6.1.2. Track Selector
Allows selection of one of the three Tape Tracks available. It can also be positioned in
intermediate positions, allowing for variable mixing between Tape Tracks A/B and B/C.
There is an extra position, not available in the original, where all three Tape Tracks play at
once. This is achieved by placing the Track Selector in the
All
position.
The Track Selector control is doubled in the Advanced panel (Open Lid). It can also be
automated through MIDI. By default, the Modulation Wheel is assigned to control this
parameter.
To access the "All" position, you need to either drag the mouse until the selector "switches"
to that position or, in Open Lid mode, click
All
with the mouse. It can't be accessed through
MIDI control.
6.1.3. Volume
This knob controls the overall volume of the instrument. It goes from -60 dB up to +24 dB.
By default, it is placed at -12 dB.
6.1.4. Tone
Tone controls the overall brightness of the instrument. It does that through a very simple
low-pass filter. By default, the filter is positioned at half-value (0.500), but it can go from
0.00 (max cutoff) up to 1.00 (max filter opening).
Opening and closing the filter may have varying results, depending on the contents of the
used samples. Usually, brightness doesn't increase much. Cutoff will have a slightly more
pronounced effect.
6.1.5. Pitch
Pitch controls the overall tuning of the instrument. The original Mellotron tuning was very
unstable, which demanded this control. The Mellotron V doesn't suffer from those problems,
but nevertheless, Arturia wanted to remain faithful to the emulated instrument.
With this control, the Mellotron V can be pitched up or down a whole tone (two semitones).
The control is continuous, and accepts any value between -2.00 and +2.00. By default it is
positioned at 0.00.
This control performs a global detuning, and is completely independent of the MIDI Pitch
Wheel control. Although the Pitch control can only pitch the sound up or down a whole
tone, the Pitch Wheel can dynamically pitch the sound up or down any interval from one
semitone up to one octave (12 semitones).
6.1.6. The Mellotron Keyboard
The Mellotron V has a small virtual keyboard in the main instrument panel. This keyboard
is a mock-up of the original M400 keyboard, with just 35 keys, spanning from G1 (G on the
second octave below middle C octave) to F4 (F on the octave above middle C octave). This
was the range of the original Mellotron M400.
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