Mellotron Micro Digital Synthesizer

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I recently got to play with one of my new favorite toys, the Mellotron Micro. I’ve always been a huge fan of the way a Mellotron sounds, as they are truly the key to capturing the audio mood of melancholiness. Made famous by The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields” and The Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin”, the Mellotron sound has been a favorite of many professional keyboardists since the early 1960s. The final mode of finding patches is Playlist Mode, which allows you the ability to save custom presets you’ve come up with, offering up to 16 playlists and 32 entries. I'm forunate to have both the Mellotron M4000D (micro version) and the Memotron M2D. I'm cetainly no expert on the subject of Mellotrons, authentic or sample based software or hardware. I bought these two because i'ved always loved the Mellotron sounds which have haunted me for years. I shoiuld point out here after spend most of my working life stuch in front of computer screens coding all day the last last thing I want to do is sit in front of the same dam screen when it comes to music hence hardware is where I want to be for sounds! The Mellotron Micro is the smallest version available of the Digital Mellotron, and includes many of the features of the full-size version. One hundred 24-bit uncompressed sounds are immediately accessible, sourced from original first-generation Mellotron and Chamberlin tape libraries. The 100 sounds are the sounds on the built-in Sound Card 01 of the Micro and M4000D series of instruments. An octave selector switch provides access across the same range as the larger M4000Ds from Micro’s two-octave keyboard. The semi-weighted keys and MIDI connections also allow the Mellotron Micro to be used as a high-quality controller in your studio or on the road. Additional controls include octave selector, volume, tone, normal/half-speed play and pitch adjustment. FEATURES:

You can use the Arturia KeyLab or any other MIDI controller to use this software, and it is compatible with all DAWs on Windows as well as Mac computers. Summary There were many takers for this new and unique sound. Apart from musicians such as The Beatles, who used it on “ Strawberry Fields Forever.” Bands like King Crimson and Genesis also used the Mellotron often, while the instrument was also enjoyed by personalities such as Princess Margaret, David Nixon, and Eric Robinson.Keys are not aftertouch-sensitive. Still could be considered pricey. Modified foot controllers required for some control features. Pity to lose that cool on/off switch from the front panel on the Micro, but you say it has aftertouch instead of velocity?!? So many weird choices from one iteration to the next in this product line...! I've never played the Swedish M4000D, but I've heard a few in concert. Practically every Mellotronist I know, if they didn't already own real Mellotrons, would choose the Memotron over the M4000D because it sounds more authentic (we have discussed this subject at great length). The M4000D sounds very sterile. The only advantage I can see with the M4000D is the keyboard because it allegedly feels like an M400 keyboard, which is actually inferior to the MkII, M300 and M4000 keyboards. Those feel more like Hammond keyboards. The Mellotron Micro is the smallest version available of the Digital Mellotron, and includes many of the features of the full-size version. One hundred 24-bit uncompressed sounds are immediately accessible, sourced from original first-generation Mellotron and Chamberlin tape libraries. The 100 sounds are the sounds on the built-in Sound Card 01 of the Micro and M4000D series of instruments. An octave selector switch provides access across the same range as the larger M4000Ds from Micro’s two-octave keyboard. The semi-weighted keys and MIDI connections also allow the Mellotron Micro to be used as a high-quality controller in your studio or on the road. Additional controls include octave selector, volume, tone, normal/half-speed play and pitch adjustment.

these findings are far from conclusive for me, im just posting my current impressions. would love to hear more about both instruments from users - i'm certainly not someone who needs to be convinced into sexiness and inspirational effect of dedicated hardware. Not to mention temperature change... how much voltage is going into it... what color shirt your wearing... the alignment of Jupiter to mars... how oh and the list goes on. Part of the charm I guess, but over time as the good ersatzplanet has suggested is not a good thing to such an instrument.Famous songs featuring Mellotrons include “Strawberry Fields Forever,”“Kashmir,”and “Paranoid Android.” This cookie stores user-like settings for the chat system provider, which are required for our online chat service. Trusted Shops

I'm assuming that you can set all of that in the preset choices and store them, but since there is no manual online, I thought I'd just bombard you with questions for now. Third, if you're doing TV or other work where you're in the grid, dealing with MIDI, and you need the signals to be super clean (I know, not exactly the way most use a Mellotron) a real M400 might not be the best choice. klaus did make it known to me, that there was going to be a software fix for the tone control, as it doesn't act like a tone control at all as per original mellotron or M4000D. The original Mellotron evolved from a similar style of instrument, the Chamberlin, but could be mass-produced more efficiently, making it have way more of an impact on the market. The keyboard uses actual reels of tape within the unit to trigger a sampled sound.It has our very advanced and in-house developed streaming technology for uncompressed 24 bit audio reproduction Three gold plated balanced XLR outputs, all other connectors are gold plated for maximum reliablilty