1950 年, Harry Chamberlin 發明了一種基於磁帶 Sample Playback 的鍵盤樂器。這是歷史上第一次,使音樂家和音樂愛好者都有機會在指尖上擁有管弦樂隊、合唱團或弦樂團。該發明後來被哈利的一名前雇員帶到了英國,並以 Mellotron 為品牌名,進行了重新設計,並於 1964 年開始量產販售。

Mellotron 的內部樣貌
在 1960 年代末和 1970 年代初,諸如披頭四、大衛·鮑伊、滾石樂隊、莫迪布魯斯、樂之團和許多其他藝術家都採用了 Mellotron 。
八十年代到來,隨著弦樂合成器(String Machine Synthesizer)的興起, Mellotron 因其笨重、難以隨身攜帶演出而逐漸被取代,原先的 Mellotron 公司於 1982 年結業。
直至 1980 年代末期,Audities Foundation 的成立者 David Kean 收購了這間破產許久的公司,隨著年輕工程師 Markus Resch 的加入,他們開始召集團隊著手探討將 Mellotron 數位化的可能性。
在 2008 年時, Mellotron 團隊終於找到了足夠負荷於數位 Mellotron 運算的晶片,並開始準備量產數位的 Mellotron - M4000D 系列。
數位化後的 Mellotron M4000D 系列正式於 2010 發售,這是一款 Compact 的數位版本,它保留了原始鍵盤的真實聲音、外觀和手感,同時增加了一些重要的數位化、現代化改進。

M4000D 的操作介面
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