San Francisco Symphony Hall

Got some AutoPilot recording done in quick spurts over the long weekend. The little guy wanted to play keyboards on one of the sessions and we came up with an idea: he would create the piece.

So, I got to be tape-op. After running through some different instruments (real and virtual), we ended up on Mtron. Nice.

We honed in on the Yes Strings patch and he recorded a first pass. It sounded beautiful. No edits. Then he decided on Flutes (classic) and cut another pass. Again, no edits. Wow.

I added fades at both end and a little verb. As his class went to the Symphony recently, he titled the piece "San Francisco Symphony Hall". Here it is:

San Francisco Symphony Hall

Now, here's the deal. Put anyone in front of a keyboard with a nice pretty patch that has a slow attack and a long release and you'll see that you have a pretty good chance of creating something nice. Just depends on how slap happy they are between black and white keys. And, of course, mellotron samples only last 7 seconds, so you need to keep those fingers moving.

Mellotrons rule.