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Electro-Harmonix MEL9 Tape Relay Machine Pedal From Electro-Harmonix

Classic Mellotron Sounds Without MIDI or Special Pickups

$259.50

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The Electro-Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Machine is a creative effects pedal that recreates the unmistakable character of vintage Mellotron sounds without requiring special pickups or MIDI gear. From lush strings and choir textures to flutes, brass, and orchestral tones, it adds a unique, cinematic layer to guitar, bass, or keyboards while tracking surprisingly well for chords and expressive playing. The attack and sustain controls make it easy to shape everything from soft ambient swells to more immediate vintage keyboard-style textures. Atmospheric, inspiring, and full of retro character, the MEL9 opens up an entirely different world of sounds for adventurous players.

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Manufacturer's Description from Electro-Harmonix

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 EHX 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!

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 to the open A string as well as keyboards within the limits of its polyphony (5 notes) and range (A1 to A5)

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

Power adapter included

About Manufacturer

Founded in 1968 by Mike Matthews, Electro-Harmonix is known for pioneering innovation in analog audio signal processing, digital delay, digital sampling, and polyphonic real-time processing. EHX effects pedals are used by professional and amateur guitar players, bass players, keyboardists, producers, studio engineers, DJs, vocalists, and a wide variety of musicians and instrumentalists.

Our iconic effects are used around the world and have contributed to recordings by Pink Floyd, U2, White Stripes, Billy Joel, The Police, Devo, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, John Mayer, and countless others. Since 1998, our vacuum tubes have been at the heart of guitar and hi-fi amplifiers made by Fender®, Peavey®, Mesa Boogie®, Marshall®, and Audio Research®.

Since its start in 1968 when founder Mike Matthews ushered in the age of overdrive with the revolutionary LPB-1 Linear Power Booster, Electro-Harmonix has been a leader in the electric guitar’s sound evolution.

With a primary product line of over 150 guitar effects pedals, from fuzz to delay and modulation to synthesis, the sound and appeal of Electro-Harmonix products are so powerful that they have been imitated and copied by almost every pedal company on the planet.

In addition to effect pedals, Electro-Harmonix also offers guitar amplifiers, vacuum tubes, Bluetooth® headphones and speakers, and guitar accessories including strings, tuners and power supplies.