Mellotron M4000D-Mini, White | Gear4music demo

[@mc2mc277]

Was playing Prog back in the ‘70s with electic violinist and the guy with the only Mellotron on the East Coast of U.S. at the time. Was incredible.

[@tonydonato8523]

The Mellotron Alto Sax mixed with the Chamberlin Flute demo gave me goosebumps. The phrasing was beautiful!

[@lofimijo208]

me too!

[@davidsimons5944]

My heart is set on getting the mini. To get the compactness you sacrifice the real tapes but that's no great loss. I love that it looks as beautiful as the originals & it has huge posing power by proudly displaying the real Mellotron name on the front! Also instead of having to mess around changing bulky space consuming tape sets you have 100 sounds + card expansion.

[@chrishahm9212]

I was really intrigued by this board, but not seriously considering buying one. Then I watched this guy play for three minutes, I immediately went to Reverb and ordered one.

[@hikesmusic2404]

Who is the person playing? Every piece is brilliant fr

[@jakereeves1266]

Sublime, all of it. Been watching this for days, keep coming back to it. Just seriously gorgeous music.

[@PutItAway101]

Those lush jazzy chords show the sound off beautifully.

[@billiamsharpe2967]

This player is bad ass. Salute!

[@WillieG1016]

Fantastic player! Need this machine!

[@papapoum]

Yes, mee too, i had to make a choise, memotron or m4000 d. But after this video, it will be the 4000 d mini.

[@John.GTR1]

This is the best equipment when talks about fidelity at relation if real sound of processed instruments, dream of consum!!

[@lofimijo208]

that opening is hard

[@mblackproductions5485]

Got A Lot More Respect For The Mellotron After This

[@twelveouncetrance4034]

Check out Neutral Earth (full album). Both the mini and micro are used. Less one octave they pretty much sound alike. Prog on...

[@stargate1555]

If you really want to open up and expand the majestic power of the Mellotron M4000D, run it through an effects amp because reverb and the other settings are a Mellotron's best friend that adds depth and soul. (Fender, Peavy, and Marshall put out some really good effect amps to compliment the Mellotron). A volume and sustain pedal are must haves. To really take a walk on the wild side, run your Mellotron through some guitar effect pedals. I do. I bought my Mellotron in 2017 and I haven't even made a dent regarding all the different and beautiful sounds this gem can produce. I jumped on the grenade and added sound cards 02-03-04-05-06 and holy moly.......this beast is unstoppable. Marcus just came out with a sound card 07, and from what I understand, it's loops of the band sounds. There is a "high/low" setting too, but with all the KZbin Mellotron demo videos out there, nobody ever experiments with it. The low setting is a really cool feature. Rock on my friends.

[@maiastniki]

thankyou i was womdering what i could do

[@maiastniki]

this is really nice info

[@stargate1555]

@@maiastniki The Mellotron M4000D is probably the last keyboard I'll ever buy. I have a Yamaha synthesizer, a Roland Fantom-06 Synthesizer, and they are both really cool, but the Mellotron is light years beyond their sound variation capabilities. My only wish is that Marcus will come out with an 88 key Mellotron M4000D. On the bright side, with only 37 keys on the M4000D I've gotten really good at playing reverse chords. Rock on.

[@stargate1555]

@@maiastniki If you have any questions about the Mellotron M4000D or the sound cards 02-03-04-05-06, let me know. Happy to help or answer any queries you may have.

[@alaincelos476]

Who built this keys ???

[@schuylersilverstein1935]

It's instruments like this that make me wish I could play the keys

[@cottoneyejoe1053]

you can

[@RayyMusik]

Beautiful sounds beyond the usual strings & choir suspects. 👍

[@primitivepatterns]

I was feeling melancholy and was wanting to listen to the first song that plays in this demo but couldn't remember where the song was from. Made me laugh when I remembered it was from a gear demo

[@op-1g.s]

Wow. Just wow dude. 👍🏽❤️

[@davebellamy4867]

Where's the choir?

[@jalonrichard2053]

Incredible!

[@billiamsharpe2967]

Im going to see this guy do this live on the 18th, pit

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Even if the sounds are created from classic Mellatron tapes, is it possible to deactivate the 8-second limit function?

[@kristoferkristensen9021]

Would have loved to hear Frank Zappa play this instrument.

[@hausofvishy8695]

Beautiful. Bought this today. Over the moon. What amp or speaker do i get for it? Can i connect to Macbook to record on garageband?

[@RioYugo]

does it have a satisfying amount of sounds???

[@the_Googie]

@@RioYugo definitley has. But note this isnt really a preset library in the sense that Kontakt is one. It's a much more organic instrument that appeals to people who want to feel inspired by a classic arrangement of sounds that often times feel very nostalgic, partly due to it's lofi quality and partly because of the machines history.

[@drake1011]

these sounds don't come with this mellotron? (newbie)

[@desseinsscripts9400]

Does it have a sustain pedal or it's just the release time that keeps the notes going while you re changing chords ?

[@VictorC53]

Desseins • Scripts • sustain pedal,you can just make it out in the side shots

[@ljs8888]

Can you also set sustain / release in the menu? (so you don't need to use a sustain pedal?)

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

Some explanations would be nice. Are these the original samples? Have they been processed? Can it emulate tape characteristics and their original whiny warble? Do the presets give information about well-known songs they appear in? How much does it cost and how is this price justified?

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

@@Flibbybibby Have you ever heard of _relevance_ ? Why post a video about a highly anticipated product without any relevant background information? If I was content with what Google offers me, I wouldn't be watching KZbin, would I?

[@Flibbybibby]

^😏 @None of your Business Well... you might Google it and find the videos of Markus Resch at NAMM, etc giving tons of information about the M4000D. Oh, and by the way he’s the one responsible for this amazing instrument. The video above is just a basic sound review so your criticism of this vid seems a wee bit on the lazy side on your part of course. 😁👍

[@triumphadelic]

@@legolam4271 or buy a cheap sampler and experiment making one's own 'mellotron' with as much character as possible on the loops.... i think the korg st223 which has loads of FX can be played like a 'keyboard' the pads... there must be a VST mellotron i would have thought

[@phantommagnolia]

It s called a demo

[@kwhandy]

so we just watching the instrument that made for lo-fi music studying

[@Charlyaraya]

Mono signal ?

[@JohnLRice]

Yes. There is a mono master output that is a mix of the A and B sounds and then there are dedicated jacks for just the A and B sounds by themselves.

[@vogelvogeltje]

🤣🤣 “EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE STEREO OR ELSE ITS TRASH”

[@jazzjeffjazzjeff]

@@vogelvogeltje LOL like a violin, or a trumpet, or and oboe, or a flute?

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Why don't you do the full orchestra sound like Mike Pinder?

[@surefmeurope5766]

Wish my korg m1 sounded as good as that 😢

[@hausofvishy8695]

Earth ONE my korg , my triton, my guitar.. i give it all up for these tones. I did find a casio sk-1 and casio SA20 with a similar lofi feel.

[@andy5178]

The M1 was a great workstation... back in the 80s. You should upgrade to a Krome, they're quite cheap on the used market.

[@DaveyBoyCrocky]

You cant change patches using MIDI - deal breaker for me. Thank goodness for Nord.

[@JohnLRice]

Are you sure about that? I haven't tried it myself but I know it can SEND program and bank change info over MIDI, so I'm assuming it should also be able to receive the same?

[@DaveyBoyCrocky]

@@JohnLRice I would be more than glad to find out I'm wrong. It's incredibly hard to get solid info because the Mellotron folks won't answer emails, but I had owners tell me it would not receive MIDI patch changes. I could be wrong, or it might have changed.

[@JohnLRice]

@@DaveyBoyCrocky I'll try to do a simple test and get back you.

[@DaveyBoyCrocky]

@@JohnLRice Looking forward to your report :)

[@JohnLRice]

@@DaveyBoyCrocky OK! Yes it is possible to select sounds using MIDI but you have to do some setup ahead of time for it to be usable. There are 16 "playlists" (these respond to bank change commands) and each playlist has 32 "entries" (these respond to program change commands). By default it seems, ALL of the entries in ALL of the playlists are assigned the same two sounds so at first it didn't seem like it was working. (Mine had trombone and vibraphone for all entries). So I went through the first 3 entries of playlist 1 and assigned different pairs of sounds to each one and then using the program change commands on my MIDI keyboard I could move between the sounds. Also note that in the general setup MIDI menu, program and bank change can be enabled/disabled so if it's not working check those settings.

[@m47kr3nt0n]

Play some Portishead stuff dude

[@the_Googie]

sounds like lofi Kontakt lmao

[@BigBoyTraks]

How does it sound like a "Kontakt" when it Kontakt doesn't contain sounds itself rather libraries imported into it?

[@BarnacleButtock]

This sounds like the best orchestra/mixed instruments VST ever. It's a crime these samples can't be released publicly or open sourced. And more of a crime there is no cheap alternative even close.

[@ellrucker494]

get mtron pro

[@andy5178]

The Memotron is cheaper and definitely more authentic: the currently licensed Mellotron (which has nothing to do with Streetly, that is the people behind the original Mellotron) used just the master tapes, sometimes "correcting" them, while the Memotron guys sampled those tapes as played by actual vintage Mellotrons. They also offer many additional libraries: the Streetly 50th anniversary is superb. Even cheaper and easy to pirate is the M-tron, which is its software equivalent (almost on par with the hardware Memotron, the only difference would be the filters...). Last but not least, the "official" Mellotron can only load two virtual tapes at once, while the Memotron up to three, just like the original M400.

[@BarnacleButtock]

@@andy5178 the memotron doesn't sound great

[@gasolineandwine]

@@andy5178 Don't forget the fact that M-Tron allows for individual filter and amp ADSR's, delay and ensemble, reverse effects and many other things.

[@the_Googie]

@@andy5178 the memotron is nice on its own but not even close to the mellotron