Instrument Overview
The 3.5GB sound library features nearly 200 tape banks (sample sets) including those from the M-Tron, 19 of which have been remastered at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios resulting in a warmth of tone surpassing the originals.
M-Tron Pro also delivers 45 brand-new tape banks and over 700 patches, many created by world-class recording artists and programmers. Utilise the patches or open the lid to access G:sampler’s easy editing controls for layers, splits, reverse, halfspeed and much more. It can be used in standalone mode (Mac/PC) or as a plug-in for most popular host applications.
A Virtual Classic... and Beyond
Dating back to the pre-digital 1960s, the Mellotron was one of the first sample-based keyboards. Artists such as The Moody Blues, Yes, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Genesis and later OMD, Radiohead and Oasis have used them to emulate strings, choirs and other orchestral instruments, while the BBC used them extensively for sound effects.When pressed, each key engaged playback of a discrete strip of tape containing an eight-second recording of that note played on an instrument such as a violin. The tape rewound after key release. The lack of looping forced the player to adapt his playing style giving the instrument a unique playing characteristic in addition to its already distinct sound. The more commercial models featured the ability to switch between three different sound sets within the installed tape bank — and adventurous owners were able to physically swap tape banks with care and patience.
We first paid homage to this venerable keyboard with the M-Tron. Now M-Tron Pro goes far beyond — and is as much a labor of love as the Mellotron itself. We're also supplying over 40 of the tape banks looped.
More Under the Hood
Set up your own splits and layers, apply vintage ensemble and delay effects, and sculpt your sound with low-pass, band-pass and high-pass resonant filters. And that’s just the beginning. You’ll find tape reverse, tape half-speed and a slew of synth-type parameters—making the M-Tron Pro a remarkable source for unique signature sounds far beyond the basic tape banks sounds themselves.
Programmable MIDI CC control implementation with MIDI Learn lets you control it all from your MIDI controller and there’s dynamic keyboard control including filter aftertouch.
Standalone or Host Operation
Compatible formats include VST 2.4 (Mac/PC including VSTi), RTAS® (Mac/PC) and Audio Units (Mac). In other words, it’s easy to integrate M-Tron Pro with the rest of your studio and use it just about any way you want.
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Key Features
- Nearly 200 total tape banks (sample sets), including:
- 45 brand-new tape banks not found in the original M-Tron
- 19 tape banks from the original M-Tron virtual instrument, remastered at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios
- Over 40 looped tape banks
- Over 3.5GB of samples total
- 700+ patches including many created by world-class recording artists and programmers
- Up to 35 notes, each individually sampled
- Dual layer and split keyboard operation
- Programmable MIDI CC response via MIDI Learn
- 29 parameters per layer including synth parameters:
- Vintage-style ensemble and delay effects
- Low-pass, band-pass and high-pass resonant filter section
- Tape reverse
- Tape half speed
- Dynamic keyboard control, including filter aftertouch
- Supports standalone, RTAS and VST on Windows XP/SP2, Vista 32, Vista 64
- Supports standalone, RTAS, AU and VST on OS X 10.4.x, OSX 10.5.x
Essential Tron
- The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever (Flutes)
- Bungalow Bill: (Rhythms)
- The Moody Blues: Nights In White Satin (Violins)
- Genesis: Dance on a Volcano, Los Endos & Entangled (Choirs) Watcher Of the Skies (Brass and Bass Accordion Mix)
- Yes: Heart of the Sunrise, And You And I (Strings)
- Radiohead: Exit Music (Choirs)
- King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King & Starless (Three Violins)
- Kasabian: ID (M-Tron Choirs)
- Putte: Jubel Buben (M-Tron Harps, Flutes & Cello)
- Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven Live (Flutes)
- The Zombies: Changes
- Manfred Mann: Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. Jones
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Tuesday's Gone
- The Rolling Stones: 2000 Light Years from Home
- Traffic: House for Everyone & "Hole In My Shoe
- Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of Secrets, Julia Dream, Sysyphus & Atom Heart Mother
- Marvin Gaye: Mercy Me
- David Bowie: Diamond Dogs
- Porcupine Tree: Together We're Stranger
- Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark: Architecture & Morality
- Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Tangerine Dream: Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet & Encore
- ...and many more.
Full M-Tron Pro Tape Bank list
Tape Banks with an 8 sec limit
Accordion Chords, Bass Accordion, English Accordion, Double Bass, Hofner Both, Hofner Front, Hofner Rear, Birotron Choir, Birotron Organ, Birotron Strings, Birotron Woodwind, Brass 1, Brass 2, Brass B Revised, Brass+Trombones+Trumpets, Combined Brass I, Combined Brass II, French Horn, Mixed Brass I, Mixed Brass II, Mk II Brass, MkII Trombone, Muted Brass, Sax Trumpet Trombone, Solo Trumpet, Trombones+Trumpets, Chamberlin Harp Arpeggios, Chamberlin Harp Rolls, Chamberlin Voices, Wine Glass, 15 Choir, Augmented 8 Choir, Black Sabbath Choir, Boys Choir, Choir 1, Choir 2, Choir 3, Classical Choir, Combined Choir, Custom Male Voice, Male Female Choir, Mixed Choir, St Peters Choir Ah, St Peters Choir Oo, Tripled 8 Choir, Bill and Vincent, Black Sabbath Effects, Roxy Music Effects, Sound Effects 1, Sound Effects 2, Tape Hiss, Vinyl Noise, Flutes, MkII Flute, Second Flute, Danelectro Baritone, E-Bow, Gibson ES135 Vibrato, Gibson ES135 Vibrato Square, Guitar, Mandolin, MkII Guitar, Bassoon+Flute, Church Organ+8Choir, Mandolin+D6 Clavi, Orchestra_Moog, Strings+Choir, Black Sabbath Orchestra, Halfspeed Tron, Megatron, Orchestra, HammondC3 Slow, Megatron Organ, MkII Church Organ, MkII Organ No2, Pipe Organ, MkII Piano, Remastered Brass 1, Remastered Cello, Remastered Choir 1, Remastered Choir 2, Remastered Clarinet, Remastered Combined Brass, Remastered Double String Section, Remastered Remastered Flutes, Remastered M300 Strings 2, Remastered MkII Flute, Remastered MkII Guitar, Remastered MkII Violins, Remastered Orchestra, Remastered Orchestra Moog, Remastered Pipe Organ, Remastered Strings 1, Remastered Tripled 8 Choir, Remastered Vibes, Remastered Viola & Cello, Rhythm 1, Rhythm 2, Rhythm 3, Rhythm 4, Rhythm 5, Rhythm 6, Rhythm 7, MkII Tenor Sax, Saxophone, Saxophones, Tenor Sax, AccBass Violins Brass, Genesis Split, Moog Bass and Bells, Split Boys Choir, 16 Violins, Cello, Cello+Strings, Combined Violins, Double String Section, M300 Solo Violins, M300 Strings I, M300 Strings II, M300 Violins, Megatron Strings, MkII Vintage Violins, MkII Violin Orchestra, MkII Violins, Sad Strings, Solo Viola, String Section, Strings 1, Strings 2, Strings 3, Viola+Cello, Violins 1, Violins 2, Yes Strings, ARP Country Guitar, ARP Fuzz Guitar, ARP Trombone, SynthBrass, SynthTrumpet, Vibes 1, Vibes 2, VP330 Choir, VP330 Ensemble, VP330 Male, VP330 Rhythm 1, VP330 Rhythm 2, VP330 Swell, Clarinet, Oboes, Woodwind 1, Woodwind 2, Woodwind 3.
Looped Tape Banks
Birotron Choir Looped, Birotron Organ Looped, Birotron Strings Looped, Birotron Woodwind Looped, E-Bow Looped, Optigan Bossa Nova Style, Optigan Cha Cha, Optigan Classic Guitar, Optigan Easy Does It, Rhythm 1 Looped, Rhythm 2 Looped, Rhythm 3 Looped, Rhythm 4 Looped, Rhythm 5 Looped, Rhythm 6 Looped, Rhythm 7 Looped, VP330 Choir Looped, VP330 Ensemble Looped, VP330 Male Looped, VP330 Rhythm 1 Looped, VP330 Rhythm 2 Looped, VP330 Swell Looped.
Remastered and Looped
Brass 1 Looped, Cello Looped, Choir 1 Looped, Choir 2 Looped, Clarinet Looped, Combined Brass1 Looped, Double String Section Looped, Flutes Looped, M300 Strings 2 Looped, MkII Flute Looped, MkII Guitar Looped, MkII Violins Looped, Orchestra Looped, Orchestra Moog Looped, Pipe Organ Looped, Strings 1 Looped, Tripled 8 Choir Looped, Vibes Looped, Viola & Cello Looped.