What I don't understand is with everyone is so damn upset with Martin regarding his dissing of the group, why don't you just go out a but the Mellotron Mark IV from Markus and Dave? This is a great machine with many improvements. What do you think you are going to get from the Tron Bros? Something better? Why complain when they (as businessmen) make the decision not to reveal their product?
Businessmen are very secretive about their products and I really don't blame them. You see it all the time in the computer industry. We see "Vaporware" appearing with promises of new and improved products, and the actual product never hits the market. I am not saying that the Tron Bros are promoting Vaporware, just that I have learned not to believe anything until I see it.
Frothing at the mouth for information of a new and better Mellotron is really quite silly. People dying for new trons is like people dying for new Hammond B3's. Hammond/Suzuki produced the new B3 a few years ago and the resulting product is vastly inferior to the original (I know as I own four B3's). The Mellotron is a collectors item (my M400 sits in my studio and will stay there). If you want one to perform with, then there is a new model on the market right now, or buy samples.
So I suggest that you take it for what it is, and send your $$$ to Markus. Let the money do the talking... The Tron Bros will continue with their business and everyone will be happy...
Martin-all I was trying to do was ask a simple question. All you had to say was that the
unit isn't ready to be revealed yet....period. Your original answer made me feel dismissed
as "not important enough" to show the product to. How do you know that I don't have
enough money in my hands to buy 2 of your units?(I don't) The point is that being polite
and not displaying favoritism is something I learned myself working many years in retail
music stores selling synths.
I applaud your efforts to make new machines and keep the name going. I had an M400
for 25 years-the second one in Ohio in 1972. Since I now use the Pinder CD and other tron
samples you know I still love the sound. When I get my dream studio together I intend to
have a real one again as a permanent fixture. Good luck with your efforts Charles