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Electro-Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Machine Pedal
Mellotron emulation effects pedal with 9 different voicings and full polyphony without the use of MIDI
The Electro Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Machine emulates vintage Mellotron® sounds and uses the same ground breaking technology that powers the award-winning B9 and C9 Organ Machines, plus the KEY9 Electric Piano Machine. Now any electric guitar player can have access to nine magically quirky, dark and unique Mellotron® sounds. No more extra devices such as special and cumbersome 13-pin MIDI pickups! In addition to electric guitar, you can trigger the MEL9 with any instrument that produces an electrical output, such as a keyboard or a bass, down to 55 Hz or A1. The polyphonic MEL9 has superior tracking; you can create single notes or chords with ease. The MEL9 will follow guitar bends, dive bombs, slurs, and any other guitar expression/performance techniques you can throw at it!
Preset Descriptions:
Orchestra – This sound represents a full orchestra—including an octave below the normal guitar—and produces a gigantic, full sound.
Cello – This sound of a solo cello includes the cello’s natural vibrato.
Strings – Presenting the sound of a small four-piece string section, including natural vibrato.
Flutes – This preset presents the classic solo flute sound heard on many recordings.
Clarinet – This sound of a solo clarinet sounds great both as a solo (played monophonically) instrument and when playing chords.
Saxophone – This funky vintage British solo saxophone sound is perfect for playing Beatles-like rock lines. It blends great with an overdriven guitar.
Brass – This preset is a trumpet-like sound, and when playing chords it produces a great brass section sound. As noted earlier, the ATTACK and SUSTAIN knobs work differently for this preset than for other presets. The ATTACK knob controls a filter sweep for brass synthesizer sounds and the SUSTAIN knob adds the “lip buzz” characteristic of trumpet/brass sounds.
Low Choir – This sound is a full low-voiced choir made up of many voices.
High Choir – This sound is a higher-voiced choir made up of many voices.
Notes And Specifications:
Buffered bypass
Input impedance: 1M Ohm
Output impedance (for both output jacks): 500 Ohm
Current draw: 100mA
Features:
Pays homage to nine of the coolest Mellotron® sounds: Orchestra, Cello, Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Brass, Low Choir and High Choir
Works on guitar without modifications, special pickups or MIDI implementation and tracks bends, slides, even whammy dive bombs!
Also works with bass guitar down do the open A string as well as keyboards
Includes independent Effect and Dry volume controls so you can create the perfect mix at the Effects output
Dry Output jack outputs your input signal at unity gain
Attack control sets the volume swell speed. As it’s turned clockwise the notes fade in more gradually
Sustain control adjusts the release time after a sound is stopped. As it’s turned clockwise, the fade out time increase
Comes with a standard EHX 9.6DC200mA PSU
Dimensions in inches: 4.0 (w) x 4.75 (l) x 2.25 (h)
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