The Mellotron was an innovative tape-based keyboard
instrument which became a trademark sound of '70s progressive
rock bands. Under each key is an 8 second length of magnetic
tape which is moved past a playback head whenever the key is
pressed. When the key is released, the tape is pulled back to its
starting position by a spring. Since each sound is produced by a
linear piece of tape rather than an endless loop, the Mellotron
can reproduce the characteristic attack phase of an instrument
such as a violin.
Early Mellotron’s had long tapes divided into six separate
sections, each with three tracks, which could select different
sounds. Motor driven rollers shuttled the tapes back and forth to
select one of these six “stations”. The Mellotron Mark II had two
keyboards of 35 notes each for a total of 1260 separate
recordings inside the box!
The Mellotron was based on an earlier instrument, the
Chamberlin, invented by Harry Chamberlin in 1948.
Original price: approx. $2500.00
Proteus VX/X - Emulator X Instrument Listing |
| 0 |
Mellotron Flutes |
| 1 |
Mellotron Brass |
| 2 |
Mellotron Violins |
| 3 |
Mellotron Male Choir |
| 4 |
Mellotron Female Choir |
| 5 |
Mellotron Boys Choir |
| 6 |
Mellotron Flutes Xpr |
| 7 |
Mellotron Brass Xpr |
| 8 |
Mellotron Violins Xpr |
| 9 |
Mellotron Male Choir Xpr |
| 10 |
Mellotron Female Choir Xpr |
| 11 |
Mellotron Boys Choir Xpr |
| 12 |
Mellotron Flutes K L Noise |
| 13 |
Mellotron Brass K L Noise |
| 14 |
Mellotron Violins K L Noise |
| 15 |
Mellotron Male Choir K L Noise |
| 16 |
Mellotron Female Choir K L Noise |
| 17 |
Mellotron Boys Choir K L Noise |
| 18 |
Mellotron Flutes Stretched |
| 19 |
Mellotron Brass Stretched |
| 20 |
Mellotron Violins Stretched |
| 21 |
Mellotron Tron Male Choir Stretched |
| 22 |
Mellotron Female Choir Stretched |
| 23 |
Mellotron Boys Choir Stretched |
| 24 |
Mellotron St. Flutes |
| 25 |
Mellotron St. Brass |
| 26 |
Mellotron St. Violins |
| 27 |
Mellotron St. Male Choir |
| 28 |
Mellotron St. Female Choir |
| 29 |
Mellotron St. Boys Choir |
| 30 |
Mellotron Flutes & Brass |
| 31 |
Mellotron Flutes & Violins |
| 32 |
Mellotron Violins & Brass |
| 33 |
Mellotron Fem&Boy Choir |
| 34 |
Mellotron Flutes & Boys |
| 35 |
Mellotron Entire Choir |
| 36 |
Mellotron Choir Knobs |
| 37 |
Mellotron Flutes RAW |
| 38 |
Mellotron Brass RAW |
| 39 |
Mellotron Violins RAW |
| 40 |
Mellotron Male Choir RAW |
| 41 |
Mellotron Female Choir RAW |
| 42 |
Mellotron Boys Choir RAW |
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