Moody Blues Autobahn

[alucard]

I just listened for the first time ever to 'In the search of the last chord' by The Acid-Mood Blues. On Pinders The Best Way to travel' they use exactly the same sound effect as Kraftwerk on Autobahn a couple of years later to present the sound of a fast passing car. How was this produced in both cases? Filter opening?

[soundsweird]

That's a mellotron on Chord, synths on Autobahn...

[alucard]

That's a mellotron on Chord, synths on Autobahn...

How can you make this sound on a mellotron? Speeding up?

[Dave (in MA)]

I'm basically a musical illiterate, but I would guess the pitch control?

[alucard]

I'm basically a musical illiterate, but I would guess the pitch control?

That makes sense ! Btw what is the a/b/c switch for , different sounds?

[Mister Triscuits]

That makes sense ! Btw what is the a/b/c switch for , different sounds?

Yes, this panel is from the M400 model, which used a replaceable tape frame with three selectable sounds.

[Mister Triscuits]

And here's how you do it with strings:

[alucard]

And here's how you do it with strings:

Couldn't open your link, but I found a live recording. Nice one. They seem to have a couple of stomp boxes on scene, but the passing car sound is clearly a slide of all four.

https://youtu.be/Qp0Cx5dOybs