M-Tron Tape Bank 1

Sample CD

After months of seeking and recording original instruments, including the ultra rare Birotron and Chamberlin (US cousin of the Mellotron®), this new CD of Tape Banks compliment and augment the classic signature sounds supplied with the M-Tron VST plug-in instrument.

Finding Mellotron® instruments with serviceable tape banks has proved to be very difficult, but we have persevered. We have spent many man hours recording each piece of tape note by note, nearly 1000 individual tape recordings in all! And this is only the first stage in the process of bringing you these new authentic sounds.

The tape frame and control panel.

Each tape frame housed within a Mellotron® contains 35 individual tapes and each piece of tape 3 sounds. Having recorded each sound from a tape frame we were often left with the task of re-taping the frames themselves. This is a two man job and takes about 2 hours from start to finish, it's a wonder this instrument was ever built and it really is work of mechanical art.

Re-taping the frame, tape by tape.

The play heads and the keyboard.

Dave Spiers recording another note. Tapes being changed

Download recordingnu-tron.mov file (1.6Mb).

Having recorded all the raw material the samples then had to be grouped, topped and tailed, tuned, and coded into the M-Tron's .cpt format, different for both Mac and PC. The process has taken a great deal of time, care and attention to detail. Preserving the true harmonic characteristics of this truly brilliant instrument has been our primary concern. We feel we have been true to the original instrument in bringing you a special new volume of these classic sounds for your M-Tron VST Plug-in instrument.

Sounds featured:

Wine Glasses
Clarinet
Double Bass
Steel String Guitar
Male & Female Choir
Mixed Choir
Pipe Organ
Roxy String Effects
String Section
Woodwind
Boys Choir
Cello
Cello & Strings
Chamberlin Harp 1
Chamberlin Harp 2
Chamberlin Female Voice
Birotron Choir 1
Birotron Organ
Birotron Violins
Birotron Woodwind
VP Choir
VP Ensemble
VP Male
VP Vocal Rhythm 1
VP Vocal Rhythm 2
VP Swell

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