Just returned from my first day at NAMM, Saw Markus with the new
digital Mellotron. It sounds and plays great. Although it is still in
prototype stage you can play two sounds on it (3 Violins and Flute).
Eventually he will have over 100 loaded (including the entire
mellotron, optigin, and chamberlin sounds). What is REALLY cool is
that he uses the original SM400 keyboard... Completely wood with the
same length all the way back into the keyboard cartridge. in fact it
looks and feels exactly like a Mellotron keyboard unit. Completely
built out of wood and metal like the original, Very nice.
It was sitting in top of his new Mellotron and it sounded identical.
He said that he is looking at production models in two or three months.