INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHETIC MUSIC SYSTEMS
Greetings fellow noise makers. If your reading this you’ve probably just taken delivery of a superb piece of
analogue music making equipment we call the MARS.
SMS is a small friendly company hand building analogue music synthesizers. We’re driven by a passion for
electronic music and the classic analogue sound.
Our objective at SMS is to keep all aspects of our business on a very personal level. We take a great deal
of care and pride in every instrument we build and would like each and every one to lead a long and healthy life,
so if we can help you in anyway please get in touch.
INTRODUCTION TO THE MARS
The MARS ( Modular Analogue Rack Synthesizer) is a highly versatile music synthesizer. As a stand-alone
unit it can create the “classic” sounds associated with analogue synthesizers: silky smooth filter sweeps, squealing
lead lines and deep rumbling basses. Its open ended architecture has been carefully designed for expansion. The
front controls allow the five synthesizer circuits within the MARS ( VCLFO, VCO, VCF, VCA, ENV) to be isolated,
the sockets on the rear panel allow signal and modulation routing to be configured to your specification allowing
for true modular synthesis.
Two optional expansion units, The PLANET7 and The BOB, have been designed to interface with the
MARS. The BOB (Break Out Box) will bring the rear patch sockets to the front of the rack with the addition of a
three colour noise generator. The PLANET7 is designed to sit between two MARS units and will also bring the
rear patch sockets to the front with the addition of a three colour noise generator, ring modulator, sample and hold,
mixer, DC level shifter, lag processor, four attenuator/invertors, multi-jack and two front-to-rear bus lines.
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