NAMM 2010: New Mellotron plus modular madness in pictures

The new digital Mellotron on top of an analogue Mellotron Mk VI, exhibited at the Big City Music stand at NAMM 2010
New Mellotron

The Mellotron Mk VI is fully analogue and is, of course, powered by...
Analogue Mellotron

...tape loops! How cool does that look?!
Under the hood

This one's new for the NAMM show
New digital Mellotron

The keys are finished just like those of a piano, with wood grain visible on the black notes
Digital Mellotron keyboard

Using the mix control to blend sounds
Live tweaking

Connectivity ahoy!
The back panel

Elsewhere on the Big CIty Music stand, we find this modular monstrosity
Analogue Systems 8500

An unbelievably cool-looking massive knob
Frequency Shifter

Hang on a second, 'Analogue' Systems... is that a MIDI unit?!
Polyphonic generator unit

Pretty much the only Ondes Martenot-a-like CV controller on the market
French Connection

The Ondes Martenot is famous for its sliding ring controller, which (on the French Connection) outputs a CV
Sliding Ring

The French Connection costs around £1000, although a cut-down unit called the Demon will set you back £550
Control Panel

Not only is it cool but it slips right inside a laptop bag too...
More modular madness

Started in the '70s, Cwejman is still going strong
Cwejam units

Borg Filter? We hope Wiard aren't suggesting that modular synthesists are mostly nerdy-looking Star Trek geeks... ahem.
Wiard units

Available in yellow, apparently
Metasonix units

Big City has some nice boutique-y modules on show, too