Omenie has released 50th Anniversary Edition Mellotronics M3000 – an update to their software Mellotron that adds AudioBus and more.
Here’s what’s new in Mellotronics 3000 v2:
- Core MIDI
- AudioBus
- Retina graphics
- 44.1kHz audio synthesis
- 3 new voices – Piano, Rhodes, MK II Vibes
- 3 loop modes including full unlooped voices
- 32 voicebanks up from 16
- ‘Oscillotron’ waveform display
- 100% code rewrite
Features:
- 16 voices in total, 35 chromatic 8 second tapes per voice, almost 200MBytes of samples
- All samples are original MKI, MKII and M400 voices from the production tape library of Streetly Electronics
- 3 new unlooped voices – MKII Vibes, Rhodes and Piano
- 3 looping modes – unlooped (maximum authenticity), 5s loops (maximum playability) and 3s loops (very high fidelity, minimum memory footprint)
- Looped modes support 4 simultaneous voices – A/B/C continuous blend plus additional D voice on chord pads
- 32 voicebanks each with 12 programmable chord pads
- AudioBus support
- Core MIDI support for class-compliant USB interfaces
- MIDI responds on all channels to : keys (5 octave response from 3 octaves of samples), pitch wheel, mod wheel (for A/B/C continuous blend), master volume, program change for Voicebank selection. M3000 Tone control may be programmed to any free controller. MIDI notes 1-12 trigger the chord pads.
- New synthesis engine with 44.1kHz playback supports mix of looped and unlooped sounds – e.g infinite violins plus decaying piano
- Variable ‘Tape inching’ for authentic factory-style calibration of note attack
- Built-in stereoizing reverb engine
- Tone control matched to M4000 analog tone
- Hypnotic ‘Oscillotron’ waveform display, in soothing chill-out colour palette
Mellotronics 3000 is available for $11.99 in the App Store.
If you’ve used Mellotronics 3000, let us know what you think of it!
