# Polar Beacon — Meld starting settings

Use these settings for the first synthesis stage. Step 2 enables the additional sources or shaping sections and gives their final values.

## Meld

| Control | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Device On | On |
| A On | On |
| A Keytracking | On |
| A Transpose | 0 st |
| A Transp Scale | 0 sd |
| A Octave | 0 oct |
| A Detune | 0 ct |
| A Osc Type | Swarm Triangle  (♭♯) |
| A Osc Motion | 28.0 |
| A Osc Spacing | 24.0 |
| A Osc Scale Aware | On |
| A Reset | On |
| A Reset To Voice Offset | On |
| A Filter On | Off |
| A Filter Type | SVF 12dB |
| A Filter Freq | 2.60 kHz |
| A Filter Q | 12.0 |
| A Filter L-B-H-N | 0.0 |
| A Filter Filter Scale Aware | On |
| A LFO 1 Type | Basic Shapes |
| A LFO 1 Sync | Free |
| A LFO 1 Retrigger | On |
| A LFO 1 Rate | 1.00 Hz |
| A LFO 1 S. Rate | 1/8 |
| A LFO 1 Phase | 0.0° |
| A LFO 1 Shape | 0.0 |
| A LFO 1 Fold | 0.0 |
| A LFO 1 FX 1 Type | Attenuverter |
| A LFO 1 FX 1 Scale | 0.0 |
| A LFO 1 FX 2 Type | Fade In |
| A LFO 1 FX 2 Ramp | 0.0 |
| A LFO 2 Waveform | Sine |
| A LFO 2 Sync | Free |
| A LFO 2 Rate | 6.00 Hz |
| A LFO 2 S. Rate | 1/4 |
| A LFO 2 Retrigger | Off |
| A LFO 2 Phase Offset | 0.0° |
| A Amp Attack | 650 ms |
| A Amp Decay | 3.20 s |
| A Amp Release | 1.90 s |
| A Amp A Slope | 0.0 % |
| A Amp D Slope | 50 % |
| A Amp R Slope | 50 % |
| A Amp Sustain | -4.0 dB |
| A Amp Loop Mode | None |
| A Mod Attack | 1.00 ms |
| A Mod Decay | 600 ms |
| A Mod Release | 50.0 ms |
| A Mod Initial | 0.0 % |
| A Mod Peak | 100 % |
| A Mod Sustain | 0.0 % |
| A Mod Final | 0.0 % |
| A Mod A Slope | 0.0 % |
| A Mod D Slope | 50 % |
| A Mod R Slope | 50 % |
| A Mod Loop Mode | None |
| A Tone Filter | 0.00 |
| A Pan | C |
| A Volume | -10 dB |
| A Glide Mode | Portamento |
| A Glide Time | 0.00 ms |
| B On | Off |
| B Keytracking | On |
| B Transpose | 0 st |
| B Transp Scale | 0 sd |
| B Octave | 1 oct |
| B Detune | 0 ct |
| B Osc Type | Basic Shapes |
| B Osc Shape | 0.0 |
| B Osc Tone | 0.0 |
| B Osc Scale Aware | On |
| B Reset | On |
| B Reset To Voice Offset | On |
| B Filter On | On |
| B Filter Type | SVF 12dB |
| B Filter Freq | 3.60 kHz |
| B Filter Q | 0.0 |
| B Filter L-B-H-N | 0.0 |
| B Filter Filter Scale Aware | On |
| B LFO 1 Type | Basic Shapes |
| B LFO 1 Sync | Free |
| B LFO 1 Retrigger | On |
| B LFO 1 Rate | 1.00 Hz |
| B LFO 1 S. Rate | 1/8 |
| B LFO 1 Phase | 0.0° |
| B LFO 1 Shape | 0.0 |
| B LFO 1 Fold | 0.0 |
| B LFO 1 FX 1 Type | Attenuverter |
| B LFO 1 FX 1 Scale | 0.0 |
| B LFO 1 FX 2 Type | Fade In |
| B LFO 1 FX 2 Ramp | 0.0 |
| B LFO 2 Waveform | Sine |
| B LFO 2 Sync | Free |
| B LFO 2 Rate | 6.00 Hz |
| B LFO 2 S. Rate | 1/4 |
| B LFO 2 Retrigger | Off |
| B LFO 2 Phase Offset | 0.0° |
| B Amp Attack | 1.10 s |
| B Amp Decay | 4.00 s |
| B Amp Release | 2.20 s |
| B Amp A Slope | 0.0 % |
| B Amp D Slope | 50 % |
| B Amp R Slope | 50 % |
| B Amp Sustain | -6.0 dB |
| B Amp Loop Mode | None |
| B Mod Attack | 1.00 ms |
| B Mod Decay | 600 ms |
| B Mod Release | 50.0 ms |
| B Mod Initial | 0.0 % |
| B Mod Peak | 100 % |
| B Mod Sustain | 0.0 % |
| B Mod Final | 0.0 % |
| B Mod A Slope | 0.0 % |
| B Mod D Slope | 50 % |
| B Mod R Slope | 50 % |
| B Mod Loop Mode | None |
| B Tone Filter | 0.00 |
| B Pan | C |
| B Volume | -22 dB |
| B Glide Mode | Portamento |
| B Glide Time | 0.00 ms |
| Engine B Delay | 0.00 ms |
| Drive | 5.0 % |
| Limiter On | Off |
| Link Envelopes | Off |
| Scale Aware | Off |
| Voice Spread | 0 % |
| Volume | -8.0 dB |
| Mono Legato | On |

### Voicing and modulation

Set these voice and controller assignments for both engines. Unlisted modulation cells remain at zero. Spread moves each engine’s detuning and pan in opposite directions. The engine oscillator macros provide additional internal motion.

| Control | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Voicing | Poly |
| Poly voices | 8 |
| Stacked voices | Off |
| Spread → A Detune | 50 |
| Pitch Bend → A Pitch Mod | 7 st |
| Note Pitch Bend → A Pitch Mod | 48 st |
| Spread → A Pan | 50 |
| Velocity → A Volume | 50 |
| Spread → B Detune | -50 |
| Pitch Bend → B Pitch Mod | 7 st |
| Note Pitch Bend → B Pitch Mod | 48 st |
| Spread → B Pan | -50 |
| Velocity → B Volume | 50 |

[Build guide](BUILD_GUIDE.md) · [Read these settings on playgrid.cc](https://playgrid.cc/tutorials/polar-beacon/starting-state/)