Mellotron M4000D Digital Mellotron Keyboard
Digital version of the classic Mellotron with 100 internal voices.
MELLOTRON make classic, tape based keyboards to order but offer their new digital Mellotron clone off the shelf. For anyone wanting that vintage Mellotron sound without the wait (or price tag), the 4000D offers a perfect solution.
Since its presentation in 2010 the digital Mellotron has been very popular at the trade shows Namm and Frankfurt Musikmesse, being selected as Mix Certified Hit at the 2010 NAMM show. It has been developed by us here at Mellotron. It is solely our own product and has features rarely seen in today’s keyboards.
It is a 24 bit digital uncompressed audio playback unit with 100 Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds built in. Extra cartridges will be available with 100 sounds each. It has a custom built full Mellotron style wood keyboard with depth sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch out via MIDI. The front panel user inteface has 2 TFT-displays of high quality and are capable of showing pictures of the actual instruments.
Features
- Mellotron style wooden keyboard with depth sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch via MIDI out.
- 100 original Mellotron and Chamberlin lead sounds included, with IMMEDIATE access.
- The sounds are taken from the original first-generation tape library giving the same sound quality as the original Mellotrons made in the 60s and 70s.
- It has our very advanced and in-house developed streaming technology for uncompressed 24 bit audio reproduction.
- The software and audio engine has taken 3 years to develop, but our concept of the digital Mellotron has been in development since the mid 90s. We bought parts of the original inventory from a company called ‘Mellotron Digital’.
Furniture quality cabinet with hinged lid. - Expansion slot gives you 100 extra sounds on special compact flash cards, all from the original archives. There will be ca 8 expansion cards released with a large variety of sounds.
- Two high-quality TFT displays and a backlit laser cut front panel.
- Our very advanced and in-house developed streaming technology for uncompressed 24 bit audio reproduction.
- Three gold plated balanced XLR outputs, all other connectors are gold plated for maximum reliablilty.
- Dimensions: 859x501x135 mm, weight 17.5 kg.
Specifications
- It is a 24 bit digital uncompressed audio playback unit with ca 100 Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds.
- Extra cartridges will be available.
- It has a custom built full Mellotron style wood keyboard with depth sensitivity.
- The front panel user inteface has 2 TFT-displays of high quality and are capable of showing pictures of the actual instruments.
- The dimensions of the cabinet are 34″x19.5″5.25″ (86x50x13.5cm) (WxDxH).