Emulates a SmartMedia 4MB 5V card. There is no SmartMedia memory chip inside: a small processor answers your gear exactly as an original card would, and keeps your data in its own memory. Its software, the firmware, can be changed from your computer, and comes in two versions.
In any gear with a 5V SmartMedia slot, SmartMare 5V acts as a regular SmartMedia 4MB card: samplers, grooveboxes, synthesizers, and a few early digital cameras. On the BOSS SP-202, it does more: a sample loader and more features made for it. Check your manual: if it says SmartMedia, 5V, 4MB, it belongs here.
| Gear | SmartMare 5V |
|---|---|
| Samplers and grooveboxes | |
| BOSS SP-202 | First targetWith the SP-202 custom firmware: a sample loader app. |
| Roland MC-505 | Compatible |
| Roland JX-305 | Compatible |
| Synthesizers | |
| Roland JP-8080 | Compatible |
| Roland XP-30 | Compatible |
| Digital cameras | |
| Apple QuickTake 200 | Compatible |
| Sega Digio SJ-1 | Compatible |
| Your gear | |
| Something else? | Tell us in the pre-order form or the forum. |
A 3.3V slot needs the other card: SmartMare 3.3V, coming soon, for the BOSS SP-303 and more.
Same card, same price. We install the one you choose, and you can switch any time from your computer.
The same card, with a sample loader for the SP-202.
On your computerPad Editor,the sample loader
Emulates a SmartMedia 4MB 5V card, plus exact backups on your computer.
On your computerCard Manager
Same card, same price: €57–77. The SP-202 firmware is not another card, just a custom firmware for SmartMare 5V. Both firmwares are free on the downloads page, and you can switch as often as you like.
The same card, whatever the firmware. In the slot, it has the size, thickness, notch and 22 contacts of a SmartMedia card. It keeps its 37 mm width all along; the part that stays outside carries the electronics and the USB-C port.
Any gear that takes SmartMedia 4MB 5V cards takes SmartMare 5V. It is just longer than a regular card: 49.5 mm stay outside the slot, so on a camera the card door may not close.
What the card does today is a start.
The firmware, both card managers, and the notes on the card and on the SP-202's sound format. The source code will be published.
Switch firmware or install an update from the card manager, in your browser. No button to press, nothing to install.
More features are on the way. Tell us what you would like in the pre-order form or the forum.
Either firmware, same card. No payment now: we email you before the first batch.