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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: New Digital Mellotron

From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: 2010-07-24

In a message dated 7/23/2010 11:20:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, d829d@yahoo.com writes:
 

what is a real M4000 ? I will go look it up

 
The M4000 is a newly developed cycling Mellotron from Streetly Electronics that contains 24 voices and an additional 16 infinitely blendable voice combinations. There is a small dwarf who is imprisoned in the bottom of the cabinet that changes the tape banks according to the number of shocks that are applied to his testicles.
 
This is the M4000. It looks much like a standard M-400 on steroids. It is taller and deeper than a standard M-400 to accommodate the dwarf. 
As you can see, there has been added some buttons and a little display and what-not.
When you raise the lid, you can see inside.
The dwarf turns a crank that pulls the banks of tapes back and forth.
If you look carefully at the left side of the tape drum, you can see a sprocket and some chain going down to the dwarf who was on his break at the time these photos were taken
With the keyboard off, more questions are raised than answers provided.
Just pretend it's magic and you'll be fine. That's what I do.
 
Frank