App Detail » 50th Anniversary Edition Mellotronics M3000

What's New

One-time audio crackle has been addressed.
Garageband start-up race condition addressed.
AudioBus key fixed.

App Description

Now with In-App Tape Store!

Robert Fripp, King Crimson, September 2014 : "We no longer take mellotrons on the road. Instead we take this iPad app"

Paul Nagle, Sound On Sound Magazine, February 2014 :
"An easy one to sum up, M3000 is an excellent achievement that ably demonstrates how far the iPad has come in a few short years. I'd take it over the mellotrons in my once-revered Emu Vintage Pro or my Roland JV2080 Vintage board any day. Highly Recommended."

2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the shipment of the first production mellotron from Streetly Electronics' factory in Birmingham, UK.

To celebrate this historic occasion we are proud to present the 50th Anniversary Edition of Mellotronics M3000, an authentic replication of the legendary M400 tape replay instrument, packed with awesome additional features.

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

Full voice list :

Church Organ
Boys Choir
Female Choir
Eight Choir
String Section
MKII Violins
Cello
MKII Flute
MKII Clarinet
Oboe
Tenor Sax
MKII Brass
Trombone
Piano
Rhodes
MKII Vibes

App Changes

• August 29, 2013 New version 2.0
• August 31, 2013 New version 2.01
• September 12, 2013 New version 2.06
• September 30, 2013 New version 2.61
• November 06, 2013 New version 2.72
• April 02, 2014 New version 2.81
• April 05, 2014 New version 2.84
• April 16, 2014 New version 2.90
• May 03, 2014 New version 2.99
• May 21, 2014 New version 2.991
• September 14, 2014 New version 3.0
• September 25, 2014 New version 3.02
• August 03, 2016 New version 3.3
• August 12, 2016 New version 3.4
• November 08, 2016 New version 3.5
• December 30, 2016 Price decrease: $11.99 -> $6.99
• January 01, 2017 Price increase: $6.99 -> $11.99