Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Mellotron pedal reported at $220, release date unset

April 4, 2023 · 3 sources

Electro-Harmonix has set a US list price of $220 for the MEL9 Tape Replay Machine, a Mellotron simulator pedal, according to a Delicious Audio report published April 4, 2023. The report gives no concrete release date.

The pedal offers nine sounds: Orchestra, Cello, Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Brass, Low Choir and High Choir¹. It is polyphonic, with five notes of polyphony and a range of A1 to A5, and works on guitar without modifications, special pickups or MIDI implementation, tracking bends, slides and whammy dive bombs, per the maker's notes quoted in the report¹. It can also be triggered by bass guitar down to the open A string and by keyboards within those limits¹.

Controls include independent Effect and Dry volume, an Attack control that sets volume swell speed and a Sustain control that adjusts release time; a Dry Output jack passes the input signal at unity gain, and a power adapter is included¹. The report says the technology is built similarly to the EHX B9 and C9 organ machines¹.

Earlier coverage of the pedal gives a different price. MusicRadar reported on March 14, 2016 that the Mel9 was available then at a list price of $295.10², and Gearnews, publishing March 15, 2016, listed an RRP of USD $295.10 and a standard EHX 9.6DC 200mA supply³. The 2023 report does not address the earlier figure.