Amazing Mellotron demo video from the 60's

[Pingu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrXtmKGkSa4

[ugly casanova]

you can always build one out of walkmans

[glimmertwin]

I just snagged a Nord Wave recently and have been going ape shit on the Mellotron sounds.  The only thing they don't have is the rhythm tracks which are fun to screw around with but having played with them a bit in some of the software emulation programs, I can tell you they aren't all that useful unless your in an "Optiganally Yours" cover band. 

[electric12]

I'm looking forward to hearing whether this thing is as friendly to the pocket as it would appear to be to the roadie...

Interesting to see whether it can compete pricewise with the Memotron. I so want a giggable, affordable Mellotron.

[Pingu]

Wow, how did you dig up this old thread? I've had the M-tron Pro(software instrument) for a few months. It's pretty good.

[electric12]

Wow, how did you dig up this old thread? I've had the M-tron Pro(software instrument) for a few months. It's pretty good.

I guess I must have a Mellotron fetish!
M-Tron Pro is excellent, but doesn't resond the way that a real one apparently does to key velocity. Unfortunately for the forseeable future it's as close as I'll get

[Jonesie]

I have a Roland M-VS1 synth module which does AWESOME Mellotron sounds, along with pretty awesome Moog and Hammond sounds. Definitely worth the $100 I paid for it. I think you can usually find them for around $200 on ebay.

[glimmertwin]

I'm looking forward to hearing whether this thing is as friendly to the pocket as it would appear to be to the roadie...

Interesting to see whether it can compete pricewise with the Memotron. I so want a giggable, affordable Mellotron.

Frankly, it would be kind of sad if it couldn't compete with a memotron(which is waaayyyy overpriced). A digital keyboard that played a limited sampleset like the mellotron shouldn't be too hard in this day and age.

[electric12]

Frankly, it would be kind of sad if it couldn't compete with a memotron(which is waaayyyy overpriced). A digital keyboard that played a limited sampleset like the mellotron shouldn't be too hard in this day and age.

Well I don't know- I think the Memotron's about £1700, and I think it's able to play the entire GMedia MTron library, as wellas it's own library. I can't help think that the digital Mellotron will cost more because it is a Mellotron.
Either way, it might go on my wishlist, but I don't think it'll ever get off the list and into my hands!