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The Origins of the Melatron Flute

Listen to a classic example of the melatron flute, and I do, uh, listen to this little clip right here. That was the intro for the Beatles Strawberry Fields. And that was Paul McCartney playing the flute sample of the melron on the melatron. Crazy. Well, and if you want to find out a little bit about Music Concrete, check out the 1979 BBC documentary, The New Sound of Music.

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