The mellotron is an example of a technological limit. Every time the tape was pulled through the machine, it would have slightly different pitch and amplitude.
Now we can create a perfect mellotron (or a sampler). So why would anyone use an unwieldily, hard-to-maintain mellotron?
Is the mellotron popular because those sounds are so distinctive in the minds of music lovers? If so, it's like an allusion in literature?
Is it like using a hammer that sometimes doesn't hit exactly where you want it to? Wouldn't that just be frustrating?
Isn't creativity is what you decide to do with your tools, not what your tools decide to do?
Now we can create a perfect mellotron (or a sampler). So why would anyone use an unwieldily, hard-to-maintain mellotron?
Is the mellotron popular because those sounds are so distinctive in the minds of music lovers? If so, it's like an allusion in literature?
Is it like using a hammer that sometimes doesn't hit exactly where you want it to? Wouldn't that just be frustrating?
Isn't creativity is what you decide to do with your tools, not what your tools decide to do?
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