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Transform your guitar into a vintage Mellotron with the Electro-Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Machine. This innovative pedal recreates the iconic tape-based keyboard sounds that defined progressive rock, psychedelic music, and countless classic recordings. From lush orchestral strings to haunting flutes and choir voices, the MEL9 delivers authentic Mellotron textures that will inspire new creative directions in your playing.
Whether you're recreating classic prog rock sounds, adding orchestral textures to your music, creating atmospheric soundscapes, layering keyboard sounds with guitar, or exploring new sonic territories, the MEL9 opens up endless creative possibilities. It's ideal for progressive rock players, ambient musicians, experimental guitarists, studio producers, and anyone seeking vintage keyboard textures without actually playing keyboards.
The Mellotron Legacy: The Mellotron was a revolutionary keyboard instrument that used tape loops to reproduce orchestral and choir sounds. It became iconic in the 1960s and 70s, heard on classic recordings by The Beatles, King Crimson, Genesis, and countless others. The MEL9 captures that vintage magic and makes it accessible to guitarists without requiring keyboard skills.
How It Works: The MEL9 uses advanced polyphonic tracking to follow your guitar playing and trigger authentic Mellotron sounds. Play a chord and hear lush strings; play a melody and hear flute or choir voices. The Attack control simulates the characteristic tape fade-in, while the Sustain control determines how long notes ring out. The Dry/Effect blend lets you layer guitar with Mellotron sounds for rich, textured tones.
Nine Inspiring Sounds: Orchestra provides full string section sounds perfect for dramatic passages. Cello delivers warm, singing low strings. Strings offers the classic Mellotron string sound heard on countless records. Flute creates breathy, melodic textures. Clarinet adds woody, reedy character. Saxophone brings jazzy horn tones. Brass delivers powerful fanfare sounds. Low and High Choir provide haunting vocal textures that defined psychedelic rock.
Creative Applications: Use the MEL9 to add orchestral backing to your solos, create atmospheric intros and outros, layer keyboard textures under rhythm parts, build ambient soundscapes, or completely transform your guitar into a vintage keyboard instrument. The polyphonic tracking means you can play complex chords and passages with accurate sound reproduction.
Studio and Stage Ready: The MEL9's true bypass ensures your tone remains pristine when the effect is off, while the rugged construction handles the rigors of touring. The included power supply gets you up and running immediately, and the intuitive controls make it easy to dial in inspiring sounds quickly.
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