Mellotron Archives

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Mellotron Archives, otherwise known as Mike Pinder's Mellotron is a sample CD released by the company of the same name, available in Akai S1000 format. The CD is intended to emulate the Mellotron and Chamberlin musical instruments with as much accuracy as possible. To this end, it contains a full eight second sample of each note in every tape bank present.

It features samples of the following tape banks:

  • MkII violins
  • MkII brass
  • MkII strings/brass
  • MkII trumpet/trombone
  • MkII saxophone
  • MkII organ
  • MkII electric guitar
  • MkII vibes
  • Mellotron flute
  • Mellotron cello
  • Mellotron viola
  • Mellotron 16 violins
  • Mellotron string section
  • Mellotron 8-voice choir
  • Mellotron boys choir
  • Mellotron half-speed brass
  • M300 strings
  • MkII bossa nova: cello and violin chords
  • MkII cha cha: swinging flutes
  • MkII moving bass: cello and violins
  • MkII foxtrot: sax phrases
  • MkII dixieland: trombones
  • MkII bungalo bill
  • Chamberlin 3 violins
  • Chamberlin cello
  • Chamberlin flute
  • Chamberlin oboe
  • Chamberlin tenor sax
  • Chamberlin alto sax
  • Chamberlin trombone
  • Chamberlin trumpet
  • Chamberlin female voice
  • Chamberlin male voice
  • Chamberlin bass clarinet