Vermona MARS

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"sound-generation: analog, subtractiv
oscillators: 2x VCO with sawtooth, square and pulse; 4x suboscillator; ringmodulator; sync; 2x glide; glissando
filter: VCF, 24dB lowpass; resonance
modulation: 2x LFO with 2x sine, square, triangle, random; variable ratio on each waveform;
LFO 1 with additional preceding Attack-Decay envelope generator
2x ADSR envelope generator
connections: footswitch, envelope out; mono output; MIDI IN, OUT/THRU
memory: 127 patches
housing: 19inch, 1U
optional: programmer with 56 controllers

The M.A.R.S. is a monophonic synthesizer which gives you real analog power in only one rackspace. VCOs, VCF and VCA are build-up discrete upon the classical structure - of course with some special functions - so everyone who know a little bit about analog synthesizers is able to program the M.A.R.S., although its user interface is menu-based.

Oscillators
The two identical oscillators of the M.A.R.S. are completely analog - no DSPs. One oscillator has a sawtooth, a square and a pulse (with fixed pulthwidth) waveform as well as two sub-oscillators which produces squarewaves one and two octaves below the main oscillator. The sub-oscillators can be activated / deactivated separately from each other.
VCO1 can be synchronized to VCO2 (hard-sync) and both VCOs can be multiplied via the ringmodulator. One special feature is, that each oscillator has its own Glide, so you can set individual Glide times which sounds more fat than using the same Glide time for both oscillators. Beside the Glide, both oscillators also have Glissando. Glide and Glissando can be used at the same time!
The oscillators can be modulated by LFO one and its Attack-Decay envelope.

Filter
The M.A.R.S. has a 24dB lowpass filter with resonance. Its CUTOFF frequency can be modulatied by one of the two envelope generators, velocity, keytrack and a LFO. The filters Resonance can be modulated by both envelope generators and LFO2. Additionally, the CUTOFF frequency and RESONANCE can be modulated by different controllers like modulaton wheel, aftertouch, etc.

Low Frequency Oscillators
The M.A.R.S. has two LFOs. Both LFOs have two sine waveforms, a pulse and a triangle wave. The specialty of the LFO shapes is, that their symmetry can be changed. I.e. you can change the pulsewidth of the square waveform or transform the triangle to a negative or positive sawtooth.
LFO1 has an additional preceding ATTACK-DECAY envelope generator that can also be used as Delay parameter.

Envelope Generators
The M.A.R.S. has two classical ADSR envelope generators which modulates the VCA and the VCF. The envelopes can be triggered by keyboard, LFO or both - that offers interesting possibilities for rythmical modulations.

Modulation
Pitchbender, Modulationwheel, Aftertouch and a connectable footswitch can control various functions like CUTOFF frequency, LFO speed and / or intensity, Fine Tune, Glide on/off, etc.
This allows very expressive playing of M.A.R.S. programms.

Memory
The M.A.R.S. offers memory for storing 127 programs."