A new 4MB 5V memory card for old samplers, synthesizers and cameras.
SmartMare is new hardware that emulates a SmartMedia 4MB 5V card: your gear sees an original card. Those cards stopped being made years ago, and used ones are rare and expensive. And SmartMare has a USB-C port: plug it into your computer to back up the card.
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Slide it into your gear: it formats, saves and loads your sounds and songs exactly like an original SmartMedia 4MB 5V card.
Plug it in with a USB cable and save everything on it to your computer. Put it back any time.
On a BOSS SP-202 sampler, put your own WAV files on its pads from your computer, and get its sounds back out.
Anything that takes SmartMedia 4MB 5V cards: samplers, grooveboxes, synthesizers, and a few early digital cameras. Check your manual: if it says SmartMedia, 5V, 4MB, SmartMare works in it.
| Gear | SmartMare |
|---|---|
| Samplers and grooveboxes | |
| BOSS SP-202 | Tested |
| Roland MC-505 | Being tested |
| Roland JX-305 | Being tested |
| Synthesizers | |
| Roland JP-8080 | Being tested |
| Roland XP-30 | Being tested |
| Digital cameras | |
| Apple QuickTake 200 | Not tested yet |
| Fujifilm DS-7, DS-8 | Not tested yet |
| Kenox SSC-350N | Not tested yet |
| Minolta Dimage V | Not tested yet |
| Philips ESP60, ESP80 | Not tested yet |
| Sega Digio SJ-1 | Not tested yet |
| Your gear | |
| Something else? | Tell us in the pre-order form. |
SmartMare is longer than a regular card: about 4 cm stay outside the slot, so on a camera the card door may not close. Exact size and more: How it works.
Reserve your cards in the first batch.
A small, thin memory card from the late '90s. Samplers, grooveboxes, synthesizers and early digital cameras saved their sounds, songs, settings and photos on it. It came in several sizes and two voltages: SmartMare emulates the 4MB 5V kind, the one the gear above uses. Nobody makes these cards anymore, and used ones are getting rare and expensive.
There is no SmartMedia memory chip inside. A small processor answers your gear exactly as a SmartMedia 4MB 5V card would, and keeps your data in its own memory. Your gear cannot tell the difference. That is also what lets SmartMare talk to your computer over USB-C.
If your gear takes SmartMedia 4MB 5V cards, yes: SmartMare has the same shape and contacts. It is longer, though: about 4 cm stay outside the slot, with the USB-C port. Tested in the BOSS SP-202; the others are being tested. Exact size
It is the same card with extra software for the BOSS SP-202: from your computer, you put your own sounds on its pads and get its sounds back out as WAV files. You can switch between the two versions at any time.
No. Plugged into a computer, the card shows up like a USB stick with its own page on it. Open it in Chrome or Edge and you are ready.
Yes, in your browser, no card needed: try the demos.
No. The pre-order reserves cards in the first batch. The final price will be between €57 and €77, depending on how many cards are made: we email it to you with the date before the batch, and you confirm only if you still want the cards.
Yes. The source code will be published, and more features are on the way. Tell us what you would like in the form.
No. SmartMare is an independent product by Dead Horse Engineering, not affiliated with or endorsed by Roland Corporation or the owners of the SmartMedia trademark. Their names are used only to say what the card works with.