THE M4000D DIGITAL MELLOTRON

The M4000D digital Mellotron has been very well received by the keyboard community. It has been used onstage and in the studio by many well-known artists, musicians and producers, to name a few:
FooFighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Wilco, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, Eels, Jackson Browne, Bruno Mars, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Sean Lennon, Brendan Benson, Air, Kooks, Train, Elbow, Michael Beinhorn, Bob Rock, Raphael Saadiq, Noel Gallagher, Gotye��

Please write to markus@mellotron.com for pricing info of the M4000D Digital Mellotron.

M4000D Digital Mellotron

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.

Some specifications:
It is a 24 bit digital uncompressed audio playback unit with ca 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. The dimensions of the cabinet are 34"x19.5"5.25" (86x50x13.5cm) (WxDxH).

Many thanks to my customers for all the kind words and feedback!!

Here is some more info about the M4000D:
  • 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.


Digital Mellotron Digital Mellotron panel

Here are some pictures of the digital Mellotron with its user interface and a side and back view of the cabinet.
We will be at Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013 in the EMC booth (Moog distributor for Germany) in hall 5.1 booth C47.


Links and pictures with some DigitalMellotron users:

Robyn at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2010

"Celestial Ghost" by Nicklas Barker
(from the "El �ltimo Fin de Semana" O.S.T.)



Rami

And on club tour with the Foo Fighters


Passion Pit Madison Square Garden

Passion Pit Madison Square Garden


The Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan Oceania

The Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan Oceania

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Derek Sherinian. Photo credit Charles Jischke

Derek Sherinian
Photo credit Charles Jischke


Mando Diao

Mando Diao, Berlin
©Matt Wignall

Options:
Hardwood cabinet (walnut/mahagony)
Wurlitzer leg attachments (no legs!)
Handles for back panel (useful for stage use)
Wurlitzer legs
Black cabinet
Flight case

For more info on these options please contact markus@mellotron.com
Mahagony Walnut
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If you like more information about the new Digital Mellotron please write to:
markus@mellotron.com