{"product_id":"gforce-alex-ball-artist-expansion-pack-for-m-tron-pro","title":"GForce Alex Ball - Artist Expansion Pack for M-Tron Pro","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eGForce Alex Ball Artist Expansion Pack for M-Tron Pro\u003c\/strong\u003e includes exclusive Tron sounds from Alex Ball. As an existing GForce Software’s M-Tron Pro user, you’ll no doubt be aware that, while the instrument comes with one of the largest Mellotron Tape Bank libraries, it can also be augmented by the finest expansion packs recorded from original tapes from the UK’s original hardware Mellotron manufacturer, Streetly Electronics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3 id=\"aboutalexball\"\u003eABOUT ALEX BALL\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlex Ball is a British composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist who was brought up the analogue way learning instruments, studying music and playing with other musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlex was Music Producer for M\u0026amp;C Saatchi for over a decade where he composed, produced, sourced and licensed music for countless advertising campaigns for brands such TFL, Coca-Cola, Havana Club Rum, Virgin Holidays and many, many more. Outside of advertising Alex has worked on the trailers for ‘Sackboy: A Big Adventure’ and ‘Watch Dogs: Legion’, composed music for the Cbeebies BAFTA nominated series ‘Tee \u0026amp; Mo’ and, had music used in an episode of Netflix ‘Stranger Things’ and BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2016, on a whim, Alex started uploading videos to YouTube as an outlet for his ideas and inspiration around music production, composition and arranging. This evolved into synthesizer documentaries and film score breakdowns which have proved popular…\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3 id=\"therecordingoftheinstrumentsandrhythms\"\u003eTHE RECORDING OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND RHYTHMS\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe project started with Alex selecting and recording a series of instruments and capturing the 35-note key range of the original M400 Mellotron. In addition to chromatic instruments Alex also decided to include two distinct rhythm and accompaniment styles mirroring the key signature and tempo layout of the original Mellotron MkII.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese rhythms and accompaniments adhere to a tempo of 125 BPM, and each note adheres to strict note mapping where each note replays a different key changes within an overall key of C. By playing different notes, the user can easily build up a track with assorted key changes and then finish by playing the bottom G which replays a combined end rhythm and accompaniment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo facilitate this, Alex played and recorded all the instruments for 70 rhythms and accompaniments, plus all of the chromatic instruments, in a series of exhaustive sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3 id=\"themakingofauthentictronsounds\"\u003eTHE MAKING OF AUTHENTIC 'TRON SOUNDS\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce recorded, the results of those sessions were taken to Streetly Electronics and ‘Tronized’ via their Skeletron – a bare-bones Mellotron M400. This involved recording everything to tape and then re- recording the output via both the Skeletron pre-amp, plus, in the case of the rhythms and accompaniments, threading the tapes onto an original MkII Mellotron and recording the on-board speaker output. Finally, the ‘Tronized’ recordings were sent back to Alex Ball for chopping and shoe-horning into the M-Tron Pro.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile time-consuming and very labour intensive, GForce think this process was vital when it comes to staying true to the Mellotron’s ethos and origins. Without Alex’s exemplary musicianship and devotion to detail, and without Tronizing, this pack could be viewed as a straightforward sample pack for M-Tron Pro. However, with the convergence of skills and technologies from both Alex and Streetly Electronics, Gforce think this set of tape banks affords you something unique, special and highly inspirational.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3 id=\"systemrequirements\"\u003eSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOnly available to registered users of M-Tron Pro\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAudio samples only\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePowered and compatible only with by M-Tron Pro\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"GForce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450833694823,"sku":"170984","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8848\/5479\/files\/gforce-alex_170984_1_738d37a4-1928-4671-b156-fc774961cd3a.jpg?v=1787094718","url":"https:\/\/vintageking.mom\/products\/gforce-alex-ball-artist-expansion-pack-for-m-tron-pro","provider":"Vintage King","version":"1.0","type":"link"}