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Thistle Shore — Complete device settings

Thistle Shore is an evolving synth sound made with Meld, Delay, Reverb and Utility.

Signal flow: Meld → Delay → Reverb → Utility.

Controls retain the labels and units shown by the devices. A control in a switched-off section remains inactive until that section is enabled.

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 12.0
A Osc Spacing 12.0
A Osc Scale Aware On
A Reset On
A Reset To Voice Offset On
A Filter On On
A Filter Type SVF 12dB
A Filter Freq 1.55 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 781 ms
A Amp Decay 3.20 s
A Amp Release 1.60 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 On
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 25 %
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

Delay

Control Value
Device On On
Smoothing Repitch
Link Off
Ping Pong On
L Sync Off
R Sync Off
L Time 340 ms
R Time 470 ms
L 16th 3
R 16th 4
L Offset 0.0 %
R Offset 0.0 %
Feedback 30 %
Freeze Off
Filter On On
Filter Freq 1.70 kHz
Filter Width 3.00
LFO Mode Rate
LFO Freq 0.18 Hz
LFO Time 1.00 s
LFO Synced 2
LFO 16th 16 / 16
LFO Wave Triangle
LFO Morph 0.0 %
LFO > Delay 2.0 %
LFO > Filter 4.0 %
Dry/Wet 22 %

Reverb

Control Value
Device On On
Predelay 30.0 ms
In Lo Cut On Off
In Hi Cut On Off
Input Freq 830 Hz
Input Width 5.85
ER Spin On On
ER Spin Rate 0.30 Hz
ER Spin Amount 17.50
ER Shape 0.50
Diff. Hi On On
Diff. Hi Type Shelf
Diff. Hi Freq 3.20 kHz
HiShelf Gain 0.60
Diff. Lo On Off
Diff. Lo Freq 90.0 Hz
LowShelf Gain 0.75
Chorus On On
Chorus Rate 0.02 Hz
Chorus Amount 0.02
Decay Time 3.29 s
Diffusion 60 %
Scale 40 %
Freeze On Off
Flat On On
Cut On On
Room Size 90.00
Size Smoothing Fast
Stereo Image 100.00
Density High
Reflect Level 0.0 dB
Diffuse Level 0.0 dB
Dry/Wet 20 %

Utility

Control Value
Device On On
Left Inv Off
Right Inv Off
Channel Mode Stereo
Stereo Width 100 %
Mono Off
Bass Mono On
Bass Freq 160 Hz
Balance C
Output 7.98 dB
Mute Off
DC Filter On

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