Mellotronists

I can vouch for the quality of the Roland JV vintage card. The 3 violins and 
flute are most convincing. It seems strange though playing the flutes and not 
hearing that wretched top D! The choir is OK in only certain areas of the 
keyboard, as it suffers the effects of pitch shifting due to the lack of 
multi sampling. Making direct comparisons between the Roland and my EMI 
tron.The tron definitely has more grunt, with each note having a character 
slightly different from the notes either side of it.-Nice!
However, if I were gigging I would be tempted to use the Roland because it's 
just so close,(particularly with a bit of upper-mid boost) and by the time 
the sound has been buried beneath everyone else in the band, no-one, apart 
perhaps from one or two on the list here wouldn't complain. Anyway, I 
wouldn't want to risk damaging my prized keyboard.
Andy Kinch M400 EMI #1405