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"THE STUDIO ELECTRONICS BOOMSTAR MODULAR MODSTAR—A SOUND SYSTEM THIRTY YEARS IN THE MAKING: 1985 to 2015
TONE AND TRADITION are the Boomstar Modular Modstar's foundation and purpose. Big tone, pure tone, historically accurate, classic, warm and fat 5U modular tone, in two compete synthesizer expressions: Seito, the compact, 1st class patching powerhouse, and Sensei, the three filter Master Control System—all wrapped up in Pittsburgh Modular’s rugged Move 104, and 108 cases, respectively. Make noises or notes; leave the planet—Milky Way even, or stay in town and put your good foot down on some bass and lead bounce necessities. Play or stray—you'll find your Modstar way.
THE BOOMSTAR MODULAR SYSTEM realizes the seemingly inevitable eurorack sprawl of our semi-modular BOOMSTAR desktop synth, consisting of 14 modules that dramatically open up the root level programming and sound sculpting of that lush and potent, and already flexible Boomstar sound.What makes it tick: Let’s tick ‘em off: Class A 5089, 3003 and AMP *, rugged through-hole construction, discrete circuitry, hand-matched transistors in the filters and amplifier, multi-filtered, hand-crafted, Premium Quality Analog sound. We’d like to think we’ve learned a few things bringing the MIDIMINI, SE1-X, ATC-X, polyphonic CODE Omega synths, ModMax pedals, C2s, Pre2, and Slate Pro Audio Dragon & Fox to market, and the air waves worldwide.
Our Boomstar Modular System’s 5089 circuit mirrors faithfully the filter design from the Minimoog—it is not a style; it’s not a type, not reminiscent of, not vintage inspired—it is the analog sound standard manufactured anew, and how we love it so. Apply the same thinking to our 4075, 3003, and SE80 filters vis-à-vis their originals, and you’ve caught our drift; OSCILLATION and AMP modules also resonate with the Mini’s timeless designs, functionality, and gorgeous, gleaming sound—modernized and reimagined by the maestro Tim Caswell himself, but we’re just getting started here; the SEM filter is on deck.
We hope you are as thrilled with your purchase of the complete system/individual modules as we are with our partnership with PITTSBURGH MODULAR, and the final through-hole designs which flowed from the first Nicol/St. Regis Beer Summit at Winter NAMM 2013. The MODSTAR module breakdown upshot: Filters, Oscillators, and AMP are built by SE, and the intoxicating remainder by our good friends and exceedingly savvy business partners at PGH—without whose invaluable, real world/walking the streets of Euroland insights, experience, and deep resources, this project would have faded to grey. A tip of the SE chapeau to Richard Nicol, Perry, and the full-strength, generally less-weathered outfit at P. M. And to our direct sales and Guru-in-Chief, Geoff Farr, who relentlessly hounded us St. Regis bros—“When are the euro modules going to be ready to ship?” “Can I get a single Boomstar Modular filter pic?” You definitely put on your red shoes...
* Our Class A circuits draw more current from the +12 rail than from the -12 volt rail. If the system power supply is under-sized, hum or buzz may be heard. In that case, larger filter capacitors and/or a larger power transformer will be needed. The 4075 draws equally from both rails, and is more immune to hum."
