Comments on Profile Post by spwath

Good question. I saw that it started in 1963 in Birmingham. Looks like no one in particular (or mostly unnamed musicians). I found this interesting: https://tinyurl.com/y6wk2fyr

I remember seeing a melatron, just the once, when it was already a collectors' item. Amazed to find out that it played *actual-tape* loops. Never knew.

The Beatles used the melotron on Strawberry Fields Forever. It’s the opening of the song and used at the end. Interesting to find out who is on the tapes used on the instrument.

@Ringingears - incidentally, I believe that Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead now owns that particular M400

One of the guitarists in my band uses this wild guitar version. Coupled with overdrive, reverb etc its a mind bender. https://www.ehx.com/products/mel9

Also for soft synth recreations: G Force M-Tron Pro is very very accurate to the real thing, many options, costly. Toontrack Mellotoon has a limited selection and less true to the original but close enough for a casual user and a great creative tool. Also inexpensive (if you have EZKeys).