Mellotron samples here

I found this site with some full-length Mellotron multi-samples:

http://www.leisureland.us/audio/MellotronSamples/MellotronSamples.htm

It should be quite easy to make the corresponding .sfz files for Dimension Pro and Rapture (if anyone does, please share them with the rest ).

TB - sfz for Mellotron Samples (individual samples)
- for use with the 175 individual sample downloads listed at the Leisureland USA link
--No longer available for download--

TB - sfz for Mellotron Samples Update (zipped samples)
- for use with the 8 compiled .zip downloads (plus the Gong sample) listed at the Leisureland USA link

These files will work in Rapture or Rapture LE, Dimension Pro or Dimension LE. Untested in the original Dimension (Project5).
Extract this .zip file to the Multisamples folder of your preferred synth. A folder called Mellotron Samples will be created.



The .sfz files are under Mellotron Samples, as are five sub-folders for the sample files.
Move or download the samples from the Leisureland USA link to the appropriate folder of the same name.



Use the Load Multisample dialog to load the Mellotron mappings. Up to four 'tape racks' in Dimension Pro / LE; 6 in Rapture / LE.
There's an 8-second Amp EG & polyphony limits embedded in each file. You can override those settings in the upgraded versions.

Enable a LP1 filter in any of these synths as an overall 'tone control'. You're on your own for the 'tape' wow & flutter.

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Edit Update: Since the date of this original post, composite .zip files have been added to the link with a different file name convention.
Select the correct set of .sfz files to match your method of downloading.
Edit Update 2: Since the date of this original post, the individual sample files have been removed from the source link.
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Wow! Thanks Fac & b rock!!!

ORIGINAL: b rock

TB - sfz for Mellotron Samples

Thanks, Tom! I knew someone would come up with the sfz's.

I haven't had the chance to download the samples myself, but I will. Even though I own M-Tron, it would be interesting to run those sounds through the Dimension Pro / Rapture LE engines.

- hope I explained that right...

You did. Good to hear from the 'college crowd', MDK.

When you start constructing multiple Element .progs, keep in mind that I boosted the sample levels in each .sfz file.
Make adjustments to compensate for added Elements, either in the 'volume=5' opcode [dB], or using the Element's Vol controls in the Mixer.

...awesome.

I get error messages that about half of the samples can't be found or loaded (though they're all in the same folder)

Check to see that there are 35 samples in each of the following five folders:

- Combined Choir (8-Voice Choir + Boy's Choir)
- GC3 Brass
- MkII 3 Violins
- MkII Combined Brass
- String Section

The 'Mellotron Samples' folder will have 180 files: 175 samples divided into five sub-folders, plus 5 .sfz files. Take care to place the right 'instrument' into its respective folder. Each of the five 'instruments' have identical file naming conventions for their individual samples.

and strange glide fx

There's nothing in the .sfz mappings that would cause that. Some of the Mellotron samples exhibit pitch drifts at the very end of the tape spool. There's minor glitching in the 'attack' portion of most notes as well. The 'body' of many samples don't strictly align to A440 tuning. That's all part of the charm.

- Edited for clarity.

Some of the wav files are referred to under the wrong names in two of the sfz files, e.g. Gb3 instead of F#3.

If you can point out exactly where that is, I'd be glad to do the corrections. I'm not seeing those conditions anywhere in these files.

Edit:
Now I see what's happened. When this thread began, the composite .zip files were not on the site. Since then, the author has compiled the samples into instrument groups, and has changed the file names in the process. The .sfz files work as written for the original (individual) sample downloads.

Some of the wav files are referred to under the wrong names in two of the sfz files, e.g. Gb3 instead of F#3.

If you can point out exactly where that is, I'd be glad to do the corrections. I'm not seeing those conditions anywhere in these files...
Now I see what's happened. When this thread began, the composite .zip files were not on the site. Since then, the author has compiled the samples into instrument groups, and has changed the file names in the process. The .sfz files work as written for the original (individual) sample downloads.

For the people who downloaded the later version, the unmatched sample files can be identified in the error message displayed in DimPro. The convention of using sharps rather than flats except for Bb has been adopted in the naming of the wav files in the Violins and Combined Brass samples. For the other three sets of wavs (and presumably for all the samples provided in the original download), flats rather than sharps are used throughout.

Thanks for all of your work, b rock. It's interesting just to listen to the sounds.

Ignore - needs to be in a folder called Mellotron samples - I think this can be fixed by amending the path in the sfz though, which would make things much more portable?

<control> default_path=.\Combined Choir (8-Voice Choir + Boy's Choir)\

big up to fac and b rock!
B rock your consistantly generous and good-willed approach to newbies and everybody else on these forums leaves me in awe! (and puts others to shame.)
you got karma man!
thanks again

ORIGINAL: b rock

For the people who downloaded the later version

I've added another set of .sfz files, and edited my original reply above to reflect the new developments.

For the newer files (mixed sharps & flats used):
TB - sfz for Mellotron Samples (zipped samples)
- for use with the 5 compiled .zip downloads listed at the Leisureland USA link

The original files (all flats used):
TB - sfz for Mellotron Samples (individual samples)
- for use with the 175 individual sample downloads listed at the Leisureland USA link

Thanks for setting these up with the sfz files, very cool! I downloaded all the samples and the files you made, but have yet to test it out with Dimension LE or Sfz in Sonar.

ORIGINAL: Jan Geerts

Looks good. I followed all the steps, but I got stuck at 'Load Multisample'. Where can you do that?

thanks

Jan

I found that I had to change the folder names to get the .sfz files to come up. Fortunately, Dropzone put out a message in the form of a text file describing exactly where it was looking for the samples, so easy to set up the right folder structures.

Regards, lightninrick

ORIGINAL: b rock
I also tossed in a mapping of the single Gong sample provided by 'taijiguy'.

Thanks for sharing! There's some good sonic mileage to get out of that Gong sample. Especially when used with Dimension/Rapture FX.

Try:
Insert FX | Symphonic | Feedback 100% | LFO Freq 0.1 | LFO Depth 5.3%