The Mellotron is an electromechanical, polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin, which was the worlds first sampleplayback keyboard. The heart of the instrument is a bank of parallel linear magnetic audio tapes, which have approximately eight seconds of playing time each. Playback heads underneath each key enable the playing of prerecorded sounds.

The earlier MKI and MKII models contained two sidebyside keyboards: The right keyboard accessed 18 lead/instrument sounds such as strings, flutes, and brass; The left keyboard played prerecorded musical rhythm tracks in various styles.

Contains programs for EXS24, Kontakt 2.1, Kontakt, Reason, Giga, Halion

6.2 GB, 3900+ samples, 190+ patches

24bit core wav library
196 new patches
7 different formats (EXS24, Kontakt 2.1, Kontakt 1.5, Giga, SF2 | Reason, Halion and Wav)
All NEW Sounds developed by VDS sound designers.
Fully programmable
Sounds legendary instruments & Sounds Banks
(Cello, Viola, Violin, Bass, Guitars, Choir, Flute, Organs and many others!)

VDS Mellotron System Requirements PC

6.2 GB free hard drive space
1.3Ghz CPU Pentium 4 or equivalent
512 Mb RAM

VDS Mellotron System Requirements Macintosh

6.2 GB free hard drive space
Macintosh G4 1Ghz CPU
512 Mb RAM

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