Originally Posted By: MountainSide
I didn't know that the Mellotron was tape-based. Seriously? Tape??



Really? You didn't know that? It's from 1963 so I couldn't imagine it being anything else.

The best thing I ever saw and had a chance to play with was the Fairlight. A studio here in Cleveland had one and I booked an hour of studio time JUST to be able to play with it. Bill Cavanaugh, who owned the thing (and the studio), met me when my hour was scheduled and asked me "Where's the band?" I told him "It's just me. I booked this hour just to play with the Fairlight." and he laughed and said "Oh hell. Come on in and I'll give you a demo on it and sit there while you use it because you will have questions. No charge."

I actually DID do a quickie 3 minute song demo with the Fairlight and a Linn drum machine. That had to have been around 1983 because the Fairlight came around in 1979 and for a long while they were rather scarce. And the Linn drum machine was in 1982, so it had to have been after that for me to use both of them.

He didn't charge me for the time but I DID buy lunch when we left. That alone should make it clear in my mind when it was because me buying lunch is far more of a memorable event than playing a Fairlight...

Never had a hands on with a Mellotron though I know a guy who has one. Enjoyed the video, though I don't speak Japanese.

Domo arigatou.

Last edited by eddie1261; 02/06/21 04:41 AM.