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terriandralph · Post by **terriandralph** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:46 am

I would like to take the sound of a sample and edit it so that it sounds as if a mellotron played it.

Note: I am not looking for information on where I can find mellotron samples. I am looking to apply the mellotron effect to other instrument sounds.

Any ideas?

nineofkings · Post by **nineofkings** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:50 am

Multisamples with a short release and a thin (hipassed) frequency range mostly.

valhallasound · Post by **valhallasound** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:01 am

terriandralph wrote:I would like to take the sound of a sample and edit it so that it sounds as if a mellotron played it.

Note: I am not looking for information on where I can find mellotron samples. I am looking to apply the mellotron effect to other instrument sounds.

Any ideas?

Run the sample through a long tape echo effect, that is longer than the sample itself, with the feedback turned up close to runaway feedback. Let the echo loop through several repeats, until the sample has the desired wow, flutter, and noise. Record the output of the tape echo effect, and trim the sample to the desired length.

If you want to get really obsessive, get an old tape deck (the cheaper the better), bounce your samples to the tape, bounce back to digital, and repeat this process until things sound properly aged. This is a Boards of Canada trick.

Sean Costello

michael2 · Post by **michael2** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:53 am

valhallasound wrote:
Run the sample through a long tape echo effect, that is longer than the sample itself, with the feedback turned up close to runaway feedback. Let the echo loop through several repeats, until the sample has the desired wow, flutter, and noise. Record the output of the tape echo effect, and trim the sample to the desired length.

that is a really neat idea. I will be trying that.

Ichad.c · Post by **Ichad.c** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:58 pm

valhallasound wrote:
If you want to get really obsessive, get an old tape deck (the cheaper the better), bounce your samples to the tape, bounce back to digital, and repeat this process until things sound properly aged. This is a Boards of Canada trick.

Sean Costello

That's a cool trick. I had a "high tech" Dolby cassette tape player - with noise-reduction, cant remember which type of NR. If you did the above trick with it, your transient's will eventually become peanut-butter

Haven't though about that cassette player in years, think I should try and track one down again.

terriandralph · Post by **terriandralph** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:23 pm

Thanks for the ideas guys.

I was wondering, however, if there is a VST out there that possibly with some tweaking can do this.

JeffSanders · Post by **JeffSanders** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:13 pm

Fabfilter Timeless has a few nice presets that'll do the trick.

That's what you hear on this violin: http://mountainmirrors.bandcamp.com/track/your-angels

AKJ · Post by **AKJ** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:26 am

maybee, try a combination of these fx:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/unstabl ... _la_mancha
http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-reelbus/
http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-ferox/

cheers, akj

chilly7 · Post by **chilly7** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:24 pm

I also have the same question as an original poster.

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:30 pm

chilly7 wrote:I also have the same question as the original poster.

FTFY. It's a service we offer.

evilantal · Post by **evilantal** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:05 pm

The Interruptor's Wow and Flutter!
http://www.interruptor.ch/vst_donationware.shtml

chilly7 · Post by **chilly7** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:08 pm

Mushy Mushy wrote:
chilly7 wrote:I also have the same question as the original poster.
FTFY. It's a service we offer.

What service u offer?

chilly7 · Post by **chilly7** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:10 pm

evilantal wrote:The Interruptor's Wow and Flutter!
http://www.interruptor.ch/vst_donationware.shtml

I this Windows plugins only? I have a better operation system.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:12 pm

chilly7 wrote:
Mushy Mushy wrote:
chilly7 wrote:I also have the same question as the original poster.
FTFY. It's a service we offer.
What service u offer?

Fixing the grammatical errors in your posts

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:14 pm

chilly7 wrote:I have a better operation system.

Which one?

Mellotron effect?