GForce has introduced M-Tron Pro IV, a major update to their software take on the Mellotron M400, a tape-based keyboard famous for its use in recordings by musicians ranging from The Beatles to Radiohead to Nils Frahm.
M-Tron Pro IV features a 3.5GB sound library, including over 200 tape banks; a newly enhanced browser that simplifies the exploration of this vast library; a scalable UI and more.
Here’s what’s new in M-Tron Pro IV:
- Fully-scalable UI
- New Patch Browser with 800+ presets, all tagged and categorized
- 100+ new presets.
- Tape Browser – Navigate 200+ tapes quickly and easily.
- Additional filter – A new state-variable filter to compliment the original.
- Additional ensemble effect – A second, new ensemble providing additional sound sculpting possibilities.
- New Tape Controls – Wow and Flutter with Instability control.
- Amp Simulation – New Amp simulation with Warmth, Noise and Saturate. Beautiful for warm distortions.
- Reverb – New Matrix Reverb effect.
- Playability – Expanded Poly Aftertouch and Velocity controls for extra playability.
- Other new features – Individual FX locks, Extended keyboard range (down seven semitones), Undo, Redo, Copy and Paste, LFO shaping and destinations (Pitch, Filter, Pan, Level).
The M-Tron Pro Complete? bundle includes the M-Tron Pro IV instrument with an additional 14 Expansion Packs (9 x Streetly Tapes, OrchesTron, ChamberTron, OptiTron, and Alex Ball and Hainbach – Artist Expansion). It features a huge 11.3GB sound library, with 500+ tape banks and 3500+ presets.
Pricing and Availability:
that’s better. thanks.
Dreaming of full-range notes. Now it’s very limited to “original” less than 3 octave.
It’ll go down seven semitones. Note the range slider in green, just above the keys. This version makes it even broader. The effects are a welcome improvement. Its like any other instrument; it depends on how much you’re willing to dig in. I’ve played this since v.2 and its easy to recommend. Its not just a string/choir box. Its also a steampunk-flavored synth.