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.
