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Mel-Lofi Is A FREE Mellotron Instrument By Audiolatry

June 1, 2022By James Nugent4 Comments
Mel-Lofi Is A FREE Mellotron Instrument By Audiolatry

Audiolatry offers Mel-Lofi, a FREE virtual instrument for macOS and Windows.

Mel-Lofi is a virtual instrument (ROMpler) that gives us the sound of the Mellotron (samples recorded by Tajiguy).

The Mellotron is a weird and wonderful instrument famous for its unique sound and design. It was developed in the early 1960s, and its sound came from pulling a short length of tape across the playback head as the keys are pressed.

A few hardware variations are available now, including digital recreations, and they are all relatively expensive. It’s still a sought-after sound; I still go to my old King Korg for its Tron sound.

Mel-Lofi gives us a taste of that sound for free with 23 instrument presets. The featured presets include Strings, Brass, Vibes, Flutes, and more.

It sounds gritty, old, and a bit like an instrument that has seen better days, which is what you want from a lofi plugin.

There are four FX layers: Vinyl, Radio Noise, Mechanical Belt Noise, and Rain. It also features a Tremolo section and Room Reverb.

The FX layers can be toggled on/off by key switches, making it easier to develop the tone/sound as you play.

The retro-styled GUI provides further controls for an Attack/Release Envelope, Lowpass/Highpass Filter Cutoff, and global Gain, Pan, and Tune knobs.

We’ve covered a few instruments from Audiolatry, like PlastikGuitar and Drum8. It’s probably the keyboard player in me, but Mel-Lofi is my favorite so far.

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While I think Audiolatry has done a great job of capturing the character of the Mellotron with an exaggerated lofi feel, we shouldn’t get too caught up in comparing it to the original hardware. It’s a very useable sound that will be great in the right context.

Audiolatry lists some suitable genres, including Lofi Hip-Hop, Chillout, and EDM. It’s great for so many things; I love the Tron Strings sound on Sci-Fi and dystopian future scores; on their own or under some pristine strings to add some grit. The kind of things that the late, great Vangelis would have done with Tron sounds.

Mel-Lofi is available in AU, VST, and VST3 formats for macOS(El Capitan to Monterey) and Windows (8.1 to 11).

Download: Mel-Lofi (590 MB download size, ZIP archive, 64-bit VST2/VST3/AU plugin formats for Windows & macOS)

More:

  • Lost-Tapes Is A FREE Analog Tape Emulation By SuperflyDSP
  • Arturia Tape Mello-Fi Is FREE With Any Purchase @ ADSR Sounds

Last Updated on June 1, 2022 by Tomislav Zlatic.

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James is a musician and writer from Scotland. An avid synth fan, sound designer, and coffee drinker. Sometimes found wandering around Europe with an MPC in hand.

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