Description

TARS is a fuzz/filter pedal.

It’s a robot looking for life in space too.

But that’s a long story we’ll tell you in the user manual

It comes in a 1.5mm aluminium enclosure with aluminium knobs and faders. All custom and locally made.

The fuzz part is inspired by the Black Hole Symmetry fuzz section.

Put ti through the MS-20 style filter to create fuzzy-noisy textures.

Cut through the mix with the different filter possibilites or sweep between the frequencies to create huge waves of noise.

Controls :

Gain : Placed after the Jfet transistor input stage and followed by silicon gain and clipping stages. Master: Master volume.

CutOff: This fader controls the cutoff frequency of the MS-20 style low pass filter. Based on a LM13700 stage. Goes from 15Hz to 44kHz.

Resonance: Increases the intensity of the signal around the cutoff frequency.

LPF VOL: VCA – sets the outout volume of the filter. Pretty useful to adiust the filter to vour setup. 2p/4p toggle switch: Select the attenuation curve. Cut at -12dB/octave (2p) or at -24dB/octave (4p). Add Fuzz (On/Off) toqqle switch : Add an extra unfiltered fuzz signal. The result is louder and creates cool frequencies boost or cut depending on the cutoff position.

Serial – / / toggle switch: Put the fuzz through the filter – or use both effects in //.

Expression/CV: The Expression/CV control is linked to the cutoff fader.

The cutoff fader value sets the lowest value the EXP pedal can go.