5/29/2023 0 Comments Vintage drum sets![]() Chamberlin worked out a deal with the UK-based Mellotronics, enjoying payments from that firm as well as the growing popularity of his Chamberlin products. ![]() If the Rhythmate’s tape-playback mechanism seems reminiscent of the Mellotron-the keyboard famously used by the Beatles, The Moody Blues, and countless others to play pre-recorded strings, flutes, and choral tones-that’s because Chamberlin was the inventor behind the Mellotron as well.Ĭhamberlin brand keyboards were a sensation at NAMM in 1956, but reached greater fame under the Mellotron name after a Chamberlin salesman stole the original patents and sold the idea as his own to a UK company. Pair it with an organ, and you’re ready to soundtrack a boardwalk amusement park or a ‘60s Holiday Inn cocktail lounge. The Rhythmate user can choose between the loops with a slider or can mix two adjacent loops together by placing the slider between them. Chamberlin recorded 14 acoustic drum patterns to individual 1-inch tape loops. ![]() The first sample-based drum machine, the Rhythmate was invented by Harry Chamberlin in 1949.
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