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Arturia Mellotron V – Synthesizer Plugin

Name: Arturia Mellotron V - Synthesizer Plugin
SKU: 1200-65
Price: 149 USD
Availability: InStock

$149.00

Arturia Mellotron V - Synthesizer Plugin

Long before synths, the Mellotron put an orchestra at the keyboardist’s command using tape recordings of real instruments. Mellotron V harnesses all of its lo-fi goodness in an authentic virtual instrument, respectfully enhanced for modern music-making.

Description

Tape-Based Orchestra Keyboard

Flutes, strings, brass, organs, choirs — if you wanted these sounds in the 1960s, the Mellotron was the only solution short of hiring section players.

Its unheard-of realism was infused with the quirks of each key playing a moving analog tape, creating a sound that went down in history with The Beatles, The Moody Blues, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and countless others. Mellotron V brings that history, with every beautiful sonic imperfection, to your musical future.

More Than Sound

Mellotron samples have been readily available for decades, but Mellotron V provides the full, immersive experience of playing the genuine article.

Original Samples

Mellotron V’s collection of 65 original tape banks is utterly authentic, recorded directly from the actual tapes.

Inspiration Machine

Realistic and otherworldly at the same time, Mellotron V’s tones will lead to riffs and musical ideas that the best hi-fi orchestral samples won’t.

Roll Your Own

Load external samples and stamp the Mellotron’s vintage signature on any sound you like.

Strawberry Fields, Everything Is Real

In the 1960s, sampling wasn’t yet even a fantasy. But what if you could cross a tape player with a musical instrument? That’s the Mellotron, and it literally rewrote the rules for what keyboards could do.

The idea was genius: a bank of tapes, one for each note, in a cabinet with a keyboard on it. Pressing a key pushes a play head onto the tape, triggering the recorded sound. Finicky? Very. Expensive? Half the price of a starter home in the UK in the ’60s. Perfect sound? Not even. But it captured musicians’ imaginations at the exact time rock music was going high-concept and welcoming artistic influences.

Nights inWhite Plywood

Purists will love Mellotron V’s authentic, uncluttered interface.

Unlike the synths and samplers that would come later, the Mellotron didn’t resemble the helm of a spaceship. We kept that look, but with deep FX power just a click away.

Roll Tape

Mellotron V’s keyboard response duplicates the unique attack phase of the play head connecting with tape with utmost accuracy.

Good Things Come in Threes

Choose between the A, B, and C sounds on the loaded “tape” or select a blend of all three — something not possible on the hardware.

Tune your ’Tron

The simple Tone control applies the same EQ curve as on the original. Simulate varying the tape speed with the Pitch knob.

Stompbox FX

Vastly expand Mellotron V’s sonic palette with four FX slots, each of which lets you choose from 13 essential pedals.

Spin Doctor

We may not be the first to think of running a Mellotron through a rotary speaker or Twin Amp, but we’re definitely the first to make it this easy!

Inner Space

Set your Mellotron in gorgeous virtual acoustic spaces with our state-of-the-art convolution reverb — without leaving the plug-in.

The Best of Both Worlds

Mellotron V goes way beyond sampling to give you the most authentic, versatile, and straight-up usable emulation ever..

Faithful modeling

Our proprietary technology reproduces the electro-acoustic behavior of the original Mellotron at component level. The reason it sounds so recognizable is because we reverse-engineered the actual tape system, right down to the transport and tape heads. That means you can even dial in the amount of tape flutter, tape saturation and mechanical noise you want, along with the beautifully crisp preamp and electronics that perfected its classic sound.

World-class sampling

No expense was spared seeking out mint Mellotrons and tapes, including the M400 production unit and all its predecessors. With the finest sampling technology, those timeless sounds have been translated and preserved digitally with Mellotron V - now they’re yours to craft your own musical music with.

And Then Some

Load any instrument sounds you want from the built-in library into the three tape tracks in whatever combination you want. Dial in a mix of any two adjacent tracks, or use the mod wheel to perform crossfades across all three. Effortlessly set up splits and layers complete with multiple instruments on each track. Whether in the studio or on stage, Mellotron V perfectly balances the original’s coveted character with the cutting-edge flexibility your creative flow deserves.

HEAR IT IN ACTION

Big Stereo Choir

Paul Schilling

Dreams

EDT

Progression

EDT

AT Flutter

Arturia

Love Moments

Paul Schilling

Ycon

Paul Schilling

Arturitron

Boele Gerkes

Memories

Boele Gerkes

FEATURES

65 Original Tape Racks From MKI/MKII/M300/M400 Mellotrons

User Sample Import: Benefit From The Mellotron Sound On Any Sample

3 Tracks To Select Or Blend Samples

Modeling Parameters And Modulations: Flutter, Tape Saturation, Mechanics Noise, Noise Floor, Velocity On Volume And Aftertouch On Flutter

Amplitude Envelope and Loop Controls for Each Sample

Time Stretching on User Samples

Dedicated Effects Pedal Board
- 4 Slots with A Selection of 10 Different Effects
- 1 Amplifier Simulator (Fender Twin or Leslie)
- 1 Room Ambiance
- LFO with 7 waveforms
- 1 Noise Generator
- 1 VCA
- 1 Mixer
- 1 External Audio Input and 1 External Oscillator and Filter Modulation Input

61 presets