USER MANUAL

POLARIS
CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3
WELCOME 4
DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING 5
THE SPITFIRE APP PREFERENCES 6
THE DEDICATED PLUGIN 7
STANDARD INTERFACE (QUICK LOOK) 8
EDNA INTERFACE (QUICK LOOK) 10
PRESET SELECTOR 12
MAIN CONTROLS 14
TECHNIQUE SELECTOR 15
TECHNIQUE EDITOR 17
SIGNAL MIXER 18
MAIN FX 19
GRANULAR FX PAGE 20
THE EDNA MAIN CONTROLS 21
THE EDNA FX PAGES 24
EDNA BAY A FX 25
EDNA BAY B FX 27
AUX FX 29
MASTER FX 31
GATE SEQUENCER 34
TOP MENU 35
MICROPHONE SIGNALS 39
STRING ORCHESTRA TECHNIQUES 40
APPENDIX A — FAQS AND TROUBLESHOOTING 41
APPENDIX B — TECHNIQUES/MICS/MIXES 46
APPENDIX C — DEFAULT CC MAPPINGS 47

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INTRODUCTION
A modern string orchestra imitating classic synth sounds, from the mind of Grammy-nominated
composer, electronic music pioneer & technologist Brian Transeau, AKA BT, Polaris is a
mesmerising aural innovation which tastefully pairs the worlds of synthesis and orchestra, an
encyclopaedia of new and inspiring sounds with almost endless possibilities, perfect for taking
your scores into 2022 and beyond.

Massive multi-layers of complex yet accessible organic string orchestral recordings, resampled
using an array of classic and rare synthesisers (Fairlight, EMU E-II and more), a cosmic collection of
new string techniques has been specifically orchestrated to emulate electronic music production
techniques. This sophisticated and eclectic sound library, performed by London’s top tier
contemporary players at renowned AIR Lyndhurst Hall, captures the future of blockbuster scoring.

QUICK SPECS MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.13 to OS 12

Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB

RAM.

Recommended: 2.8GHz i7 (six-core), 16GB RAM.

M1 Apple computers are supported and 64 bit DAW

required.

(32 bit DAWs not supported)

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows

11. (latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

Minimum: Intel Core 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD

Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM

Recommended: Intel 2.8GHz i7 (six-core) or

(32 bit DAWs not supported)

• Download Size 44.55GB

• Dedicated plugin (AU, VST2, VST3, AAX)

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WELCOME

Polaris is perfect for creating the most modern The EDNA interface allows you to play and
and unique compositions possible, this sound pair 2 sound sources from the incredible 129
library delivers an intricate layering of all-new articulations available. Manipulate, layer and
extended string techniques imitating classic blend sounds with FX, gates and much more
synths sounds, orchestrated by BT, brought
to create a whole new personalised sound to
together with synths and tape resampling to
fit your music.
create dense and provoking new timbres,
creating a widescreen cinematic sound world.
Go further with the all new granular
BT, Spitfire and an amazing group of sound engine inside this library allows further
artists including BlankFor.MS, Deft Audio, Garth customisation, take your sounds to bold new
& Aric, resampled the organic and synth samples places - Watch Christian’s Walkthrough for
through classic and rare samplers including the some out of this world examples.
EMU E-II, Fairlight (known for the Terminator 2
OST) and Ensoniq Mirage, as well as various Discover 421 expertly created presets crafted
cassette and VHS tape machines. Harkening by BT himself and the Spitfire team, perfect
back to the golden age of granular synthesis and
to start your own creation or for music
inspired by films such as Terminator 2, Arrival,
producers working on a deadline - there are
Logan’s Run, Blade Runner, and Dr. Who, these
interstellar sonics usher in an array of epic a plethora of modern sounds to discover.
futuristic sounds with a firmly retro grounding.
Brian Transeau (BT) is a Grammy-nominated
The string techniques are available as electronic music composer, software
organic techniques, the band was arranged developer, DJ, and film composer; a hyper-
and recorded at AIR Studios Lyndhurst Hall, focused, detail-obsessed INTJ; a husband,
in a configuration complimentary to synth dad, and overachiever. Obsessed with
sounds, with basses, celli and viola in the learning, he believes in the beauty and value
middle, spreading violins wide left and right, of change. BT is most comfortable when
which achieves a unique tonality, delivering uncomfortable; growth, iteration and learning
a string sound hard to come by in other high are fundamental tenets of his work.
quality string libraries.
In his own words, “My greatest passion is
On top of all this there is a stunning array inspiring people through evocative music
of classic synths at your fingertips - deep that speaks directly to the human condition,
samples from classics such as the CS-80, and through new music technologies that
Lexicon 224, Prophet T8, Oberheim OB-Xa, encourage the creative spark”.
Matrix 12, Jupiter 8, and Prophet 5.
Collaborating with Spitfire Audio, BT has
Whether you are a tweakhead or time- captured a sample of the orchestra that
conscious composer preferring presets, reflects the sounds composers have long
Polaris has what you need - Made up of reached for in use for media; successfully
three parts; the organic Strings Orchestra, mixing organic strings and synth lines to
Classic synths and Vintage Resampling create something otherworldly, something
including manipulated sounds via tape, VHS beyond the realm of our known universe.
and more, there are endless possibilities for
experimentation and customisation inside
the EDNA engine as well as the new granular
machine.

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DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING

Thank you for buying Polaris. If you are new to Spitfire Audio you can get up to speed here:
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/about/

First though, grab the ‘Spitfire Audio App’ from this link, this app will enable you to download the
library: http://www.spitfireaudio.com/info/library-manager/

THE SPITFIRE AUDIO APP 1. TABS the default tab is My Products, which
shows all of the libraries on your Spitfire
When you launch the app you will be Account. Downloads will show currently
prompted to login using the same details downloading products.
you use at our site. Then you’ll see the page
pictured below: 2. FILTERS Clicking these filters will quickly
display products you’ve yet to install, those
already installed, and any available updates.
Clicking again will remove the filter.

3. LIBRARY All libraries and plugins in your

collection will appear with their artwork on
the My Products tab. Clicking this artwork
will open the product page. This is a great
place to find information such as system
requirements and instructions as well as
Reset and Repair options.

4. INSTALL/UPDATE buttons allow you to

quickly start a download directly from the My
Products tab, instead of clicking through to
the Library. Next to the button the size of the
download is shown.

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THE SPITFIRE APP PREFERENCES

If this is your first time using the Spitfire

Audio App for a download you may wish to
first navigate to the Settings tab. Here you
can set the Default Content location for
where you wish to download your libraries.
You can also you can set the default VST2
install location to the folder where your DAW
expects to find VST files.

Here you can also enable Auto Login to save

time in future.

Once you are happy with your preferences,

click the Install button for the library. This is
either directly on My Products tab under the
library artwork, or it can be found by clicking
on the library image and clicking the install
button on the page that appears.

Clicking either of these will prompt you for a

location, the default content location in your
preferences will be suggested but you can
select any suitable location. If installing from
a hard drive, ensure that you choose the
drive as the location.

Once you are happy with the location click

Download.

After clicking install you will be directed to

the Downloads tab where you can watch the
progress if you like. You can of course leave
the Downloads tab and start other downloads
but at this point you should leave the Spitfire
App open until the download completes.

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THE DEDICATED PLUGIN

Polaris is its own, self contained plugin

built for VST, AU and AAX, so once you’ve
downloaded and installed you’re ready to go.

LOGIC PRO X

• On a fresh project, a track dialogue box will

automatically pop up

• Choose ‘Software Instrument’, and then

look beneath the ‘Instrument’ dropdown

• Select AU Instruments > Spitfire Audio >

Polaris

CUBASE

• Right-click the track window and choose

‘Add Instrument Track’

• Underneath the ‘Instrument’ dropdown,

choose Polaris

• Select ‘Add Track’

PRO TOOLS

• Go to the ‘Track’ menu at the top of the

screen, and select ‘New’

• In the pop-up, select Stereo and Instrument

Track, and press ‘Create’

• In the first Insert slot, select multichannel

plug-in and ‘Instrument’

• You should see the Polaris available as an

option

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STANDARD INTERFACE (QUICK LOOK)

THE POLARIS STANDARD INTERFACE

OPENING YOUR FIRST PRESETS 1. TOP MENU

When you first open Polaris, this is what you 2. PRESET SELECTOR
will see.
3. MAIN CONTROLS

4. TECHNIQUE SELECTOR

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 SIGNAL MIXER

CONTROLLERS

REVERB CONTROLS

KEYBOARD & INFO

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EDNA INTERFACE (QUICK LOOK)
THE POLARIS SYNTH INTERFACE (EDNA)

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 MAIN CONTROLS

SOUND BAYS

WOBBLES

ENVELOPE

MIXER

KEYBOARD & INFO

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 PRESET SELECTOR

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1. PRESET NAME 4. INSTRUMENT GROUP

Here you can see the currently selected As you scroll through the available presets,
preset. the instrument group is displayed here.

2. CLEAR FILTERS 5. STAR

Click here to show all instruments at once. Favourite to add to the “starred” filter.

3. FILTERS 6. PREVIEW
Click on a filter to only show those preset Play back a short example of the preset
grouped by the filter. without having to load it. Enormously helpful
when choosing a sound.

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7. PRESET LIST

Scroll through the list of presets here.

Double-click to load a preset or click the
‘Load’ button.

8. NEXT, PREVIOUS AND SAVE

With the presets view collapsed, you will

be able to see the Next, Previous and Save
icons.

Next and Previous will send you to the next

available preset - if you have a filter enabled,
you will scroll through the filtered set of
presets.

Save allows you to save your own preset,

click save, name the preset and it will appear
under the “user” filter.

9. INFORMATION

Hover over on the “i” icon to see some

information about the preset.

10. LOAD

Select a preset and then press “load” (or

double-click the preset).

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MAIN CONTROLS

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1. VOLUME Reverb - Increase to add reverberation to the

sound.
Often referred to as “Expression” in our
Kontakt Libraries, this is a simple level Release - Extend the ends of long
control for you to adjust along with... articulations to help blur between notes.

2. DYNAMICS Tightness - Increase to eat into the sample

start point. Useful for tighter passages for a
Adjust the dynamic layer that you are playing more snappy response.
here, use in conjunction with the volume to
make your performances sound so much Variation - Alter the loop point of the sample
more musical. to varying the overall sound of the technique
chosen.
3. KNOB

The configurable knob allows you to control

any of the other available parameters for the
particular technique.

Hover over the knob and it will turn red.

Click and you will be able to assign any of

the remaining available controls to the knob.

Right click on any of these controls to assign

them to a MIDI controller. Remember that if
you assign a MIDI controller to a parameter
via the knob, the MIDI controller will follow
the parameter rather than being permanently
assigned to the knob.

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TECHNIQUE SELECTOR

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1. TECHNIQUE SWITCHER 6. TECHNIQUE TRIGGER

Click to select a technique. Shift-Click to With the technique trigger section you can
select multiple techniques. The red dot in the choose to trigger techniques using various
top left shows which technique(s) will play, parameters:
the black outline shows which technique will
be affected by any changes you make to the KEYSWITCH: Pick a key on the keyboard
other options in this page. that will select this technique. The selected
keys will show up in green for unselected
2. VIEW SELECT techniques and in orange for selected
techniques.
Choose between the Technique Switcher,
Mixer, Effects and the auto arranger. The CC RANGE: Choose a CC# and a range of
Technique Switcher, Effects and Auto values (or a single value) for the control that
Arranger are covered in the following you want to trigger this technique.
chapters of this manual.
VEL. RANGE: Switch technique based on
how hard you are playing. You might want
3. TECHNIQUE NAVIGATION
to trigger longs when playing softly and
pizzicato when playing hard.
This option is visible when more than 8
articulations are available. Click the right
MIDI CHANNEL: Switch techniques based on
arrow to access additional techniques.
the incoming MIDI channel.

4. KEYSWITCH ADJUST SPEED: Switch technique based on the

speed of playing. Specify the time interval
Click and drag to move the keyswitches to between notes to switch to a particular
the left or right on your keyboard. technique.

5. LOCK

Click here to lock off the technique section

and prevent any unwanted changes.

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7. ACTIVATE

Choose between “NORMAL” and “LATCH” for LAYER +2: This option will play the round
your technique switching. robins from the tone above the key played
but transposed down so that it plays at the
A “normal” keyswitch will change articulation right pitch.
and remain on the changed articulation until
the next keyswitch is pressed. LAYER -2: This option will play the round
robins from the tone BELOW the key played
Latch will switch articulation until the but transposed UP so that it plays at the right
keyswitch note is released. On release, the pitch.
keyswitch returns the original articulation.
12. TRANSPOSE
8. ROUND ROBINS
Transpose the instrument up or down in 1
Round robins are a way to ensure that semitone increments. This control does not
repeated notes don’t sound robotic and stretch the samples, but instead transposes
unnatural. We record the same note multiple the incoming MIDI notes. To adjust samples,
times and then cycle through them. Here you use the tune knob explained on page 34.
can choose to reduce the number of round
robins that are being used. 13. TECHNIQUE EDITOR
9. RESET ON TRANSPORT Opens the Techniques Editor, allowing you to
customise and edit your preset (see pg. 17).
If you’re worried about the effect of the
round robins making each run through of
your session sound different, you can choose
to reset the round robins using the DAW
transport.

10. RESET FROM KEY

You can also reset the round robins using a

keyswitch. Choose that keyswitch here.

11. OPTIONS

NEIGHBOUR ZONE RR: Double the number

of round robins by “stealing” notes from
neighbouring notes and transposing them to
match the pitch.

LAYER X2: Thicken the sound by layering

round robins on top of one another. This
option will play round robins 1/2 followed by
3/4, effectively halving the number of round
robins.

LAYER X2 (NO SKIP): Same as above but this

time you will be playing 1/2 followed by 2/3
and so on, meaning that you will not halve
the number of round robins available.

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TECHNIQUE EDITOR

In the Technique Editor you can remove and reorder techniques from the current preset.

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1. CATEGORIES 3. TECHNIQUES ARRANGER

The Categories panel allows you to filter The panel on the right is where your current
between all available techniques for this articulations are displayed. Click and drag
specific preset. these to re-arrange the order. Clicking the ‘x’
in the top right corner deletes the technique.
2. TECHNIQUES Click the ‘trash-can’ in the upper corner to
remove all techniques completely in a single
click.
The central ‘Techniques’ panel shows all
available techniques for each preset. Click
the ‘+’ to add techniques back into your 2. CANCEL / SAVE
current preset.
Once you’re done, click ‘Save’. If you have
made a mistake and don’t want to save,
choose ‘Cancel’ instead to go back to your
previous settings.

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SIGNAL MIXER

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1. MIXER PRESETS 6. VIEW SELECT

Load and save your own mixer presets Choose between the Technique Switcher,
here, this is a good way for you to share Mixer and Effects.
your mixes across different instruments and
presets. Click on the down arrows to save 7. SIGNAL NAVIGATION
and the up arrows to load.
Click the right arrow to access additional
To rename a preset after saving or delete a signals. Unused signals are greyed out.
preset, browse to Polaris > Presets > Mix in
the finder and edit the .mpreset files. 8. STEREO WIDTH
2. GLOBAL Adjust the stereo width of the close and
vintage signals here. Right-click to assign to
When switched off any changes to mixer will a MIDI cc#. Affects Close and Vintage signals
only affect the technique you have selected. only.

3. TECHNIQUE NAME 9. PAN

4. SIGNAL ON/OFF Adjust the position of the close and vintage

signals within the stereo field. Affects Close
Here you can turn signals on or off (you can and Vintage signals only.
also turn them on by fading them up). If you
turn a signal on, pay attention to the LED in 10. INVERT
the top left of Polaris, if it is flashing red, it
means that the samples are still loading into Click to swap the left and right channels.
RAM and you should wait before playing
again to avoid glitches. 11. LOCK
5. SIGNAL FADER Click to lock the Mixer. This will prevent
further changes to the mixer by CC or
Adjust the level of each signal here, right- Mouse.
click to learn MIDI cc# automation.

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MAIN FX

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1. VIEW SELECT Many users turn up the tightness when

recording in MIDI notes, turning it back down
Choose between the Technique Switcher, and using a negative delay on the track in
Mixer, Effects and the auto arranger. The the DAW for tighter timing.
Technique Switcher, Effects and Auto
Arranger are covered in the following 7. VARIATION
chapter of this manual.
Alter the loop point of the sample to varying
3. NOISE FX the overall sound of the technique chosen.

Control the level of the added noise. Change 8. VIBRATO

the noise type using the dropdown menu.
Crossfade between no vibrato and full
4. ATTACK vibrato.

Control how long it takes the sound to fade 9. REVERB

in from 0db. Measured in ms.
You can add additional reverb to the sound
5. RELEASE here.

Allows you to change the amount of release Choose from a list of impulse responses
trigger you hear. This only applies to Long using the dropdown menu.
techniques.

6. TIGHTNESS

The start of a short note is often not the start

of the ‘sound’ of the instrument.

This control cuts further into the note to

make it tighter but can detract from realism

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GRANULAR FX PAGE

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1. DELAY 8. TUNING
The time offset from within the delay line from The pitch tuning of grains in semitones.
which the grains are generated.
9. TUNING SPREAD
2. DELAY SPREAD
Random distribution of grain tune, measured as a
Random distribution of delay times, measured a semitone from the grain tune parameter.
percentage of the delay parameter.
10. TUNING QUANTISE
3. DURATION
Select which scale the tuning of the grains should
The duration of each grain. follow.

4. DURATION SPREAD 11. FILTER LOW

Random distribution of grain duration, measured A specific low pass filter for the granular ef-
as a percentage of the duration parameter. fect

5. FREQUENCY 12. FILTER HIGH

The frequency at which new grains are generated. A specific high pass filter for the granular ef-
fect
6. FREQUENCY SPREAD
Random distribution of grain frequency, measured 13. `FILTER SPREAD
as a percentage of the grain frequency parameter.
Random distribution of grain frequency,
measured as a percentage of the grain fre-
7. REVERB
quency parameter.

14. MIX

The overall mix of the granular effect.

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THE EDNA MAIN CONTROLS

1. VOLUME Hover over, and click and you will be able to assign
any of the remaining available controls to the knob.
Often referred to as “Expression” in our Kontakt Li-
braries, this is an overall level control. Tip: ALT right click any control to assign it to this
knob.
2. DYNAMICS / MOD WHEEL

This control, automatically assigned to the modula- Tip: Right click on any of these controls to assign
tion wheel, will control the mixer. them to a MIDI controller. Remember that if you as-
sign a MIDI controller to a parameter via the knob,
3. KNOB the MIDI controller will follow the parameter rather
than being permanently assigned to the knob.
The configurable knob controls any of the other
available parameters for the technique selected.
a. b. g. h. i.

c. d. e. f.
1 . S O U N D BAYS the available sounds (d). Finally, use (g) to view the
main eDNA panel, (h) to view the FX Pages and (i)
The Sound Bays display which sounds are loaded to view the Gate Sequencer.
(b) and allow you to favourite (a) and mute (e) the
sound as well as swapping the bays with the but-
ton in the centre (f).

You can also browse for, and load different sounds

from the browser (b) as well as unloading the
sound (c) and navigating back and forth through
a. b.

2. WO B BLES
Wobbles are low frequency oscillators (LFOs) Each of these has a frequency (a) and an amount
which are linked to Volume, Pitch and Filter. (b) which you can change by clicking and dragging
up or down. These can be assigned to your MIDI
controller by right clicking.
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 a. b. c. d. e. f.

3. EN V ELO PE S E C T I O N
ADSR - The ADSR controls the amplitude envelope
This section is made up of the Filters and ADSR of the sound.

Filters - Two filters, low pass (cuts frequencies Adjust the Attack (c) to create a slow or fast fade
above the cutoff point) and high pass, (cuts fre- in to your sound.
quencies below the cutoff point)
The Decay (d) drops the volume to the “Sustain”
Click and drag the curve (a) up or down to adjust level (e).
the frequency cut off of the filter. Pull the slider (b)
left to right to adjust the resonance of the filter. Release (f) sets the time it takes the sound to de-
cay to 0dB after you release a note.
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h.

i. j. k.

4. SA M PL E / NOT E C ONT R OL S 4e. Glide ON - This activates the glide control.

4a. Tune - Adjusts the pitch of the sample in 50 4e Glide On/Off - Click to activate portamento be-
cent (quarter tone or half semitone) steps. To have tween notes.
a smooth dial (which moves in 5 cent steps) click
SHIFT and then move the knob. 4f. Glide Amount - Slide this amount up to increase
the time it takes to reach the target note, exagger-
4b. Pan - Moves the instrument within the stereo ating the glides between notes.
field left and right.
4g. Bend Amount - This controller sets the extreme
4c. Offset - Is the quickest way of changing the bend amount up to 2400 cents.
samples you’re using. Use this in conjunction with
the tune knob to get the desired effect. 4h. % Bend - This controller then sets how much
in % the pitch bends. For example, if you set the
In context: offsetting by + 7 keys, you will hear the right to 2400 cents, then the left to -100% you get
sample for the note 7 keys higher. If you then tune a bend of -2400 cents. If you put the left slider to
down 7 semitones you will hear the correct note +50% you get a bend of +1200 cents.
with a different sample.
4i. Clone On - This activates the clone control.
4d. Trim - Is a gain stage. It helps you tweak the
volume balance between sound bay A & B. 4j. Coarse Tune - This tunes the clone up and down
in 100 cent (1 semitone) steps to +/- 1200 cents (1
In Context: use this if a Bay A instruments needs octave).
balancing against Bay B.
4k. Fine Tune - This tunes the clone further in small-
Bend Controls - These control what happens when er increments +/- 100 cents (1 semitone/halftone).
you use the pitch bend wheel.

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 5. O SC IL LAT E MI X E R
5e. The X-FADER - This is the cross fader be-
The mixer cross fades between the sound in Bay tween bay a & b.
A and Bay B, much like a DJ’s mixer.
5e. Start/ Phase - This slider controls where the
5a. Oscillate On - Switch this to turn on the Os- x-fader starts and which direction it moves first.
cillator
50/50 position on note release. When this op-
5b. Stop On Release - this returns the fader to the tion is off the x-fader returns to 50/50, after the
sounds in bay a and b have stopped playing.
5c. Speed - Synced to your host DAW tempo, ad-
just up or down to affect the frequency of the Os- 5g. Oscillator Shape - These toggle between the
cillator. standard ‘equal’ shape moving left and right, to a
more jagged shape to uni-directional.
5d. Direction Strength - These control the amount
the XFader travels in each direction. Both sliders
at 50% will oscillate half way in and out of each
bay.

a. b. c. d. e. f. g.

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THE EDNA FX PAGES

ENDA FX SIGNAL FLOW

Below is a diagram of what the signals are doing under eDNA’s hood so you can best decide at
which stage you wish to add and tweak your effects.

We have pre-curated the FX racks according to their stage in the signal path. Common send FX
such as Reverbs and Delays are found on the AUX FX. Phases, Flangers and Distortions are found
as direct inserts, for example Bay A and B.

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EDNA BAY A FX
SHAPE PEAK

A Ladder Peak filter that emphasises frequencies

Associated with a talk box effect, a filter which can at the cut off point
target the vowel sounds.
Cutoff - Changes the frequency centre of the filter.
Talk - Controls the frequency response of the filter.
Resonance - This control emphasises the filter cut
Shape - Similar to a resonance control on a synth, off point.
this control provides a boost or cut to the notches.
Gain - Control the overall volume after the filter
Size - Similar to a frequency cutoff control. stage.
PHONIC AMP

Bass - Modifies Bass frequencies

Similar to the shape, this is another filter emphasis-
ing vowel sounds. Mid - Modifies Mid frequencies
Cutoff - changes the frequency centre of the filter. Treble - Modifies High frequencies
Resonance - This control emphasises the filter cut Presence - Boosts upper mid frequencies.
off point.
Preamp - Use this to increase drive and distortion.

Output - Adjust the volume level after the FX.

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DISTORT CHORUS

Drive - Increase or decrease the amount of disto- Depth - The LFO modulation amount.
tion.
Speed - The Frequency of the LFO.
Damp - Increase this to increase high frequencies.
Similar to a presence control. Phase - The phase difference between left and the
right chanels.
Output - Adjust the volume level after the FX.
Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original
FLANGER signal, and the processed signal.

AUX SENDS

Depth - The LFO modulation amount. Increase this

for a greater range of sweeping.

Feedback - Controls the amount of output signal 8 FX sends. These will not be heard unless activat-
that is returned into the input. ed under the AUX FX section.

Speed - Controls the rate of the LFO variation. 2x Delay and Reverb.

Phase - The phase difference between the left Convolution, Chorus, Flanger and Phaser. Turn the
and the right channels. sends on, and adjust the FX settings in the AUX FX
returns area.
Colour - Adjusts the delay of the effect, lower val-
ues result in an effect similar to a Phaser.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal.

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EDNA BAY B FX
FORM NOTCH

Similar to Peak however the Notch Filter cuts two

A filter which can target the vowel sounds. bands either side of the cut off point.

Talk - Controls the frequency response of the filter. Cutoff - changes the frequency centre of the filter.

Shape - Similar to a resonance control on a synth, Resonance - This control emphasises the filter cut
this control provides a boost or cut to the notches. off point.

Size - Similar to a frequency cutoff control. Gain - Overall volume output after the FX.

SONANT DIGITAL

Similar to Phonic. Bits - Adjust the quantisation of the audio to a dif-

ferent bit-depth.
Cutoff - changes the frequency centre of the filter.
Sratio - Adjust the samples of the audio to a differ-
Resonance - This control emphasises the filter cut ent sample rate
off point.
Noise - Adds noise to the audio signal.

Colour - Adds a frequency variation to the noise.

Output - Overall volume output after the FX.

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BIAS PHASER

A saturation based Amplifier. Depth - The LFO modulation amount. Increase this
for a greater range of sweeping.
Saturate - Increase this to add a gentle compres-
sion. Similar to the drive of analogue tape. Feedback - Controls the amount of output signal
that is returned into the input.
Output - Overall volume output after the FX.
Speed - Controls the rate of the LFO variation on
CONVOLUTION the all pass filter.

Phase - The phase difference between the left

and the right channels.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal.

AUX SENDS

Pre Delay - Adjust the onset of the reverb in ms.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal.

Drop-down Menu - Choose from a range of differ-

ent impulses. 8 FX sends. These will not be heard unless activat-
ed under the AUX FX section.

2x Delay and Reverb.

Convolution, Chorus, Flanger and Phaser. Turn the

sends on, and adjust the FX settings in the AUX FX
returns area.

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AUX FX
Aux FX are the FX called by the AUX sends from Bay A and Bay B FX. You can also send
to AUX FX from the Master FX. To hear these FX, the sends need to be active under Master FX,

DELAY 1 & 2

Size - Increase the size to give the impression of a

larger room.

Stereo - Increase the stereo width of the reverb.

Damp - The room absorption control.

Colour - Lower values will resemble softer room

material, whereas higher values resemble more re-
flective surfaces.

Return - Overall FX Volume level.

CONVOLUTION
Time - The delay time in notation. For example 1/8
= a delay time of 1 quaver / 8th note.

Damp - With each delay repetition the high fre-

quencies are attenuated.

Pan - Create a stereo delay where delay fluctuates

between L/R channels.

Feedback - Controls the amount of repetitions that

occur.

Return - Overall FX volume level.

REVERB 1 & 2
Pre Delay - Adjust the onset of the reverb in ms.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal.

Drop-down Menu - Choose from a range of differ-

ent impulses.

Pre Delay - Adjust the onset of the reverb in ms.

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CHORUS

Colour - Adjusts the delay of the effect, lower val-

ues result in an effect similar to a Phaser.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal.

PHASER

Depth - The LFO modulation amount.

Speed - The Frequency of the LFO.

Phase - The phase difference between left and the

right chanels.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal. Depth - The LFO modulation amount. Increase this
for a greater range of sweeping.
FLANGER
Feedback - Controls the amount of output signal
that is returned into the input.

Speed - Controls the rate of the LFO variation on

the all pass filter.

Phase - The phase difference between the left and

the right channels.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal.

Depth - The LFO modulation amount. Increase this

for a greater range of sweeping.

Feedback - Controls the amount of output signal

that is returned into the input.

Speed - Controls the rate of the LFO variation.

Phase - The phase difference between the left and

the right channels.

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MASTER FX
Master FX are placed at the end of the signal chain, and all sound in the plugin are
processed through these FX.
EQ Duration Spread - Random distribution of grain du-
ration, measured as a percentage of the duration
parameter.

Gain Frequency - The frequency at which new

grains are generated.

Frequency Spread - Random distribution of grain

frequency, measured as a percentage of the grain
frequency parameter.

Tuning - The pitch tuning of grains in semitones.

Tuning Spread - Random distribution of grain tune,

measured as a semitone from the grain tune pa-
rameter.
3 bands to adjust the frequency spectrum.
Tuning Quantise - Select which scale the tuning of
Frequency - Controls the band location. the grains should follow.

Gain - Controls the boost or cut in dB, of frequency. Mix - The overall mix of the granular effect.

Q - Controls the bandwidth of the chosen frequen-

cy. AUX SENDS

GRAIN FX

8 FX sends. These will not be heard unless activat-

ed under the AUX FX section.
Delay - The time offset from within the delay line
from which the grains are generated. 2x Delay and Reverb.

Delay Spread - Random distribution of delay times Convolution, Chorus, Flanger and Phaser. Turn the
measured as a percentage of the delay parameter. sends on, and adjust the FX settings in the AUX FX
returns area.
Duration - The duration of each grain.

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TAPE SATURATION

Phase - The phase difference between the left

and the right channels.

Colour - Adjusts the delay of the effect, lower val-

ues result in an effect similar to a Phaser.

Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original

signal, and the processed signal.

CONVOLUTION

Tape Saturation emulates gentle compression and

distortion of recording to tape.

Gain - Increasing this will create a greater distor-

tion.

Warmth - a tone control for the tape and adds in

harmonics.

HF Roll off - attenuates high frequencies.

Output - allows the user to compensate for any Pre Delay - Adjust the onset of the reverb in ms.
gain reduction.
Dry / Wet - Adjust the balance between the original
FLANGER signal, and the processed signal.

Drop-down Menu - Choose from a range of differ-

ent impulses.

Depth - The LFO modulation amount. Increase this

for a greater range of sweeping.

Feedback - Controls the amount of output signal

that is returned into the input.

Speed - Controls the rate of the LFO variation.

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LIMITER

Limiters are a safeguard against clipping of the

overall output signal. with a ratio of 1.100 and a fast
attack.

In Gain - Sets input signal gain. Turn this up until

attenuation is heard.

Release - In ms, how long it takes for the Limiter to

return to its unprocessed signal.

Output - Compensates for any gain reduction.

NOISE FX

Select from the dropdown menu a number of de-

signed noises to layer into the final signal..

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GATE SEQUENCER
The Gate Sequencer rhythmically mutes and unmutes both sound bays independently. The top line is
the gate for Bay A, the bottom for Bay B.

The default position is everything “on”. To gate either A or B click on the step you wish to gate.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. Speed - Adjusts the speed of your gate sequence 8. After Layer FX - This switches the gate stage to
in relation to your DAW tempo. after the bank FX.

2. Gate Sequencer - Switches the machine on or 9. Stop on release - Switches the gate engine off
off. when you release your sound.

3. Gate Cell - Click these in / out to activate a se- 10. Flip - This swaps the A/B sequence around.
quence.
We have also have some quick keys that help you
4. Volume - This adjusts how much the gate cuts tweak and experiment quickly and easily:
the sound. It’s default position is all the way off,
the more you adjust the slider the more you adjust • Holding shift toggles a range of cells (i.e. press
how much the gate drops down to. the 2nd cell, hold shift, press the 10th cell - cells
2-10 will change)
5. Smooth In - Changes the shape of the front of
the gate and smooths it in. • Holding ALT affects both A and B cells (same as
ALT and knob twiddling)
6. Smooth Out - The amount of tail the gate has.
• Holding CMD/CTRL (Mac/PC) and clicking inverts
7. Length - If you need more or fewer steps than the current sequencer track. On becomes off and
the default length, use the division slider. This will vice versa.
not affect the gate speed, but the number of steps
in your pattern. Particularly useful when working in
a 3/4 time signature.

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TOP MENU

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1. LED 8. MIDI CH

Shows when an instrument is loaded by Set the MIDI channel that will control the
lighting solid green. If this flashes, your instrument here. If in doubt select “any” so
instrument is not fully loaded. that the instrument will react to any incoming
MIDI messages.
2. CPU METER
9. TUNE
An indication of how much your CPU is being
taxed, the green flash next to the CPU meter Move this knob to tune in increments of 0.01
will turn red when you are overloading it. of a semitone. CMD/CTRL-click to reset to
default.
3. DISK METER
10. PAN
How hard your hard drive is working. If this
is close to, or going over 100% it’s time to Pan the signal left / right. CMD/CTRL-click to
consider a faster drive. reset.

4. MEMORY 11. VOLUME

This shows how much RAM you are currently Control the overall volume of the instrument.
using in this instance of Polaris. While
the preset is loading, this will show the 12. LEVEL
instrument loading into memory.
A visual indication of the level of the
5. VOICES instrument.

Shows how many voices are being used at 13. PRESET SETTINGS
any one time.
A. VELOCITY MAPPED TO DYNAMICS
6. REFRESH
Different behaviours for the Dynamics fader.
Refresh the instrument, alt-click to refresh
the whole plug-in. This can be useful if you 1) Full Velocity Range.
have hanging MIDI notes or have moved 2) Velocity Mapped to Dynamics.
samples in your file system. 3) Compressed Velocity High.
4) Compressed Velocity Low.
7. MODE SWITCH
These settings will change how hard you
Use this dropdown menu to change need to hit the keyboard to trigger different
between the standard interface, and the layers. Velocity mapped to dynamics will
EDNA interface. allow you to control short note velocity with
the mod wheel.

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 A 14. PLUGIN SETTINGS
B

B. VELOCITY
COPY SETTINGS
Pick from 4 different velocity curves to suit
your controllers touch. Common controller values will copy to other
Spitfire plugins.
C. RESET AND CLEAR CC MAPPINGS

Clicking reset will set all of the CC mappings

for this instrument to the defaults - useful if
you’ve got yourself in a mess!

Clear will remove all CC mappings on the

plugin.

D. SHORT RELEASES

Alter the release trigger behaviour. OPEN GL

Timed releases play a release trigger and Turn this on to display the animated user
cut off the original sample if the note on/off interface. Turn off to help CPU usage.
duration is less than 300ms.
HELP TEXT
Untimed releases plays the release
regardless of time. Turn this on to display parameter information
in the bottom left corner of the plug in.
E. SYNC TO TEMPO
DEFAULT SIZE
Sync to your host BPM. Not available in this
library at this time. Set whether the instrument opens up
collapsed or expanded by default.
When the synth engine is active, only B.
Velocity and C. CC Mapping is available.

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 CHANGE KNOB DRAG TYPE

Change the mouse behaviour when dragging

the Knob control.

DISABLE WARNINGS FROM MISSING

SAMPLES

Hide an error in the plugin top left corner

which is visible when the library is missing its
content.
DEFAULT SCALE

How big the plugin UI is when opened. Press

“get” to set the current scale or type a value
before pressing “Set” and “Save”

SHOW KEYSWITCHES DISABLE AUTO HIDE KNOB PARAMETER

POPUP
When this option is on, presets that have
multiple techniques will show available When enabled, clicking the knob will always
keyswitches in red and the currently selected shows the fx controls menu.
technique(s) in yellow.

UNLOAD WITH MIXER FADER

Toggle this to unload data from RAM when

fader is pulled down to the bottom.

GAIN UNITS

Toggle this if you want your gain to be

displayed in dB instead of as a percentage. MAXIMUM VOICES

Enter the maximum number of voices that

can play at once. More voices = More CPU
and memory used.

PRELOAD SIZE

The minimum number of sample values

preloaded into memory for each audio
recording. Increase for slower hard drives.
Default is 12288

MAKE CONTROLS GLOBAL

Common Controller values will remain when

switching techniques.

DISABLE HOST AUTOMATION

Turn this on to enable the Host Automation

from the DAW.

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 DEFAULT STEREO OUTPUTS

The default number of outputs for the

STREAM BUFFER SIZE Microphone routings.

The number of sample values kept in memory

for each audio recording stream. Increase for
slower hard drives.

MASTER TUNING

Change the default tuning of the plugin. For

example A = 440hz or A = 432 HZ.

PLUGIN

Under this heading you can choose a default

preset to load, click on the preset name and
choose your preferred preset from the list.

PITCH/STRETCH QUALITY

This option allows you to override the default

pitch/time quality to improve performance or
improve audio quality. Not used in this library
at this time.

MAXIMUM PITCH VOICES

Limit the number of voices triggered at any

one time. Lower values can aid CPU.

ENABLE MEMORY MAPPING

Turn off for windows machines for better

performance

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MICROPHONE SIGNALS
SINGLE ENCODE

This is a universal signal for all single signal A dry mix passed through an encoder and
sounds in the library. decoder to give a deliberately unstable
companding effect.
TIGHT
TAPE
A close and realistic balance of all the
microphones. A great starting point or A 2-track tape being run extremely hot to
useful when avoiding loading many signals. give a saturated and full sound.

HALL MIX STEREO

A slightly roomier balance of all the A coincident pair placed at a mid distance
microphones. A great starting point or from the ensemble.
useful when avoiding loading many signals.

CLOSEST

This is a selection of the closest mics,

balanced down into one slider.

CLOSE

This is a selection of close mics, balanced

down into one slider.

ROOM

A balanced mix of the tree and outriggers

microphones.

FAR

A balanced mix of the ambient and gallery

microphones.

BOUND

A pair of Boundary Layer Microphones

placed either side of the conductors podium
to achieve a different perspective of the
ensemble.

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STRING ORCHESTRA TECHNIQUES
LONG GRANULAR LONG ARRIVAL

Strings emulating the effect of granular A delicate, half-vibrato long sound.

synthesis using the back of the bow to
create ‘jitter’ effects. LONG BASS HALO

The variation slider changes the amount of Extremely delicate basses playing a
jitter. combination of sul tasto and col legno tratto.

LONG HARMONIC CLOUDS LONG OCTAVES

Intermittent harmonics and light bowing Strings playing non vibrato octaves.
create this beautiful and sparkling sound.

SHORT ELECTROPLUCKS PIZZ

Bright and full pizzicatos with very short

attacks that resemble synth sounds.

SHORT ELECTROPLUCKS SPICC

Bright and full spiccatos with very short

attacks that resemble synth sounds.

LONG CONVERGENT DROPS

Slow and eerie glissandos that slide down an

octave.

LONG FILTER ENVELOPE BASS LINE

Celli and basses playing strong non vibrato

notes in octaves.

LONG UPRISING

A combination of different soft playing

techniques with slow attacks which create a
lush sound.

LONG RUNNING THE BLADES

A long sound with slight pitch irregularities

to emulate analogue synth oscillator drift.

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APPENDIX A —
FAQS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Q: WHAT ARE THE SYSTEM Q: I SEE A RED EXCLAMATION MARK
REQUIREMENTS? IN THE TOP LEFT OF POLARIS, WHAT
DOES THIS MEAN?
MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
This means that there is an error, you can
Mac OS X 10.13 - OS 12 click the exclamation mark to open a log
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core), 8GB RAM with further details. It is likely that using the
“Repair” and “Locate Library” features in the
Recommended: 2.8GHz i7 (six-core), 16GB Spitfire Audio App will solve the problem
RAM but if not, contact our support team at
spitfireaudio.com/support and attach the log.
32 bit is no longer supported. Apple Silicon /
ARM is supported. Q: CAN I INSTALL ON MORE THAN
ONE COMPUTER?
PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
With our products you have two licenses.
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and
This means that you are allowed to download
Windows 11. (latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
and install on two computers you own, say
your main rig and your mobile rig. If you have
Minimum: Intel Core 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core) or
purchased the library on a hard drive, you
AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM
should copy the contents of the drive on to
the destination machine before completing
Recommended: Intel 2.8GHzi7 (six-core) or
the download with the Spitfire App. If you
AMD R7 2700, 16GB RAM
downloaded Polaris, you can copy the library
folder over to the second machine and
Q: I WANT TO RESET THE PLUGIN then use the “Repair” and “Locate Library”
SETTINGS TO THE DEFAULT features in the Spitfire Audio App.

You can delete the .settings file to reset the Q: I CAN’T SEE THIS IN THE
settings to default. This is located at:
KONTAKT LIBRARIES PANE AND
Users/username/Music/Spitfire Audio - on a WHEN I TRY AND LOAD IT INTO
Mac KONTAKT IT SAYS NO LIBRARY
FOUND
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\
Spitfire Audio - on a PC. This library does not run in Kontakt, it is a
standalone plug-in that you can run in your
Q: MY LIST OF PRESETS IS EMPTY, chosen DAW.
HOW DO I SOLVE THIS?
Q: HOW DO I AUTHORIZE POLARIS
If you have moved your Polaris Library folder, ON A MACHINE NOT CONNECTED TO
you can solve this problem by using the THE INTERNET?
“Locate Library” feature in the Spitfire Audio
App. It not possible to authorise Polaris on a
machine not connected to the internet.
If this does not solve the problem, the library Authorisation is done with the Spitfire Audio
likely needs reauthorising, to do this, use the App and an internet connection is required.
“repair” feature in the Spitfire Audio App.

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Q: HOW CAN I REDOWNLOAD A the installation folder you chose when you
PRODUCT? started the install. If everything is working
normally you’ll see various files appearing in
This can easily be done via your Spitfire the folder (or one of its sub-folders).
Audio App. To reset both your entire library
download or the latest update; • If your download gets stuck and is
continually cycling and not resuming, please
• Open up the Spitfire Audio App and log in get in touch with us, giving us as much detail
with your account email and password. as possible about your set up. It would be
helpful if you can tell us your operating
• Select the product artwork you wish to re- system, where you are downloading from
download (your country, and also whether you’re at
home or work), your ISP, and whether there
• On this page is a “cog wheel”. Select this, are any proxy servers or firewalls between
choose “reset” from the menu. Then “Reset your computer and the internet.
Entire Download” (for a full download) or
(Latest Update) for the latest update. Q: I HAVE FAST INTERNET, WHY IS
MY DOWNLOAD SLOW?
This will reset your latest update ready for
install again. You can repeat this process for We have no direct influence on your actual
any of the libraries you own. download speeds, our libraries are hosted
on Amazon S3 servers which are normally
Note that there is a limit to how many times very quick but it may well be that at certain
you can reset your downloads in a certain times of the day when traffic is particularly
time frame. If you do exceed your reset limit busy, your ISP may throttle your connection
please get in touch. speeds.

Q: DIFFICULTIES IN DOWNLOADING / We would advise you to leave your download

INSTALLING running overnight as speeds should ramp
up at less busy times. Our Spitfire App
Customers may find that they have some downloader aims to use as much of the
difficulties in the downloading process. If you available bandwidth as possible to give you
find that you are having some trouble, please the quickest possible speeds, and may take
check the list below for possible causes: several minutes to reach its peak.

• The formatting of your drive, if it is FAT32 Q: CAN I TRY BEFORE I BUY?

this will cause errors, because there is a
maximum file size with this format of 4GB No - it is not currently possible to demo our
and our download files will exceed this limit. products.
To solve this problem, reformat your drive or
use a different drive. We recommend NTFS If you go to our Youtube channel you’ll see
on PC and Mac OS Extended on Mac. many walkthroughs containing detailed info
Other possible issues: about all our products -- you can hear them
being played in real time with no smoke and
• Spitfire App freezes in the “Extracting” mirrors!
stage for hours. This may be because our
libraries are often very large files, and this
is the stage where the compressed files are
extracted and placed in their final locations
on the hard drive. There could be hundreds
of GB of content to unpack, so it really
can take hours. If you’re unsure whether
it has crashed or is extracting files, visit

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Q: MY LIBRARIES ARE NOT SHOWING Q: HOW DO I REDOWNLOAD THE
UP IN MY SPITFIRE APP LATEST UPDATE?

A handful of customers may find that when With the continuous improvements to our
they log into their Spitfire App, some of Spitfire Audio App, we have incorporated the
their previously purchased products do not ability to reset your own downloads.
show up in the ‘Installed’ section or in the This can easily be done via your Spitfire
‘Download Ready’ section either. It may Audio App.
be that you have purchased these under Open up the Spitfire Audio App and log in
another email address. Checking other with your account email and password.
possible email addresses for your previous
purchases may help to find these missing • Select the product artwork you wish to re-
products. If this is not the case, and these download
missing products were purchased a few
years ago, please create a support ticket • On this page is a “cog wheel”. Select this,
telling us your account email address, and choose “reset” from the menu. Then “Reset
any serial numbers you may have to go Entire Download” (for a full download) or
with these missing products. Our support (Latest Update) for the latest update.
team can also merge one or more accounts
together if you’d like to consolidate all your • This will reset your latest update ready for
purchases in one place. install again.

The more information we have, the quicker You can repeat this process for any other
we can get you back up and running! updates you wish.

Q: HOW DO I UPDATE MY If you do not see the option to reset your

PRODUCTS? download in your Spitfire Audio App, we
would advise to download the latest version
The main premise of downloading our of the Spitfire App from spitfireaudio.com/
products is that our Spitfire App downloads info/library-manager/.
into the folder you choose, so it is important
to choose the folder above where you want Q: I’VE BEEN WAITING AGES FOR MY
the download to go. The best file path for DOWNLOAD LINKS?
our products is something very simple, a
long file path will cause errors as there is a We run all our orders through a fraud
character limit on how far the Spitfire App checking process. The automatic fraud check
can read. We advise a file path of something takes 20 minutes (but can take up to an hour
along the lines of: Samples Drive > Spitfire during a very busy period, eg. Black Friday) If
Audio your order gets caught at this stage, we run
a manual order check, and this can delay the
When it comes to downloading / updating processing of your order for up to 24 hours.
- if you have a folder called ‘Spitfire Audio’
always point the Spitfire App to the folder You should however receive an order
Spitfire Audio - never go into this folder and confirmation email IMMEDIATELY upon
choose the actual library in question. placing your order. This confirms that
your order has successfully been logged
in our system and that your payment was
successfully taken. Please check your junk
folders before contacting our support.

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CAN I DOWNLOAD ON A PC, THEN Q: WHAT IS YOUR REFUNDS /
TRANSFER TO A MAC OR VICE RETURNS POLICY?
VERSA?
If you have NOT completed the download
Yes, you can copy the library folder and / installation process, and bought within
plugin files over to the second machine 14 days then we CAN refund / return your
and then use the “Repair” and “Locate product, please contact support with your
Library” features in the Spitfire Audio App. account email address and order number
Please note that although the majority of so we can handle this quickly. If you HAVE
the download can be done on a separate completed the installation process (even
machine, you will always need an internet if you’ve not yet registered your serial
connection to finish the authorisation number), please see our EULA in regards to
process. why we do not accept refunds and returns.
We can refund hard drive orders up until
Q: HOW DO I DOWNLOAD the point when the drive is dispatched from
our office. This is usually 1-2 days after you
PRODUCTS ON MAC OSX 10.9?
order.
The version of the Spitfire App needed to
install Polaris only supports Mac OSX 10.13 Q: I’VE FORGOTTEN MY PASSWORD?
and upwards.
If you have forgotten your password, please
see this link spitfireaudio.com/my-account/
Q: I HAVE FOUND A BUG
login/, and click ‘Forgotten Password’. If
at some point in the past you asked us to
In some cases we can’t squash them all and
merge two or more accounts but have since
bugs shamefully make their way through.
forgotten, you MAY find that the forgotten
If you think you have found a bug, please
password isn’t working for the email address
contact us with all the relevant information;
you asked us to merge FROM. In this case,
please contact support with your name, and
• A description of the bug you have found
any email addresses you think we might
know about, and we’ll work out what has
• A screencast (video) of the bug happening,
happened.
or an audio example

• The exact preset name (or presets) in

question and also the library giving us as
much detail as possible will help us get to
the bottom of the issue.

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TECHNIQUES VINTAGE - SAMPLERS

E-II ARRIVAL
STRINGS - LONG E-II HARMONIC CLOUDS
E-II RUNNING THE BLADES
LONG GRANULAR ILLUSION PIZZ
LONG HARMONIC CLOUDS ILLUSION SPICC
LONG CONVERGENT DROPS ILLUSION LPF
LONG LPF METIS HPF
LONG FILTER ENVELOPE BASS LINE METIS LPF
LONG UPRISING METIS LPF 2K
LONG RUNNING THE BLADES METIS LPF 200HZ
LONG ARRIVAL E-II PIZZ
LONG BASS HALO E-II UPRISING
LONG OCTAVES LONG ERINOME MOONLIGHT
LONG MOONLIGHT STRINGS 1
STRINGS - SHORT LONG MOONLIGHT STRINGS 2
LONG MOONLIGHT STRINGS 3
SHORT ELECTROPLUCKS PIZZ VINTAGE - FX 1
SHORT ELECTROPLUCKS SPICC LEX GRANULAR
LEX FLANGE VERB
SYNTHS - HARDWARE LEX NOISE
VCA ARRIVAL
CS-80 NOISE FEEDBACK GRANULAR
DS-8 ENSEMBLE FAT
H3000 ENSEMBLE SMOOTH
JX-8P FLANGER STACK
MATRIX-12 S612 ARRIVAL
WAVESTATION LEX JP
SX-210 AUTONOE
T8 IO
TOA ORTHOSIE
JUPITER 8
PROPHET 5 VINTAGE - FX 2

SYNTHS - GRANULAR NOISE FEEDBACK

HARMONIC BITRATE NOISE TREATED
FALLING SHEPARD TONE HARMONIC MASS DISTORTION
SUB TONE HARMONIC FUZZ
STALACTITES HARMONIC BROKEN PEDAL
PLUSGOOD HARMONIC CIRCUIT BENT
PLUSBAD HARMONIC LOFI
EQUAL HARMONIC REACTOR
SOUND WARP HARMONIC UNDERTONE
HOUR GLASS VINTAGE - VHS
VINTAGE - TAPE VHS DOUBLE SPEED
PIANO 4THS VHS HALF SPEED
PIANO 5THS VHS MILD
PIANO GRAINS VHS MORE
TAPE DISTORTION VHS QUAD SPEED
HARMONIC PIANO VHS QUARTER SPEED
BASS DISTORTED GRAINS VHS STRAIGHT
BASS PIANO TAPE VHS WILD
TAPE SYNTH VHS STRAIGHT
HOLLOW MELOTRON VHS GRANULAR QUARTER SPEED
DARK OCTAVES VHS GRANULAR WARBLE
BLADES ARP PAD VHS ARRIVAL
ELECTRO SHORTS

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APPENDIX B — TECHNIQUES/MICS/MIXES
TECHNIQUES MICROPHONES / MIXES

SYNERGY PATCHES - EDNA ONLY SINGLE

TIGHT
CARPENTER HALL MIX
MIDNIGHT DRONE CLOSEST
RUNNING THE CHOIR CLOSE
WAY OF THE SAMURAI ROOM
CHRONOLOGIQUE FAR
LINGERING PINES BOUND
MEGGATRON STRINGS ENCODE
EMULATION TO PIZZ TAPE
EUPHEME STACK STEREO
NORTH SHORE
SOUTH SHORE
AUGMENTED LONGING
THE ALPHA PROJECT
SWARM OF HORNETS
BARREN HOLLOWS
UNKNOWN SANDS
BETAMAX FOREST
QUIETUDE
LANTERNS
LINGERING
ALTERED STATE
CHANNEL ISLANDS
PERFECT SPACES
NIGHT SWEAT
GREY OPENING
BLESSED BE
MIRRORIZE
FRACTURED
THE DARKNESS
LEVIATHAN
LOST TAPES
PLANET OF SILENCE
THE ANCIENT WAYS
MONOCHROME STRINGS 1982
END TIMES

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APPENDIX C —
DEFAULT CC MAPPINGS

Dynamics 1
Global Gain 7
Global Pan 10
Expression 11
Release 17
Tightness 18
Reverb 19
Variation 20

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