SISAR is a project, supported by the Italian Mechanical Music Association (AMMI), devoted to the conception and development of systems for scanning, listening and recording various types of music storage media for mechanical music instruments. According to the specific characteristics of the supports proper hardware and software architectures have been developed.
The SISAR project is contributing to digitalize the F.I.R.S.T. (Fabbrica Italiana Rulli Sonori Traforati) catalogue thanks to the University of Pavia.