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Electro-Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Machine. Transform your axe and resurrect the sound of vintage tape-based keyboards! 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! Product Highlights: 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 increases. Power adapter included. Product Features: Dry Vol Knob: Controls the volume of the untreated instrument level on the EFFECT OUTPUT jack. Effect Vol Knob: Controls the overall volume of the selected preset at the EFFECT OUTPUT jack. Attack Knob: Sets the volume swell speed, or the speed at which the effect begins to be heard. Sustain Knob: Controls the amount of time a sound continues to play after you stop playing. Preset Knob: Selects a preset sound. Effect Output Jack: Sends the mix set by the DRY and EFFECT volume controls. Dry Output Jack: Outputs the signal present at the input jack. Input Jack: This is the audio input. Bypass Footswitch: Toggle between effect mode and bypass. Product Specifications: Circuit: Digital. Bypass: Buffered Bypass. Audio: Mono. Power Supply: 9.6VDC-200mA power adapter included. Dimensions (in): 4.75 x 4 x 2.25. Current Draw: 100mA. Year Released: 2016. UPC: 683274011837.
