M-Tron

My first review. The real killer app of this product is the detail of the copying of original Mellotron sounds. If you liked the mellotron sounds on Radiohead, early Tangerine Dream, King Crimson, or Genesis, reat assured, you will get exactly that. If you think "that's close but not exactly the meelotron on xyz's ablum" then get the tape banks for all the variations including a number of customised tapes for the likes of Yes and Tangerine Dream. With no distracting effects you can add your own (filter and reverb and hey presto you have Phaedra) which I usually prefer.
Negative points? The choice of some of the sounds is a bit eccentric, fun, but not maybe not that usable (though you have plenty of very usable flute, strings, brass/woodwind and choir sounds).
Also I find the selector bar (which allows you to either change the sound or the attack/release etc) a bit fiddly and I have no idea why.
Overall a must have though if you love the mellotron sound. The additional tape banks also make fascinating reading with the details of where the sounds came from.
User interface - lose one point for the fiddly selector bar, apart from that it's simple and looks ok.
Sound - Spot on.
Features - while it is faithful copy of the mellotron down to the tape wear and 8 second "sample" it adds attack/release which others have commented the hardware version didn't have and I find really useful.
Documentation - really not much to it, just select and play!
Prests - have to give it a 10 even with the "wacky presets" because the core sounds (for me) are so usable.
Customer support - I had a couple of minor probs. I got a reply within 24hrs and the problem was seen through to a happy conclusion very professionally.
Value for money - I've put this at 9, the M-tron itself, additional banks are at a reasonable cost, but it still adds up for 100 or so sounds.
Stability - I've put this at 9, I do find sometimes that I have ended up with different sounds being called up when I run a track within my host (Cubase SX2), others have mentioned the same. It's a minor irritation, you just get the right preset back and resave the project.

To re-iterate, if you like meelotrons, get this without hesitation!Read Review