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    I've been growing more and more obsessed (maybe even rabid) with the Mellotron and was looking to expand the sample options. I ordered these sound cards which came in a cool little custom metal case.

    This also gave me a chance to communicate with the mastermind behind this project, Markus Resch. He made the M4000D possible and is a truly humble and kind man.

    These cards contain almost all samples available across the many early machines including the Mellotron Mk1/Mk2 and Chamberlin Music Master. Around 528 unique samples.

    These should keep me busy for a long while :)

    Below are some great examples of compositions made only using the Mellotron and sound cards.

    Mellotron Variations - band that includes Pat Sansone of Wilco

    They Might Be Giants - John Flansburgh uses the Mellotron often throughout many TMBG records and created this little composition for their Dial-A-Song service.

    Short and sweetly quirky..


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    • I really love the idea of the Mellotron, so cool, a neat weirdo concept for sound creation, would love to have one but I could see myself using in limited waysprophetone
    • And the price point is the real barrier of course, so very expensive, but prob worth it if you will use it in ways like that amazing TMBG TDCprophetone
    • That being said the Micro version is not out of reach price wise, but no expansions... one day maybeprophetone
    • Maybe I can start a Residents type of one man band, all spooky spacey and ambient with loads of fx sounding like a 1930s halloween cartoon acid tripprophetone
    • ^my true aim! lolfuturefood
    • The Micro is fucking dope! I highly recommend. Yea, no expansions, sadly. Though, the internal sounds are so good.futurefood
    • You should check out the M-Tron Pro. It is seriously one the best Mellotron emulators and works great as a VST.futurefood
    • It also gives you access to the coveted Streetly samples through purchased packs. Amazing sounds.futurefood
    • thumbs up emojiprophetone
    • I've been using the Arturia Mellotron plug in and it's amazing. You tried that?Ianbolton
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