Mellotron here refers to AIR Music Technology's recreation of the instrument, branded in distributor listings as AIR Mellotron and described as a recreation of the legendary tape sample keyboard machine. Its contents are documented: AIR Mellotron includes 6 Tape Sets featuring the OG's Flute, Choir, and Strings tape samples, giving it a truly authentic sound. The reference to "the OG's" matters for a buyer: the original Mellotron's defining tape sets — three violins, flute, and choir — are what made the instrument recognisable, and their inclusion is what distinguishes a faithful recreation from a generic tape-keyboard library. Its design is documented as designed for creative music production with a wide array of parameters, settings, and controls to craft an expansive range of keyboard instrument sounds. Start with the built-in sound categories and venture into a wide variety of sound shaping sections, notably, the new Flavor section — and the tape-condition controls are specific: you can also select "Dirty" and "Cleaned" versions of the original tapes. Other sound-shaping parameters include Formant, Age, and Sample Start. That control set is the right one for a tape-replay instrument, since the characteristic artifacts — wow and flutter, tape hiss, and the mechanical clunk at the end of each tape — are part of what the instrument is, and the "Dirty"/"Cleaned" choice lets a producer dial between authentic wear and a presentable version. It also has world-class audio effects processing built-in, following AIR's approach across the range. It is priced at $149 through European distributors, and AIR Music Technology products require registration with the manufacturer at airmusictech.com and with my.plugivery.com/redeem to activate your licence. It runs in VST, VST3, AU, and AAX formats on Windows 10 and 11 or macOS 13 to 15, with full support for MPC standalone and desktop systems. It suits progressive rock, psychedelia, indie, ambient, and film score production, and sits alongside Arturia's Mellotron V and GForce's tape-replay recreations in the same territory — where Arturia's version offers a "Tale of the Tape" control letting you decide how much like road-worn tape the instrument sounds, along with the loudness of its signature mechanical noises. #Mellotron #AIRMellotron #AIRMusicTechnology #TapeReplay #TapeKeyboard #TapeSets #Flute #Choir #Strings #Flavor #Formant #Age #SampleStart #ProgressiveRock #Psychedelia #Indie #Ambient #FilmScore #MusicProduction #VST2 #VST3 #AU #AAX #MPC #Standalone #FLStudio #AbletonLive #LogicPro #Cubase