Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine
Capture the sounds of the legendary Mellotron® for guitar, bass or keys.
The polyphonic MEL9 uses the same extraordinary technology as the B9, C9 and KEY9 to transform your axe and resurrect the sound of vintage tape-based keyboards. It pays ho... read more
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perfect substiute for the real thing
My band does alot of covers by the Moody Blues. Genesis, ELP and FLoyd and yes, and this little baby saves me from switching to the keys back to guitar!

Honestly, I prefer my GForce M-Tron Pro software instrument.
This pedal has its uses but for me it's just a bit too ephemeral sounding. Mixing dry with wet signal will give you some nice sounds but I prefer the keyboard version much better. It sounds more tangible in my opinion.
Mellotron as an effect
More pedals need to do this with having seperate knobs for the bypassed signal and the effect signal so you can have 100% / 100% ratio if you so wished. Great mellotron tones.
Great Mellotron simulator with extra presets.
On the pricey side, but tracks well and does what is says. Mellotron in a box with add instruements: Orch, Cello, Strings, Flute, Clarinet, 2 horns and 2 vocals. Fun to play!
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Capture the sounds of the legendary Mellotron® for guitar, bass or keys.
The polyphonic MEL9 uses the same extraordinary technology as the B9, C9 and KEY9 to transform your axe and resurrect the sound of vintage tape-based keyboards. It pays homage to nine of the coolest Mellotron® sounds: Orchestra, Cello, Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Brass, Low Choir and High Choir. It works on guitar without modifications, special pickups or MIDI implementation and tracks bends, slides, even whammy dive bombs!
You can also put it to work with your bass down to the open A string as well as keyboards. The MEL9 includes independent Effect and Dry volume controls so you can create the perfect mix at the Effects output with a Dry Output jack to output your input signal at unity gain. The Attack control sets the volume swell speed. As it’s turned clockwise the notes fade in more gradually, while the Sustain control adjusts the release time after a sound is stopped. As it’s turned clockwise, the fade out time increase
Specifications
- Features 9 Mellotron® sounds: Orchestra, Cello, Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Brass, Low Choir and High Choir
- Works with guitar, bass (down to open A string) and keyboard
- Tracks bends, slides, even whammy dive bombs
- Independent Effect and Dry volume controls
- Dry Output jack outputs your input signal at unity gain
- Attack control sets the volume swell speed
- Sustain control adjusts the release time after a sound is stopped
- Dimensions: 4.0 (w) x 4.75 (l) x 2.25 (h) in.
Funny noises rescue me from hiring keyboarder
Not as natural sounding as a keyboard, but that's a good thing in a lo-fi context. Pairs nicely with a vibrato pedal. I've heard people say they struggle to find uses for it, but I put a lot of mellotron lines in my demos anyway, this lets me play them live without bringing in another instrument/musician. The flute clarinet and orchestra sounds can be really tasteful in a band context. Sax noise is horrible, choirs are pretty funny, but everything is usable in the right context. Don't expect to get a really serious orchestral sound for battle metal or anything like that, think Beatles, Daniel Johnston, Adam Green and you'll be happy with this.