@@denizbluemusic oh yeah it pretty well is, I just know he has other gear so I am thinking of a full cover using the mellotron and another one of his many other cool synths for the other parts might be neat
@@googleuser3163 How is it cringe to speak differently? You wouldn't criticize something from new york for saying boigah instead of burger. Dialects and accents exist.
I remember Paul McCartney playing the intro to “SFF” on the same mellotron used during the original recording, in one part of The Beatles Anthology, and it sent shivers down my spine.
Ya when I’ve seen this thing on videos before I didn’t really understand how the tape worked with all the keys now I see it every key has its own tape that’s so awesome…✌🏼✌🏼
Very nicely done. The warmth and tone of the vintage Mellotron are unparalleled. The electronic stuff is lifeless comparatively. Would love to see this come back!
@@horowizard I agree with you that the Nord Sample Library are phenomenally faithful recreations of the vintage Mellotron sounds made from the original masters. However, it's this ongoing analog vs. digital argument, whether real or imaged, where there's a difference and more often than not that "unquantifiable" difference that is somehow lost in digital processing, no matter how high the sample rate. Even at extremely high sample rates, say north of 32-bit at 48KHz, digital is still discrete quantities vs analog's continuous information over time. Staying with The Beatles, for example, I think a good many people, if given a choice, would rather listen to the original recording of "Straweberry Fields Forever" on the Studer J37 master tape rather than the best-possible digital remastering of said tape. Now, to be sure, you'd have to be a true audiophile to detect any difference, but still, I think some of the "magic" is still held on those analog tapes, or perhaps I'm delusional! lol
@@TotinosOtherBoy Mmmm, not sure I agree with you, as it is more a function of analog vs digital as opposed to a "utilization" thing. But, I do agree that with high enough sample rates those differences are becoming increasingly negligible.
@@chadnetwig6911 Considering how those early Mellotron recordings have such band-limited fidelity, the only thing you're really gaining with an analog recording is more noise and distortion. Don't get me wrong, I love analog tape and vinyl but look at the percentage of people who are actually doing it anymore. Since 2002 I did a lot of experimenting with High Definition Digital recording. My preference is nothing below 96k sampling rate. I don't think I could tell the difference between a real Mellotron and the Nord unless I was in the room and could hear the mechanical noises, and I consider myself to have an acutely discriminating ear.
I want a Mellotron so bad! Or even to just have the opportunity to play one! They have such a haunting quality to them, their "short coming" (using reel tape samples) is magic. I need to pickup that Mellotron pedal for guitar.
Definitely look into digital versions; I use Arturia's Mellotron V and it sounds amazing. I also still really want to play a real one someday, though, so I feel you on that.
Fascinating to see the actual inner mechanism at work. It's a minor miracle that bands could actually take one out on the road and play it. The folks at Streely must have thought people were insane when they actually gigged with the early models. Even the M400, which was designed for gigging, was a finnicky beast that often caused trouble onstage.
Thats the one Big Star used! Although i believe the one Ardent had (or at least the one that appears in recent photos from studio tours) was manufactured after the Beatles broke up.
Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues introduced the Mellotron to John. Mike took out all of the sound effects that were on the factory model of the Mellotron and doubled the string tape strips to get that Moody sound.
One of my absolute favourite Beatles songs of all time. Just purely beautiful. And your cover is equally beautiful, I mean it’s in an ORIGINAL MELLOTRON!
I use to sell these keyboards in the 70s when I worked for Dallas Arbiter from Great Britan as a sales rep in the southren states, It was a very interesting Time in my life for sure.
@@marcohoogland-iconicvintag6455/ Sorry to say I do not I had one for a while Then I went into the music business, and I traded it for some other music gear.
@@torreltorrel8419 no Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, politician, historian and writer who lived during the Renaissance. This is macaroni
Dude sounds orgasmic, u know in one take I think in the unspliced ending to take 7 (i believe it was) there’s a little mellotron jam in the end. Would love to hear you have a go at that
All the digital mellotron’s I’ve seen/used (which to be fair is relatively small) pale in comparison to the actual instrument. Though some bands have version that seem virtually the same like Claypool Lennon Delirium or King Crimson.
The key was that it was imperfect. There wasn't a perfect key because of the technology of the mellotron, so there was a lot of work by their sound engeneer.
Reading the discription of the instrument, I couldn't understand how it worked. This video helped me figure it out. We can see the magnetic bands getting back in position when you release the key.
Finally someone who plays more than the intro
But the mans still don't finish... even if it mostly repeats it would be nice to have full version
@@Stgpop thats the entire mellotron part
@@denizbluemusic oh yeah it pretty well is, I just know he has other gear so I am thinking of a full cover using the mellotron and another one of his many other cool synths for the other parts might be neat
@@Stgpop "the mans" when are people gonna stop with this cringe?
@@googleuser3163 How is it cringe to speak differently? You wouldn't criticize something from new york for saying boigah instead of burger. Dialects and accents exist.
I remember Paul McCartney playing the intro to “SFF” on the same mellotron used during the original recording, in one part of The Beatles Anthology, and it sent shivers down my spine.
Sometimes my body's aching all the time because of it
@@talentedbat7323 Goodbye Everybody
Watching the tapes feed is the most satisfying thing in the world.
Ya when I’ve seen this thing on videos before I didn’t really understand how the tape worked with all the keys now I see it every key has its own tape that’s so awesome…✌🏼✌🏼
I never realized before how beautiful the chord progression is on this song.
Very nicely done. The warmth and tone of the vintage Mellotron are unparalleled. The electronic stuff is lifeless comparatively. Would love to see this come back!
They're paralleled quite naturally in the Nord Sample Collection. They licensed the original master tapes. You would never know the difference.
Its only lifeless if you dont know how to utilize the synth correctly
@@horowizard I agree with you that the Nord Sample Library are phenomenally faithful recreations of the vintage Mellotron sounds made from the original masters. However, it's this ongoing analog vs. digital argument, whether real or imaged, where there's a difference and more often than not that "unquantifiable" difference that is somehow lost in digital processing, no matter how high the sample rate. Even at extremely high sample rates, say north of 32-bit at 48KHz, digital is still discrete quantities vs analog's continuous information over time. Staying with The Beatles, for example, I think a good many people, if given a choice, would rather listen to the original recording of "Straweberry Fields Forever" on the Studer J37 master tape rather than the best-possible digital remastering of said tape. Now, to be sure, you'd have to be a true audiophile to detect any difference, but still, I think some of the "magic" is still held on those analog tapes, or perhaps I'm delusional! lol
@@TotinosOtherBoy Mmmm, not sure I agree with you, as it is more a function of analog vs digital as opposed to a "utilization" thing. But, I do agree that with high enough sample rates those differences are becoming increasingly negligible.
@@chadnetwig6911 Considering how those early Mellotron recordings have such band-limited fidelity, the only thing you're really gaining with an analog recording is more noise and distortion. Don't get me wrong, I love analog tape and vinyl but look at the percentage of people who are actually doing it anymore. Since 2002 I did a lot of experimenting with High Definition Digital recording. My preference is nothing below 96k sampling rate. I don't think I could tell the difference between a real Mellotron and the Nord unless I was in the room and could hear the mechanical noises, and I consider myself to have an acutely discriminating ear.
I want a Mellotron so bad! Or even to just have the opportunity to play one! They have such a haunting quality to them, their "short coming" (using reel tape samples) is magic.
I need to pickup that Mellotron pedal for guitar.
Could always get a midi controller and a VST
Definitely look into digital versions; I use Arturia's Mellotron V and it sounds amazing. I also still really want to play a real one someday, though, so I feel you on that.
@@mintegral1719Gotta check out that vst. Thanks for mentioning it.
Same
Fascinating to see the actual inner mechanism at work. It's a minor miracle that bands could actually take one out on the road and play it. The folks at Streely must have thought people were insane when they actually gigged with the early models. Even the M400, which was designed for gigging, was a finnicky beast that often caused trouble onstage.
Watching the tape loops move along every time you press a key is just so satisfying!
Strips, not loops.
Thank you for actually sticking to the original arrangement and not embellishing it like so many others do.
You're welcome!
What a beautiful-sounding instrument. It has such an enchanting sound, which is one of the things I love about that song.
The Strawberry Fields mellotron will never not give me chills!
I got to touch the one used by The Beatles, it's sitting in a storage room of instruments in Ardent Studios in Memphis TN
How'd it get all the way over there? 😂
How? Paul owns it now.
@@thomaspappalardo7589 I knew I smelled something fishy. 🤣
Thats the one Big Star used! Although i believe the one Ardent had (or at least the one that appears in recent photos from studio tours) was manufactured after the Beatles broke up.
@@thomaspappalardo7589Paul owns the White Album one
I have goosebumps every time I listen to this intro.
Paul's genius
What a wonderful sound...truly set the tone for late-60s UK pop and rock.
That's the sould of a whole era. Awesome!
00:56 always gets me
Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues introduced the Mellotron to John. Mike took out all of the sound effects that were on the factory model of the Mellotron and doubled the string tape strips to get that Moody sound.
One of my absolute favourite Beatles songs of all time. Just purely beautiful. And your cover is equally beautiful, I mean it’s in an ORIGINAL MELLOTRON!
It is, but not the model actually used in the original recording, which was a MkII.
amazing, one of the most gorgeous intros of all time (if not THE most)
How does a man with this much synth equipment only have 32 subscribers? Not 32k. Just 32.
Keep up the good work my dude 👍
Because it's not equipment that gets you subscribers.
That's not what my only fans followers say.
@@jean-lucpicard3012Slightly different kind of equipment.
I have been looking for what makes this sound since forever. I looooove this flutey airy sound.
good old fashioned Mellotron. Can't be beat.
@@nateKitsura ✨that’s accurate✨
@@nateKitsura can’t change your mind, it’s already true
I will Listen to this forever!
You have no idea how beautiful that sound is to my ears. Beautifully played 👏
I love this so much.
Bro I got chills from this that's awesome 😂😂👌👌🤩🤩💯💯
Thanx!
Beautiful, the instrument and all!!
Very nice. See the Beatles, in my head. Lg Ellen from Germany ✌ ❤
Mellotron sounds is really good
I use to sell these keyboards in the 70s when I worked for Dallas Arbiter from Great Britan as a sales rep in the southren states, It was a very interesting Time in my life for sure.
Wow, do you still own one?
@@marcohoogland-iconicvintag6455/ Sorry to say I do not I had one for a while Then I went into the music business, and I traded it for some other music gear.
If this dosnt play on my funeral im coming back from the dead
If there was one sound that added a bit of spice to Psych Rock, it was the ol' Mellotron
Cranberry sauce
Cranberry sauce forever!
Cranberry Sauce Never
I buried Paul
A Mellotron is one of those few classic old school analog/combo keyboard sounds. Along with a Rhodes, Hammond B-3, and a Farfisa
Plus the Hohner D6 Clavinet...The Wurlitzer 200A...The ARP String Ensemble...The mighty Vox Continental...The Moog synthesizer III...and so on...Analogue Rulez!!
the meplotom is so personal to my heart
yes yes, I also dearly appreciate the mertolion
the mergadoln is so beautiful.
The malltreno is my favorite
I would like this mellon
i like turtles
Not only my favorite instrument of all time, but also my first musical instrument.
I'm jealous. Never gotten to play one, and I don't know if I ever will, considering how rare and expensive they are nowadays.
god that is BEAUTIFUL
how does this not have more views?
Don't know!
Mesmerising! Beautiful
Today I heard a car honk and recognized it as an F note because of this song
Beautiful. We also love Mellotron.
I think I’m having an eargasam
I need one of these bad boys
I did not know that is a Megatron! Thank you. It reminded me of a pipe organ a little. I knew the Megatron was used in Runaway, by Del Shannon☺
megatron =/= mellotron
I'm sorry but this isn't a Megatron, this is a Megaladon. Very easy mistake to make.
@@sunsp.t noooo no no no that's the prehistoric shark. this is a Machiavelli
@@torreltorrel8419 no Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, politician, historian and writer who lived during the Renaissance. This is macaroni
@@isaiahstan no no this isn’t a cheesy pasta meal, this is a Michelin man
Wonderful Dexterity. Wonderful Timing. Brilliant. STP
fantastic post. the mellotron is whatever you want it to be.
this cover has made me wanna learn the mellotron
well it's the same keyboard as a piano, so start there, lol
Bellísimo 🌟
Just awesome.
Great collection of instruments! I can spot a Mini-Moog and a Rhodes, as well as many other amazing instruments!
I know how the Mellotron works and I do appreciate the player and the video editing. Very good!
Beautiful man! So cool to see the tape system!
Beautifully done!
Thanx!
Amazing sound!
It’s cool that you show the inner workings, very schweet
This video is magical
The name really is appropriate. Very mellow tone.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
Dude sounds orgasmic, u know in one take I think in the unspliced ending to take 7 (i believe it was) there’s a little mellotron jam in the end.
Would love to hear you have a go at that
This amazing i never played and saw a mellotron.
este video me da +10 años de vida
perfect man ! please play King Crimson Epitaph...is awesome on the Mellotron....greetings from Brazil ^^
I will some day, thanx!
All the digital mellotron’s I’ve seen/used (which to be fair is relatively small) pale in comparison to the actual instrument. Though some bands have version that seem virtually the same like Claypool Lennon Delirium or King Crimson.
The key was that it was imperfect. There wasn't a perfect key because of the technology of the mellotron, so there was a lot of work by their sound engeneer.
+thank you to you and to the youtube algo for recommending this to me!! amazing vid
You're welcome!
I never knew! So cool!
Amazing
Such an amazing instrument!!!!!!!!! Congratulations for your talent!!!!! I love Beatles and this song is a master piece!!!!!!!!
we love beatles
Pourquoi cette version n’est pas dans l’album, elle est tellement folle 👌🏼
Reading the discription of the instrument, I couldn't understand how it worked. This video helped me figure it out. We can see the magnetic bands getting back in position when you release the key.
You're welcome!
Amazing! love this song sound
Wow, cool mechanisme wat er in zit.
Whatever it is? What is it?
For what in it?
*G E K O L O N I S E E R D*
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@@charleshern6958 di dunia tapi tidak semua shampoo
melotrons sound like organs had a baby with a recorder (the flute)
Fantastic! Absolutely nailed it
Thanx!
HOW… HOW IS IT PERFECT
this instrument was made to play only Straberry Fields Forever:)
Dumbest comment on UA-cam 🤦♂️
Lol. Dark Jokes
...and like 90% of 70s prog rock, ya know.
@@sigmasaviorgoatboy How was that a dumb comment? Be nice!
@@futuramabender2078 it’s just a bot comment, go about your day and worry about your self , thanks
Make sure to keep the Wurlitzer nearby they sound good just like the Mellotron!
love this sound❤️
Very mellow. Very tronny. I love SFF. I love The Beatles. I love Alkmaar. I love the cheese festival.
Thank you!
I've always wondered if the recording studio where George Martin mixed all these tracks ever smelt strongly of the whacky weed...?
" Living is easy with eyes closed "
Most of the time, the Beatles were high as kites, so their eyes might as well have been closed lol
I have used mellotron imitations in several of my more recent songs!
Outstanding..
Thanx!
Supertof om een mellotron in actie te zien! Top cover!
graag gedaan!
Creo que el Mellotron es el instrumento más característico del rock progresivo, génerro que desde hace unos años es el que más escucho.
woooooooooooow.......just woooooooooow.
One of my favorite. Thanks
love this
It's aweosme
Well done, thanks.
That was fun to watch
thanx!
Amazing work work!
aight the algorithm is good today
Whatta crazy instrument ....🌹💝🥰
I never knew that carburetor throttle kinda looking springs hold back the tapes ... hmmm 👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰
✨✨素晴らしい✨✨
ヾ(≧∇≦)
メルトロン欲しいけど
手に入らないし
こんな演奏できたら再現
できたら最高です👍❇❇
Qué bonito suena ése instrumento. ❤
I love it!!
nailed it
Now let's see Robert Fripp's card.
Excellent!
actually amazing
Bravo 👏! John would be proud!
Yes he would