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BIROTRON- The 8-track Mellotron Clone

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Author: papergoose on October 01 2007

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The fascinating failure of Dave Biro's attempt at an 8-track cassette powered improvement to the Mellotron.

And some sound samples (link in the article doesn't work)
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10/01/07 + DrexonField

nice! very cool article

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10/01/07 + Roshi

Read that...crazy.

Esp crazy there are only a few that exist

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10/01/07 + mulletballet

now THAT is a crazy story right there.

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10/01/07 + mlbot

IDM is dead

Birotronica is gonna be the next big thing.

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10/01/07 + bla

biro like the pen?

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10/01/07 + mlbot

Biro like MonoRo, only twice as good.

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10/01/07 + mlbot

Oh man, if he did a Birotron album, he could call it:

Birophenia

it'd be a single LP, of course.

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10/01/07 + papergoose

I would LOVE one of these.... More than a mellotron? Maybe.

or even just a good sample set...

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10/01/07 + Danji

Aaaah Rick Wakeman....

I've got that Yes album with it all over it (in the background where you can't hear it hardly)...in fact i'm listening to it now.

...Oh dear

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10/01/07 + jonbro

wow, that was an awesome story.

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10/01/07 + license

great story.

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10/01/07 + Roshi

It's also kind of crazy to think Biro dedicated so much of his life to this pursuit.

Paul Collins (author of article) is a great writer...I loved his book "Banvard's Folly" which is about historical crackpots and infamous has-beens. Not that Biro is either...

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10/01/07 + hageir

10/01/07 + papergoose

HELL YES IT WOULD BE.

someone make this!

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10/01/07 + cacealian

The sound samples page is a hilarious read.

"Imagine you've just heard that your entire family has been killed in a Bizarre Toileting Accident, that your puppy had just been caught in a food processor, that Yamaha were bringing out the DX7 again and that Michael Bolton was planning another tour. How sad would this make you feel?

Probably sad enough to want to listen this miserable new sound."

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