Developer Insideout has released Super Manetron - a MIDI Mellotron app for iPhone and iPod touch.
The sounds for Super Manetron were sampled from a Mellotron M400S (serial number 761), manufactured in the 70′s.
Here’s a demo of Super Manetron in action: Continue reading
Sir Paul McCartney demonstrates the Mellotron, in this section of his Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road, a 2005 live show at Abbey Road Studios, Studio 2.
Here’s a sneak preview of Super Manetron, an updated version of a Mellotron emulator for iOS, Manetron. Super Manetron adds MIDI support.
Details and availability are TBA.
via ManetronM400S
GForce Software has introduced Re-Tron, a virtual Mellotron Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason.
Remaining faithful to the 35 note 8 second limitation of the original instrument, Re-Tron gives you direct access to 25 premium tape banks from the original British Mellotron manufacturer and makers of the magnificent M4000, Streetly Electronics.
Use Re-Tron either as straightforward playback device for these iconic sounds, or, via the dual-layer and comprehensive editing features, create your own bespoke, hybrid ‘tron patches which inject all the character from days gone by without the expense of owning and maintaining an original instrument.
Based on the multi-award winning M-Tron Pro, Re-Tron offers several unique features, including several tape banks that have never previously been released in any digital format, as well as the back-panel Modulation Inputs & Outputs and CV Gate control that Reason affords.
For the classitronica fans, here’s Mike Dickson‘s Mellotron take on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
Here’s what Dickson has to say about the work and his performance of it:
Merry Synthmas: The guys at GForce Software wish you a ‘Melly Christmas’ with a little switched on holiday music!
via GForceSoftwareTV