The Mellotron M4000D Digital Mellotron Coming In September

Big City Music says that the $1,995.00 Mellotron M4000D Digital Mellotron is on the way – they expect to have stock in September. The M-4000 Digital Mellotron is a 24-bit digital, uncompressed audio playback unit with 100 Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds. All 100 sounds are immediately accessible. According to Big City, “The front panel user… Read More The Mellotron M4000D Digital Mellotron Coming In September

The Rhythmicon

History of Electronic Music: The Rhythmicon was an early drum machine created by Leon Theremin in 1931, at the request of the pioneering American composer Henry Cowell. This video shows the Russian scholar Andrey Smirnov demonstrating the how the Rhythmicon is played.  The device shown in the video is thought to be a later version, developed in… Read More The Rhythmicon