Mellotronists

I dream of a six-octave keyboard, G to G.  Keys that duplicate as 
closely as possible the look and feel of Mellotron keyboards, with 
piano-style key lips, keys with a short key dip and a slightly 
rubbery key bed feel, and fully-programmable velocity and channel 
pressure sensitivity.  The instrument has a row of switches and knobs 
above the keyboard that duplicates the knobs of a Mark II, and an 
additional row of controls on a separate panel above that with 
contemporary workstation controls.  The instrument is a sample-
playback device with maximum sample quality available today and HIGH 
polyphony, at least 120 voices.  It contains in ROM every single 
Mellotron sound available, full-length samples of each note, 
including all of the factory loops and SFX setups.  The samples offer 
a choice of recorded-direct and also a couple of different mic-ing 
options, giving the user the choice of what kind of ambience they 
want in their sounds.  It likewise contains in ROM every single 
Chamberlin sound available, every single Orchestron/Optigan sound 
available, and every single Birotron sound available.  I'd even like 
to see the 360 Systems keyboard sound library implemented.  Looped 
sound sources would of course require looped samples.  It also 
contains in ROM a standard set of the typical soundset in most high-
end workstations today like the Triton, Motif, Kurzweil or 
equivalents, and provisions for ROM upgrades.  The instrument would 
have preset "modes" recreating the setups of the Mark II (middle and 
top F# keys would be silenced, yielding "two" keyboards of the 
correct range) the M300 (non-used keys silenced) M400 (likewise 
unused keys silenced) and the same type of emulation of various 
Chamberlin models and the other vintage playback units mentioned 
above.  There would be presets that duplicated the function of a 
fully-loaded Mark II, and there would also be user-programmable slots 
permitting the user to set up their own "Mellotron" from the various 
sound sets available.  In additon to all of that, make the instrument 
a real workstation with 32-track sequencing, a large modern ROM 
soundset and complete "normal" functionality that permitted the user 
the customary abilities to control their own splits and layers, tweak 
sounds to their heart's content, and mix and match both 
the "Mellotron" samples and the modern samples in a more conventional 
workstation style.  Amp simulations, built-in effects, and all of the 
other modern workstation enhancements round out the package.  
Expensive? Probably.  Worth it? Who knows.