Years of Production 1970 – 1977 – Novatron: 1978 – 1986 Number of Units about 2 000 Original Price £795 – Novatron: £1,374 Dimensions W x H x D 86 x 82 x 57 cm Weight 55 kg The M400 is the first Mellotron whose size and weight are suitable for relatively easy transport.It is […]
Years of Production 1965 – 1970 Number of Units about 60 Original Price £1,500 Dimensions W x H x D 129.5 x 99 x 68.5 cm Weight 159 kg At the request of the BBC, Streetly Electronics has created a new model, the Sound Effects Console or FX Console, a Mark II whose technical characteristics […]
Years of Production 1975 – 1977 – Novatron: 1978 – 1980 Number of Units 26 – Novatron: 4 Years of Production £2 200 Dimensions W x H x D 132 x 89.5 x 66 cm Weight 152 kg Basically, the Mark V is made of two M400s in a single cabinet with a built-in stereo […]
Years of Production 1981 Number of Units 5 Original Price $4,495 Dimensions W x H x D 89.53 x 89.53 x 57.78 cm Weight 47 kg The 4 Track is the first Mellotron manufactured in the USA and marketed by Sound Sales Inc. Only 5 units were produced by Bomar Fabricators in Southbury, in 1981: […]
Years of Production since 1999 Number of Units Mark VI: 102 – Mark VII: 4 Original Price $5,200 Dimensions W x H x D 83.82 x 86.36 x 55.88 cm Weight 44.45 kg The Mellotron Mark VI was designed by Markus Resh, David Kean’s associate(Mellotron.com ).It takes the main features of the M400 while making […]
Years of Production since 2007 Number of Units aroud 55 (nov. 2021) Original Price £4,500 Dimensions W x H x D 85.5 x 93.5 x 67 cm Weight 74 kg Twenty years after the production of Mellotrons stopped in 1986, Streetly Electronics introduced a new instrument in May 2007, the M4000. From the outside, it […]
Years of Production Mark I: 1963 – Mark II: 1964 – 1968 Number of Units about 55 – Mark II: about 300 Original Price £1,000 Dimensions W x H x D 129.5 x 99 x 68.5 cm Weight 159 kg The Mark I is the very first Mellotron model, based on the same concept as the […]
The Fairlight CMI is based on the architecture of the Qasar M8 (Multimode 8), created by Tony Furse in 1975. In the early 70’s, Tony Furse, a consulting engineer for Motorola, created his first prototype of hybrid analog/digital synthesizer, the Qasar I. In 1972-1973, Furse created his second prototype, the Qasar II, with the financial […]
In 1983, a major CMI update appeared: the Fairlight CMI IIx. Several internal cards were modified. The two 6800 processors were replaced by 6809 processors, the random access memory changed from 64Kb to 256Kb, the control panel of the central unit was modified, a MIDI/SMPTE interface was proposed as an option, as well as a […]
In 1982, the Fairlight CMI II, a slightly improved version of the CMI, was created. The sampling rate turned from 24 to 32Khz, still in 8 bits. The channel cards have been improved. A MIDI card is available as an option. But the main innovation was the inclusion of the Page R, created by Michael […]
The Fairlight CMI I is marketed in 1979.CMI stands for Computer Musical Instrument. It is based on the architecture of the Fairlight Qasar prototype, and it has most of its features: Layout on the CMI-25 motherboard ID DESCRIPTION SLOT CMI-02 Master card: control of 8 channel cards, ADC sampling, timerfunctions for sequencer and MCL 1 […]
This Mellotron M300 (n ° 3/003) was sold to the Musée de la Cité de la Musique in Paris.The photos were taken by the museum.