Forget about M-Tron Amateur! Step up to M-Tron Pro! This is GForce's big daddy, with over 3 gigs of sounds, including nifty loops, BBC Radiophonic effects, synth samples, E-bowed guitars, and other goodies. Those who have other mellotron software will find new sounds in here. It's quite a bank of sounds. You certainly want to get it. But there are some disappointments as well.
For one, it seems that the 'remastered' sounds presented here are not clean and fresh and high-generation, like the Venice Audio mellotron banks, but rather slightly cleaned-up versions of the tapes they already had. In some cases, I might even say the non-remastered versions included sound slightly better. Also, you don't get some of the newer sounds that are going around, like the new cello or electric cello. Furthermore, the 'sad strings' are once again all by themselves instead of with the bossa nova, where they should be (those strings were meant to be bossa nova accompaniment! You weren't meant to just play several minutes of sad strings all by themselves!) And the rhythms are still presented without accompaniment. I don't know how this will fit into my arsenal yet.
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For some sounds I might turn to it. But when I want the lush remastered sound of certain instruments, like strings, I might still go for the Venice Audio library. And for the vintage sound, the Mike Pinder bank is still indispensable. Still, this has some good ones that I think I'll keep. I like the clarinet, and the E-bowed guitar. And a few others I don't have in other libraries might stick to me.
PS: Works on Macs and PCs.
GForce MTron Pro 64bit Just got an email from GForce that 64bit is out. It is version 2.1.0 and requires the 32bit version to be installed BEFORE installing the 64bit.
For some reason I thought it already was 64bit. Anyway, if you have not yet downloaded, go to your GForce account and check it out. This is what they note about this update: M-Tron Pro changes in PC version 2.1.0 • 1. New 32bit version• 2.
New 64bit version• 3. General bug fixes with late ProTools versions, Live and Cubase• 4. Shift + Layer Detune allows the transposition of either layer by up to + or - an octave. Thanks for clearing that up. I was surprised to get the email today.
I thought it was already 64bit, but with my vintage memory I did not recall if it was or not. I also saw that it looked like it was for Mac. Your post helped clarify this. There is a Piano Bass add on that looks new and is free; the following is a quote from GForce (with spelling errors): 'A faboulous little pack expanding the range of bass sounds availble to M-Tron Pro users. It's free too! Lost Season 2 Torrent Iso Game more. Installation instructions, along with a pdf manual, are included in the download.' I am not sure if this is really new or not, but it is in my download area and dated May 10 2013.
So if you don't have it already, check your account over at GForce for the download. Sorry if I misunderstood the email.