John bradley mellotron software

Son of the original mellotron maker and coowner of streetly electronics, makers of the magnificent m4000, john bradley states in 1966, my father, les, whod done all the recordings for the mkii mellotron, had a heart attack. Gforce streetly tapes sfx console expansion pack for m. So the idea of building a unique case identical to a mkii mellotron, but half as wide, was born. Ezkeys mellotoon is based on the mellotron keyboard introduced in the early 1960s. It has tapes in it, so when you actually play the keys you are playing a real recording.

The streetly tapes vol 2 contains 24 tape banks curated from the original tape archives by martin smith and john bradley and combines a mixture of rare gems and definitive versions of celebrated, legendary and renowned. Curated from the original mellotron tape archives, volume 2 combines a mixture of rare gems and definitive versions of celebrated, legendary and renowned. The great british tron story examines the uk story of this legendary instrument. The mkvi is, in essence a mellotron 400 with a number of small but significant changes to the case, mechanics and electronics. Gforce streetly tapes sfx console expansion pack for mtron. The mellotron is an electromechanical musical instrument developed in birmingham, england. The sample library features 10 different instruments total, all included as wav files in separate folders. John bradley son of one of the three brothers who cofounded streetly electronics and martin smith revived the company in 1997 in order to maintain and refurbish existing instruments, and are now manufacturing the m4000, the first cycling tape replay keyboard instrument to be manufactured anywhere for nearly 40 years. Original mellotron makers ship new model sonicstate. The software and audio engine has taken 3 years to develop, but our concept of the digital mellotron has been in development since the mid 90s. John bradley secretary department of environment, land. The original instrument made with the help of streetly electronics john bradley and martin smith, this film is a comprehensive and fascinating story of the trials and tribulations then ultimate resurrection of an iconic instrument which still grabs our sonic attention nearly 50 years after its birth.

With fransens dark secret out of the closet though, the mellotron went on to change the face of music forever and its with this lineage and john bradley s heritage in mind that were immensely proud to be able to bring you this collection of sounds for mtron pro. Jun 05, 20 the following year, he and bradley set up mellotron archives uk on a parttime basis to provide service and support to mellotron owners, and to supply new tape frames for existing machines. The keyboard action was tuned by pierre velleaux formerly of musical box electronics mellotronics now in birmingham uk. Since the mellotron ressurection, they run streetly together with martin smith the guy you talked,erik. This unique instrument was the first of its kind to include samples of real instruments, but as opposed to the modernday digital sampler, the mellotron pulled them off a magnetic tape loop that ran inside the keyboard. John bradley has been around mellotrons from childhood. Gforce announces new mtron pro sounds the streetly tapes. This mellotron was updated and serviced by john bradley and martin smith of streetly. The streetly tapes vol 3 expansion pack for mtron pro. The sounds are exact recordings of mellotrons and chamberlins right down to the. Also as a former owner of 2 m400s since 1973 and a current of one and soon to be two streetly m4000s, i agree with most of what you say. The m300 tron story m300 leads expansion pack for mtron pro. For some musicians, the attractions of the mellotron had never gone away, but now there was something of a revival, with radiohead, oasis, and others featuring. Previous to that he was the sales manager for a jonas authorized dealer.

The 3 violins and combined brass were sampled in 2003. John bradley of streetly electronics is a 2nd generation builder of mellotrons. In 1997, les bradley died, whereupon smith and john bradley decided to ditch their day jobs, readopt the streetly electronics name and, in their own words. This collection of tapes and instruments was the source for this c. As well as repairing, restoring and upgrading old mellotrons, they have designed a new mellotron, with assistance from american norman leete. Streetly electronics introduces a new mellotron synthtopia. Mar 19, 2012 berkshire, uk musewire gforce software has announced a new sound pack for existing users of mtron pro, the streetly tapes. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover john. After les bradley s death in 1997, they decided to resume fulltime operation.

As a young man, he built mellotrons with his father, les. John bradley director, enterprise accounts hillrom. The streetly tapes vol 1 expansion pack for mtron pro contains 24 tape banks curated from the original emi tapebased tron archive by john bradley and martin smith and made available for the first. John bradley and martin smith with the m4000 mellotron. John worked at the family entreprise at the end of the 70s. Dec 10, 2015 the documentary focuses on a selection of key companies moog, buchla, arp, chamberlin, mellotron, ems, edp and freeman and features interviews with some of their key personnel.

Streetly electronics john bradley and martin smith referencing the the streetly tapes vol2 expansion pack for mtron pro against their magnificent m4000. This selection was taken back to streetly electronics where john conducted ab tests against their magnificent m4000 and only when martin and john were satisfied was the set of tapes given to our patch designers for final patch creation. He has done much to preserve the sounds of the mellotron and maintains a website at. A few years later, in the suburb of birmingham, leslie bradley s son, john bradley, created streetly electronics a name chosen as a tribute to the first mellotron factory with his friend martin smith. Streetly electronics john bradley and martin smith talk us through a couple of esoteric sounds in the streetly tapes vol3 expansion pack for mtron pro, bef.

Bradley campaigned his fuel burning dragster over 60 years. For example, back in the late 60s when paul mccartney detuned those mellotron mkii flute tapes for the opening of strawberry fields forever, magic was created and has resonated ever. Robert fripp this has been something i have been planning since i first got my hands on a mellotron in 1998, via a chance meeting with martin smith and john bradley at the playback for king crimsonss the night watch in a hotel near hyde park. Thanks to john bradley martin smith and their families for sharing personal anecdotesmaterial with me, and for their labor of love to preserve the mellotron. Over his career, brad has overseen and been involved in the sales, installation process and ongoing support for over 500 clubs using the jonas software. The simple idea that led harry chamberlin to create an instrument that utilized tape playback in 1949 was so innovative and revolutionary, it made one of his salesman steal two of harrys machines and take them to england. The streetly tapes instrument overview gforce software. Mark vails book vintage synthesizers, an excellent source of information, on many important keyboards, the people, and their history. For those unaware, the mellotron is an electromechanical tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in england in 1963. Streetly tapes for mtron pro vol2 is the perfect compliment to the previous vol1. Prior to starting john bradley consulting, brad was a senior implementation specialist with jonas software. Marc paping and bert vermeulen for synton fenix synthesizers rex probe at sound transform systems for serge modular synthesizers aubrey parsons at roland uk for vdrums, vg8 and vk7. This salesman went to the bradley brothers and claimed the instruments to be his own design and the mellotron was born.

Allenbradley motion control software helps facilitate the machine design process, simplify integration and system debugging, and speed time to market. Martin smith and john bradley are associates in the streetly business. The streetly tapes vol 3 expansion pack for mtron pro youtube. The instrument is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. Understanding, performing, buying from the legacy of moog to software synthesis. John is the secretary of the department of environment, land, water and planning in the victorian government. Bradley was unable to negotiate the lzw patent licence necessary for encoding the thenpopular gif format. Dec 06, 2011 gforce software has released the streetly tapes vol 1, an expansion pack for the mtron pro virtual mellotron instrument.

We gathered in toronto, canada with a few machines and watched in awe as john bradley and martin smith from streetly electronics in the uk worked miracles bringing dead units back to life and furthered our education about the beasts. As with volumes 1, 2, and 3, all the sounds of streetly tapes vol. Mellotron services john bradley and martin smith computers by apple recording software and interfaces mark of the unicorn thanks to. A short while ago we had the pleasure of having john bradley from streetly electronics. Bradley s major concern was that edwards case couldnt be made rigid enough, and i have to admit that i found it hard to envisage the restored instrument looking as destitute and unloved as it had when i last saw it. Theres nothing on the market that even approaches a streetly m4000 of which the real swedish mellotron company lifted the name of their mellotron clone out of spite for streetly coming up. But the sms2 motor board upgrade took care of the pitch problems caused by the cmc10 board. The streetly tapes vol 2 expansion pack for mtron pro. Gforce software has announced their second release in conjunction the with original uk tronmasters, streetly electronics. Because i speak english and german, and because i was such an enthusiast, they asked me if i would assist them at the following years messe, which i did, learning even.

He has done much to preserve the sounds of the mellotron and maintains a website at streetly electronics, the foremost source of knowledge concerning these unique instruments, was revived by john bradley son of les bradley and martin smith who continue to operate the business locally for repair and sales of mellotrons. Streetly electronics, the foremost source of knowledge concerning these unique instruments, was revived by john bradley son of les bradley and martin smith who continue to operate the business locally for repair and sales of mellotrons. As a consequence he was out of the picture for a while and the recordings were overseen by the foreman, david foreacre. We bought parts of the original inventory from a company called mellotron digital. The sb mellotron samples contain woodwinds, various strings and string section, brass, flute and choir from various mellotron versions. Both pros and cons of software sample history and name fraud are necessarily mentioned in this article. John is the son of leslie bradley, who made the mellotron with the help of his two brothers in the 60s and 70s. Instrument overview streetly tapes for mtron pro vol2 is the perfect compliment to the previous vol1 expansion pack and in our opinion is an essential addon for all mtron pro owners.

And so with these ground rules in mind, under the skill and guidance of streetly electronics martin smith and john bradley, we are thrilled to see the release of the streetly tapes vol 1 expansion pack for mtron pro, which celebrates the first time that these tapes have left the mothertron and gives you what we believe will become the most. Streetly electronics were reactivated in about 1990 by john son of les bradley and mellotron enthusiast martin smith. Feb 18, 2019 the british operation was revived by john bradley son of cofounder les bradley and martin smith, who in 1993 masterminded a mellotron tribute cd, the rime of the ancient sampler. The mellotron is an electromechanical musical instrument developed in birmingham, england, in 1963. He was previously ceo of energy networks australia representing gas distribution and electricity transmission and distribution businesses providing services to. The head figure today is john bradley, son of les bradley the original md of. Since the first mki mellotron was born in december of 1963, there have always been bradleys. Mellotron archives bought the bradley brothers master tape collection of mellotron and chamberlin sounds and the mellotron digital collection that descended from mellotronics in london. Streetlys current model is the m4000, from which the swedish company stole the model name for their m4000d. To remain competitive in todays demanding business landscape, it is important to find a faster way to design, develop, and deliver machines optimized to meet application goals. Feline is a software user or seller in the uk who seems to have vested interests in removing the mention of fraud regarding trademark infringment, as well as the cons but not the pros of software samples of the mellotron. It evolved from the similar chamberlin, but could be massproduced more efficiently. M400 probably in dire need of repair and about 3000 pounds for one that has been professionally restored by streetly electronics restarted by john bradley, les bradley s son, who know all there is to know about mellotrons. This probably a mystery to the young dudes as to why anyone could get fixated on a lo fi relic from the dark ages.

Streetly electronics was subsequently reactivated by les bradleys son john and martin smith. Djw enlisted the help of john bradley and martin smith from restoration specialists streetly electronics to bring it to life. Feb 01, 2017 to accompany the m300 leads expansion pack for mtron pro, one of the original mellotron makers, john bradley, tells the story behind this exceedingly rare and desirable tape playing instrument. Instrument overview it sounds like a tonguetwister but theres no doubt that in the right hands, magical musical instruments can create magical musical moments. These include peter zinovieff ems, ken freeman freeman, herb deutsch moog, alan robert pearlman arp and john bradley mellotron. Inside the original streetly electronics factory more mellotron mass production picture courtesy of john bradley a variation on the 400 was the mark v that was basically two 400s side by side with a common capstan but only 30 were produced before disaster struck and. All the sounds of streetly tapes sfx console were lovingly curated from the archives by streetlys martin smith, then recorded via the skellotron, a strippeddown mellotron m400 purposebuilt to allow adjustment of every component, including the azimuth of each tape head. According to gforce, the streetly tapes vol 1 expansion pack for mtron pro contains 24 tape banks curated from the original emi tapebased tron archive by john bradley and martin smith and made available for the first time exclusively to mtron pro users. Then as the key is released, the tape is retracted by a. This company restores, repairs and sells spare parts and tapes for every type of mellotron.

The british operation was revived by john bradley son of cofounder les bradley and martin smith, who in 1993 masterminded a mellotron tribute cd, the rime of the ancient sampler. From jons page drag racing legend john bradley passed away peacefully in his sleep. Streetly electronics john bradley and martin smith talk us through a couple of esoteric sounds in the streetly tapes vol3 expansion pack for m. The string section, combined choir, gc3 brass, m300a, m300b and woodwind 2 were sampled in 2008. In 1981, i met norman bradley of streetly electronics, manufacturers of the original mellotrons and his wife, along with the young john bradley, at the frankfurt musikmesse. Mellotron m400 1976 white dipinto guitars vintage reverb. Gforce the streetly tapes vol 1 expansion pack for mtron pro. Actually, the real mellotron company, apart from who owns the name, is streetly electronics, coowned by the son of les bradley, creator of the mellotron. Thighpaulsandra i, thighpaulsandra 2001, cd discogs. View john bradley s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. However, the tapes that ended up in production mellotrons were actually made from. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover john s. Each note was individually sampled, to recreate the unique sound of the mellotron.