Descriptions by Martin Smith,. 15 Choir - To be truthful, the history of this recording is lost but nevertheless, this is a great alternative to the Eight Choir with a totally different timbre due to a large helping of men and boys. A gentle plate reverb makes this sit nicely in the mix. Alto Sax - A sassy sounding sexy sax.

Try that with your dentures missing. Bradley Orchestra 2 - Another one of Les's mixes, probably at the request of a client for a brasher sound and somewhat azimuthy in quality but damned good all the same. Celeste - This is a ridiculously clean recording from the mid 70s. Cello Viola Mix - The cello can reach the lower Viola range but the difference in timbre betwixt the two instruments is what makes this recording splendid.

Instrument Overview. Streetly Tapes for M-Tron Pro Vol2 is the perfect compliment to the previous Vol1 Expansion Pack and in our opinion is an essential add-on for all M-Tron Pro owners. Curated from the original Mellotron® tape archives, Volume 2 combines a mixture of rare gems and definitive versions of celebrated,.

Clarinet - This is the sound of the late George Clouston, Mellotronics Ltd director and difficult, uncompromising gentleman blowing his stick in private. To be fair to George, it's a very atmospheric recording. Classic Strings - A blend of MKII Violins and the later M300A Violins, each smoothing out the imperfections and removing the OUCH! Fairlite Swanee - Another 8-bit classic that suits the 'tron perfectly. Female Choir - Four ladies separated for reasons of decency from the four males during the recording of the legendary Eight Choir so as not to inflame the gentlemen's ardour. Hammond Organ - A dirty, poorly maintained and unloved C3.

Hammond C3 Clean - The C3 after an expensive overhaul. Layered Choir - Males morphing to Females morphing to Boys across the 35 notes. Mixed Brass B - This is the filthiest brass recording in the library. Listen to Grave New World by the Strawbs and be impressed that all the wrong things can most definitely make a right. MkII Brass - The classic sound of two saxes, two trumpets and a trombone.

A popular sound and used by many including King Crimson, The Moodies, Genesis and many more. Moogy Whoosh - An early modular Moog, transformed into a 35 note polyphonic synth by its transfer to mellotron tapes. This recording had Bob Moog bewildered when he heard his monophonic monster playing chords!

Muted Brass - the MKII Brass recorded through the back of a sofa. Soft and warm, like the seat I have just vacated. Piano - Bill Fransen was so disappointed by the efforts to record a piano for the MKII that he made a recording all on his own one night while the world slept.

Pump Organ - A wheezing and wonderful recording all the way from the US of A. Sad Strings - Amongst Les Bradley's tapes was a reel of 1/4' tape with a recording of these strings. It had been abandoned because there were so many sonic problems that were almost impossible to fix back in the 70s. We decided to rescue the tape and made the tweaks and edits that revealed a haunting, almost archaic sound. Trumpet - Bright and cheerful but hell for the performer. Eight seconds of blowing those top notes nearly ruined his testicles FOREVER. Vibes No Vibrato - Vibes with no vibrato.

There's nothing else to say except Rick Wakeman used them on Six Wives. Violin - Believe it or not, the violinist FORGOT his violin for this recording and one had to be urgently located in the wilds of rural Worcestershire.

Luckily a local pig farmer had a Stradivarius. Watcher Mix - The mix Genesis employed on Watcher of the Skies created from blending tracks A&B on their rickety MKII, thatched model. Wine Glass - Who doesn't like the gentle rubbing of the rim especially when it's gentle and haunting.and worrying. Woodwind 2 - An alternative woodwind recording introducing french horn and piccolo and surgically removing the BASSOON of DOOM. According to the original creators, Streetly Electronics, the true sound of a ‘Melly’ is the combination of several factors.

Firstly, it’s the EMI tape, which they claim is the best tape formula in the world. Secondly, Martin Smith of Streetly insists “The sound of a Melly is not the Master Tapes, it’s the sound from the recordings in IBC studios edited to Master Tapes, edited to Working Masters, edited to Protection Copies, edited to the actual tapes on your machine.” Finally, and crucially, it’s both of these things played across a properly aligned tape-head and recorded via an instrument’s preamp. So, with these ground rules in mind and under the skill and guidance of Martin and John Bradley, we are pleased to release the final volume in the Streetly musical expansion pack trilogy, The Streetly Tapes - Vol 3 Expansion Pack for M-Tron Pro.

As per the previous &, all the sounds here were curated by Martin Smith from the Streetly archives and then recorded via the Skellotron, a bare bones M400 built to allow detailed adjustment of every component including the azimuth alignment of each tape-head. Once captured and cross referenced against an M4000 the sounds were sent to us at GForce for their conversion into the M-Tron Pro file format. This selection was taken back to Streetly Electronics where John conducted A/B tests against their magnificent M4000 and only when Martin and John were satisfied was the set of tapes given to our patch designers for final patch creation. The Streetly team. From the left; Martin Smith, John Bradley and Brian Soukal. Legal Notice All product names used in this product are trademarks of their respective owners and are in no way associated or affiliated with GForce Software Ltd. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were studied and or recorded during development of this product..

Award-winning Mellotron performance with all the vintage appeal. The GForce M-Tron VST 2.0 Software Instrument is an expert model of the legendary British Mellotron. The Mellotron was an organ-like instrument manufactured between 1963 and 1986 that utilized a 35-note keyboard with each key controlling its own piece of tape. The tapes featured recordings of real players and instruments, arguably making the Mellotron the world's first sampler. The M-Tron VST 2.0 captures all of the character of the original instrument by sampling every note of every key and adhering to the original 8-second limit of each note. This way, not only do the resultant sounds ebb and flow, all the inherent and nostalgic magic of each sound is closely observed - minor imperfections and all.

This authentic VSTi has just undergone a complete rewrite and is now available for all current Windows and Mac platforms, including Windows XP and Mac OSX. Packaged in its own flight case box, GForce M-Tron includes 2.5GB of authentic Mellotron sounds, which adds up to 100 tape banks ranging from classic flute and strings to some wonderfully quirky rhythms. The M-Tron allows on-screen and MIDI control over volume, tone, pitch, amplitude, and envelope attack and release so you can shape those classic sounds to your heart's content. The sounds of the original Mellotron can be heard on songs from The Beatles, The Moody Blues, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Oasis, Radiohead, and countless others. Great sound but unstable w/ no support The review that says there's no support or (useable) documentation is correct. It took a bit of digging for me to discover that the M-Tron is in fact RTAS compatible before I bought. The review that says there's no support or (useable) documentation is correct.

It took a bit of digging for me to discover that the M-Tron is in fact RTAS compatible before I bought it to use with my ProTools LE 6.1.1 DAW. What even that scrap of information didn't tell me was that it's only compatible with ProTools 6.4, so I had to upgrade. Not a bad thing. Except my system was running flawlessly on 6.1.1 and is now less than reliable with 6.4 & the M-TronWhat's great about this product is that the sounds really do sound like old Mellotron tapes. The downside really comes down to the support. Not finding the fine print that said my version of RTAS wasn't compatible and not finding anything in the manual (which is basically just a list of sounds), I sent an email to G-Force support and never heard anything back.

Add to that, this is a non-returnable product and I was hugely frustrated. It works now, in a sometimes-protools-crashes kind of way. Lousy support G-Media sells you you something assuming you know how to operate it. There is no instruction of any kind, no troubleshooting, no help.If you have any question you are on your own. G-Media sells you you something assuming you know how to operate it.

There is no instruction of any kind, no troubleshooting, no help.If you have any question you are on your own. They dont answer e-mails and theres never anybody in the office to help you with technical support. Thus, if the product doesnt run well - which is exactly my case - you have nobody to resort to.

Oh, but they got my money, thats for sure. The review that says there's no support or (useable) documentation is correct. It took a bit of digging for me to discover that the M-Tron is in fact RTAS compatible before I bought it to use with my ProTools LE 6.1.1 DAW. What even that scrap of information didn't tell me was that it's only compatible with ProTools 6.4, so I had to upgrade. Not a bad thing.

Except my system was running flawlessly on 6.1.1 and is now less than reliable with 6.4 & the M-TronWhat's great about this product is that the sounds really do sound like old Mellotron tapes. The downside really comes down to the support. Not finding the fine print that said my version of RTAS wasn't compatible and not finding anything in the manual (which is basically just a list of sounds), I sent an email to G-Force support and never heard anything back. Add to that, this is a non-returnable product and I was hugely frustrated. It works now, in a sometimes-protools-crashes kind of way. I have a Mellotron, but it's too much a of a hassle to carry around and what not, so i decided to try out some VSTs to see how close they get.

This is EASILY THE CLOSEST I'VE HEARD!!! Simple to use. Not a lot to it really, as far as interface goes. Just straight to the point Mellotron!

And you'd NEVER be able to find ALL THESE TAPES!!! I mean, it has the MKII tapes AND the rhythm tapes!!! I'm more than happy with this product. I would not hesitate to spend double this price on it! If you dig the real 'Tron sound, this is the one to get.

GForce made the absolute software mellotron calling it the M-Tron and creating a legend of their own. Between this incredible near-duplicate, and it is exactly like mellotron, when your tape has hit the number of seconds it plays it has to be retriggered. You have to develop a mellotron style of playing, which is very easy. The included tape racks and additional ones also available are stunning. Items you would never use in a song suddenly sound glorious in virtual tape glory, warts and all. That is the charm of this instrument and what makes it necessary for nearly all music genres. This is an awesome program, and a great value to boot.

2.5GB of authentic Mellotron sounds? What a deal.I should also mention my configuration since I haven't seen it anywhere online and I want people to know it works.

I don't have a soundcard with AISO drivers so I can't use it in standalone mode, so I run it through ACID Music Studio 6.0b as a VST plug-in and it works perfectly. I have tried to use this in the past with Sonar and a VST-to-DXi wrapper and it was not stable at all.

M-Tron and ACID is a good combo. I bought the updated version of the M-Tron instead of paying for the seperate sound banks available from G-Force. The sounds are fantastic. If you are a fan of '70's era prog-rock, this is a product you need.

However, I had one complaint. The new version will not load on my Win98 or WinMe Operating Systems. Questions to both M-Audio and G-Force were unsuccessful in solving the problem. The solution, find WindowsXP (Home, in my case) on sale. Both the Oddity and M-Tron loaded properly on XP.

Minor complaint, but after reading earlier reviews, it seems others have had the same problem. The GForce M-Tron works seamlessly as a plug-in to Ableton Live 7 Suite. I've just produced a track where I used MIDI information (culled from a three-part harmony vocal) to trigger three instances of the M-Tron on separate tracks. The result is a country song juxtaposed with Moody Blues-style violin mellotron on the chorus. The software works equally well as a standalone instrument.

My son plays the M-Tron just by clicking a desktop icon to launch the software. The tape banks are wonderfully accurate - even down to the original imperfections of the source tapes. All in all, a great value. Well, its just a beautiful emulator of the original Mellotron. If you have loved the early Moodies, Yes, Genesis sound, this is for you. Even if you can't play keys, get it. In response to the 'Lousy Support' user in this forum, all you have to do is call and they'll get back quickly and thoroughly.

I hadda little trouble aligning the folders correctly but a rep from the UK called and we got it within a few minutes. Just a great instrument to enjoy - strings, flutes and vibes - fabulous. This little gadget is very entertaining. It can be somewhat tricky to get it set up - you have to at least have some ASIO drivers installed on your PC to get it running. These can be downloaded from the internet, or come standard with Steinberg Cubase and some of the other recording software. I use it mostly in Cakewalk Home Studio XL or as a stand alone instrument (G-media has the Standalone M-Tron as a free download on their website). The keyboard interface is very easy to use and extremely intuitive.

The sounds vary from retro lounge music to very heavy, distorted industrial and everything in between. Some sounds are a little washed-out, but the tone adjustments can usually make up for it. Overall, a fun machine.