The Manetron

Name: The Manetron
Price: 3.99 USD
Rating: 3.8 (4 reviews)
Author: insideout ltd.

The vintage tape keyboard App

$3.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

4 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

insideout ltd.
Language

EN
English
Size

157.7
MB

"The Manetron" is the vintage tape sampling keyboard App for iPhone/iPad/Apple Silicon Mac. Genuine sound sampled from the most famous white body tape sampling keyboard model number of M400S (serial number 419 & 728) manufactured in the 70's. You can see an internal mechanism (tape running animation) and can enjoy with eyes and an ear. Feel the live experience the motor noise mechanical sounds were recorded. Features: - 6 preset sound including Flute, 3violins (Strings), Cello, 8-voice Choir, Brass, Bungalow Bill ( Intro sound of The Beatles song "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill") - 35Kyes of sampled sounds from the M400S serial number 419 & 728 manufactured in the 70's. - Core MIDI compatible - Core Audio compatible - 8 sec PCM full sampling sounds each Key - Scrollable Keyboard with switchable key width - No loop sounds (real performance feeling) - 6 instrument sounds can be set as the favorite position of A,B,C position on setting screen - A+B, B+C mix sounds position - Built-in Reverb & Delay effects - The sound of motor mechanical noise - Tape running animation - Pitch control - Original sounds source are recorded by 96KHz/24 bits - Compiled under the supervision of Ken Miyajima (Kinzoku-Yebis, Damian Hamada's Creatures, Romanesco)

Ratings & Reviews

3.8

out of 5

4 Ratings

Good sounds, weird bug in AUM
07/24/2023

Various Synonyms
As someone who uses AUM for live keys, I was excited to find a Mellotron app with AUV3 support. However, there’s a very odd bug. In my setup, I load a unique session for each song, but every time I switch to a different session with Manetron in it, the volume of the app drops significantly. Not the volume knob in the app, but the actual total volume produced by the app. The only way to reset it back to its full volume is to completely close AUM and relaunch it, which is not something I want to have to do between every song in our set. So if you have a similar setup to mine, this may not be the app for you. However, regarding the actual sounds, they’re pretty good. Some of them are a little darker and more mid-heavy than their equivalent sounds in the Omenie apps, which is something to keep in mind if that’s what you’re use to, but they’re still good quality and very usable. I would feel comfortable switching to this as my main Mellotron app if it weren’t for the AUM bug.
Good sounds, weird bug in AUM
07/24/2023

Various Synonyms

As someone who uses AUM for live keys, I was excited to find a Mellotron app with AUV3 support. However, there’s a very odd bug. In my setup, I load a unique session for each song, but every time I switch to a different session with Manetron in it, the volume of the app drops significantly. Not the volume knob in the app, but the actual total volume produced by the app. The only way to reset it back to its full volume is to completely close AUM and relaunch it, which is not something I want to have to do between every song in our set. So if you have a similar setup to mine, this may not be the app for you. However, regarding the actual sounds, they’re pretty good. Some of them are a little darker and more mid-heavy than their equivalent sounds in the Omenie apps, which is something to keep in mind if that’s what you’re use to, but they’re still good quality and very usable. I would feel comfortable switching to this as my main Mellotron app if it weren’t for the AUM bug.
Great mellotron emulator
09/15/2024

ALEXANDER K TICKLE
This is a newer version of the original Manetron app (one of my all-time favorite apps) and is marvelous! It doesn’t have the extensive mellotron library of sounds that other apps have, but it is without a doubt the best sounding one I’ve come across - the samples were taken directly from an original mellotron instrument and were untouched (even going so far as to having the original 8-second sample limitation). When using this as an AU plug-in with GarageBand, you can even emulate the characteristic “pop” sound of the original instrument when hitting a key! Simply stunning, this is an amazing app for anyone who wants to add authentic mellotron sounds to their music. I wish I could rate it more than five stars.
Great mellotron emulator
09/15/2024

ALEXANDER K TICKLE

This is a newer version of the original Manetron app (one of my all-time favorite apps) and is marvelous! It doesn’t have the extensive mellotron library of sounds that other apps have, but it is without a doubt the best sounding one I’ve come across - the samples were taken directly from an original mellotron instrument and were untouched (even going so far as to having the original 8-second sample limitation). When using this as an AU plug-in with GarageBand, you can even emulate the characteristic “pop” sound of the original instrument when hitting a key! Simply stunning, this is an amazing app for anyone who wants to add authentic mellotron sounds to their music. I wish I could rate it more than five stars.
This is great. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise
07/12/2023

NovemberLemon
This has vibe. So, what it’s 5 dollars for auv3 and, if you look closely, it seems like it’s sampled from a different serial number mellotron from the original app. The new attack mode in the latest update made it even better. No other tron app sounds quite like this.
This is great. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise
07/12/2023

NovemberLemon

This has vibe. So, what it’s 5 dollars for auv3 and, if you look closely, it seems like it’s sampled from a different serial number mellotron from the original app. The new attack mode in the latest update made it even better. No other tron app sounds quite like this.
rehashing of the old Super Manetron app
11/01/2022

ALEXANDER K TICKLE
i have used the Super Manetron app extensively for years, so when i saw this one on the App Store i hopped right on it (as the other app hadn’t been updated in many years). however, i was sorely disappointed to find that it was essentially the same app with a slightly different layout and less sounds! yeah the samples sound cleaner than the old app, but that’s about it. i’ll stick to the old app for now.
rehashing of the old Super Manetron app
11/01/2022

ALEXANDER K TICKLE

i have used the Super Manetron app extensively for years, so when i saw this one on the App Store i hopped right on it (as the other app hadn’t been updated in many years). however, i was sorely disappointed to find that it was essentially the same app with a slightly different layout and less sounds! yeah the samples sound cleaner than the old app, but that’s about it. i’ll stick to the old app for now.

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Version 1.2.1 07/22/2024

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Seller: insideout ltd.
Size: 157.7 MB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 14.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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