The new MARS workstation

The Musical Audio Research Station ( MARS) is a programmable specialized digital machine for real time audio applications which as been entirely developed b y the Italian Bontempi-Farfisa research institute IRIS. MARS has been conceived a s an integrated environment i n which a graphical user interface, an embedded real-time operating system and two IRIS digital audio processors are linked together to create a flexible and an interactive workstation for audio research, musical production a nd computer music pedagogy. MARS has been used i n a wide range of research, musical nd teaching contexts such as universities, music conservatories, computer music research centers, music studios, interactive museums, and in the musical instruments and audio industry. The first version o f MARS, which has been presented a t the ICMC92 was running on Atari computers. I n this paper IRIS will present the new version o f the MARS workstation which has been entirely redesigned for the PC worl d.