How has this been around for 4 years and I'm just now seeing it? This is absolutely brilliant! I've always wanted to see someone do this!!!! Thank you!!!!
Thank you, sir, for the finest demonstration of the melotron , l never ever knew anything about it until l stumbled at an npr special about the melotron and l heard this song when my older brother and sister played the Beatles of the 8track and now it brought me tears of joy 😢
Oh wow! This is one of my favourite Vangelis pieces, I listen to it all the time. And only just now has this fabulous cover popped up on my feed. Love it, super cover. Thank you.
Wouldn’t the strength of those springs vary over time and change the pitch of every note? Is there a way to tension the springs and do you have to do it all the time? Seems like an incredibly temperamental machine. Very curious. Doesn’t the tape also wear after a while? I’d imagine that it couldn’t sound like it did in the 60s? How does this sound so good?
Yeah but their strength is holding up one end of the tape so if it were a super strong sprint the tape would get dragged slower and as the spring weakens over time the resistance lessens and the tape would be dragged faster
@@nickk8650 They're only take-up springs and have zero effect on the pitch. There is no tension on the spring until a key is pressed. If a key is only held for a second or two, the springs don't even stretch that much. If the springs weaken, which they don't, the tapes would return to the beginning slower, not faster. There are vintage Trons out there that have never had the springs replaced and they are working just fine.
@@hamstring6792 Yeah but my point is the springs are a point of resistance so once you press a key and the tape is running past the (tape head I’m guessing?), the spring will affect how quickly that tape is pulled. A stronger spring will make the pull slower due to a higher resistance and therefore lower the pitch. So over time you would expect the spring to weaken and the tape to run faster, thus increasing the pitch of the key to an undesirable effect
@@nickk8650 When you press a key, the pinch roller presses the tape against the capstan which drags the tape over the playback head while the pad presses the tape against the playback head, producing one of the sounds on the tape, depending on which track of the tape has been selected. The played section of the tape is dumped into the spill box as it's being played. The longer the note, the longer the section of tape that is dumped into the spill box. The spring, which is very light and offers VERY little resistance, stretches in relation to the length of the note. But as long as the key is pressed, the spring cannot come close to overcoming the power of the capstan, which keeps the speed of the tape constant. When the key is released, the pinch roller and pad lose contact with the tape and the tension of the spring retracts the tape from the spill box, dragging the tape back to its start point, which takes less than a second. The spring has nothing to do with the tape while it is playing and only comes into play when the key is not being pressed.
Luv this. Mellotron really loses its resolution on the analogue copies, and is so midrangey, so it’s great to hear it fresh onto digital, the way it was heard in the studio
Bought this album, Spiral, when it first came out in 1977. Brilliant cover version. Thanks. From the uk 🇬🇧 Going on means going far. Going far means returning .
May I use this cover for the end of my Silent Running video? There's a very special reason I would like to use this song in particular. You did a great cover as well. Vangelis was a big inspiration that got me to start making my own music.
Always reminds me of the Snooker ( used during snooker ..during the 80’s ) but obviously a brilliant tune without the involvement of snooker .. that’s Vangelis for yer.. his talent was immense
I've admired this instrument since I first heard it in the '70s. It would be cool to own one but I understand they can be very temperamental mechanical beasts. Even Mike Pinder used a digital version (he sampled all of his Mellotron sounds) from what I saw in some interviews. He really knew how to build one and fix it. RIP Mike Pinder.
I would really prefer this kind of music instead of those covers.. I know, covers attract attention, but it's silly when you have this. At least this is yours, so it's unique. Anyone can do a cover..
There is a video explaining why that happens despite pitch bending not being a thing for mellotrons. "Why is Strawberry Fields Forever in A Half Sharp Major"
