).

[Stupid American Pig]

why was that guy singing like that

[John Vulich]

why was that guy singing like that

Because he sucks.

[Pantsdown666]

why was that guy singing like that

When I hear that sort of 'angry' singing, for some reason I always picture it as one of the old-guys-in-the-balcony on the Muppet Show.

[BertKoor]

Thinking of how the Muppets would do a certain song is always good for your mood