Re: [linux-audio-dev] EVO status...was: (open-source like hardware)

[Tony Lambley]

The Mellotron reference was a (poor) pun. As in read + head.

---> 
> I don't know what technology Synclavier used, but Mellotron wasn't
> digital at all.  It used strips of magnetic tape; when you pressed a
> key it pressed the appropriate idler wheel against one of the tape
> strips, which dragged it under a read head.  Then when you released
> the key a weight pulled the tape back to its original position.
> 
> That's right, you couldn't hold a note for longer than eight
> seconds -- that's how long the tape was.  Dr. Who's foley work was
> mostly (I've read ``completely'' but I simply don't believe *that*)
> done with a Mellotron.
> 
> Good grief -- getting ready to post this, I discover they're back in
> production.  http://www.mellotron.com/