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NAMM 2010: New Mellotron plus modular madness in pictures

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By Chris Wickett
Published 14 January 2010

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New Mellotron

New Mellotron

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Page 1 of 18
Analogue Mellotron

Analogue Mellotron

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Page 2 of 18
Under the hood

Under the hood

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Page 3 of 18
New digital Mellotron

New digital Mellotron

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Page 4 of 18
Digital Mellotron keyboard

Digital Mellotron keyboard

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Page 5 of 18
Live tweaking

Live tweaking

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Page 6 of 18
The back panel

The back panel

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Page 7 of 18
Analogue Systems 8500

Analogue Systems 8500

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Page 8 of 18
Frequency Shifter

Frequency Shifter

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Page 9 of 18
Polyphonic generator unit

Polyphonic generator unit

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Page 10 of 18
French Connection

French Connection

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Page 11 of 18
Sliding Ring

Sliding Ring

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Page 12 of 18
Control Panel

Control Panel

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Page 13 of 18
More modular madness

More modular madness

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Page 14 of 18
Cwejam units

Cwejam units

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Page 15 of 18
Wiard units

Wiard units

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Metasonix units

Metasonix units

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Crazy effects

Crazy effects

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Chris Wickett
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