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>  >Mellotrons have a wonderful way of being very present in a rock mix
>>without overpowering it where real symphonic instruments might tend
>>to either dominate it or at the other extreme sound like "background".
>
>And the bonus question: how come this is true?

At the risk of sounding like an empirical know it all bastard that 
one's easy.  1. The dynamic range of melotron samples is very limited 
so the level from the instrument is very predictable.  2. The 
frequency range is also pretty limited not much in the way of bas and 
the high mids are kind of punched up.  3.  The melotron samples 
usually seem to have little or no ambience in them and are basically 
pretty "in your face" tape compression type sounds.