Studio Electronics Boomstar Modular - Manual (Page 6)

Boomstar Modular Introduction
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.
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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, PRE 2, and SLATE PRO AUDIO DRAGON and FOX to market, and the air waves worldwide.
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Our Boomstar Modular System’s (Modstar) 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; the
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.
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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 highly collaborative through-hole designs which flowed from the first Nicol/St. Regis
Beer Summit at Winter NAMM ’13. 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 Geoff Farr
who relentlessly hounded the St. Regis bros—“When are the euro modules going to be ready?” “Can I get a single pic?” Looks.
* See pg.12, par. 2 for caveat.
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