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Duncan Polaron Manual

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  • Page 2 Like all of our pedals, Polaron is designed and built in the USA and features True Bypass switching to keep your tone pure when the pedal isn’t in use.
  • Page 3 1. Sensitivity 2. Depth 9. Right Footswitch 3. Rate 10. Left LED Indicator 4. Stages 11. Left Footswitch 5. Resonance 12. Input Jack 6. Tune 13. Key Jack 7. Preset Indicators 14. Output Jack 8. Right LED Indicator 15. Power Jack...
  • Page 4 Sensitivity Controls the sensitivity of the Envelope Detector Depth Controls the range of the modulation. Higher settings will produce wider sweeps of the All-pass filters Rate Controls the speed of the modulation Stages Selects the number of All-pass filters used to perform phase shifting, from 2 to 16 Resonance Adjusts the amount of positive feedback used around...

  • Page 5: Right Footswitch

    for 1 second (see SAVE Mode) • No presets lit – indicates MANUAL mode is active and the pedal will operate where all the knobs are set • FS solidly lit – (LFO mode) indicates TAP TEMPO mode is active and the rate can be set using the right momentary footswitch Right LED Indicator •...

  • Page 6: Output Jack

    Left Footswitch • Tap to Engage/Bypass the effect • Hold for 0.5 seconds to switch between LFO and ENV modulation • In save mode, tap to select a save location, hold to confirm the save Input Jack Plug a musical instrument in here or the signal from the preceding pedal on your board Key Jack Use this input to inject a clean guitar signal for better...

  • Page 7: Initial Setup

    LED lit yellow, and ENV mode is indicated by the LED lit red. This is one of the most piv- otal controls in terms of how the Polaron will perform, so we felt it was important to have the ability to switch it on the fly.

  • Page 8: Saving Presets

    up by one preset (1-3), and last location (FS) which puts the pedal in manual mode to the current knob settings with no preset loaded. The secondary function is activated by pressing and holding for 1 second. The FS LED will turn on to indicate that the footswitch is now in in Edit mode.
  • Page 9 Analog Filter Section The controls in this section are ANALOG and cannot be saved as part of your preset – wherever they are set to is the sound you will hear. In order to control these func- tions digitally, some portion of the audio signal would need to be converted to digital.
  • Page 10 Applies to both LFO and ENV modulation. LFO RATE – controls the speed of the LFO. This control will only function when Polaron is in LFO mode. TUNE – sets the center frequency of the filter. Extreme settings to either end of the control combined with a high DEPTH setting will result in an asymmetrical sweep, as the filter will ‘bottom out’...
  • Page 11 control is automatically adjusted for ENV modulation to ensure the best performance of the effect. LFO Mode (Right LED = Yellow) This is the classic guitar phaser effect – in LFO mode the filters will be swept cyclically with an LFO. The RATE knob (or tap-tempo) controls the speed of the effect, while DEPTH controls the range.
  • Page 12 For this reason, Polaron features a secondary input jack for the Envelope Follower only. When using the Polaron after a Distortion pedal for ex- ample, you could run a split signal from an earlier point in your signal chain into the Key Input. The Envelope will ‘see’...

  • Page 13: Factory Reset

    Factory Reset To reset the pedal back to the factory settings that it shipped with, press and hold the 2 footswitches while powering up the unit. NOTE: this will reset any saved Presets back to the factory Preset settings Tech Specs Input Impedance: 500KΩ...

  • Page 14: Sample Settings

    Sample Settings Orange Box 45 Classic 2 stage phase tones Lush swirling phase that adds depth and dimension Mode: LFO Green Machine Bubbly, funky 4 stage phase tones Adds a rhythmic bounce to single lines & chords Mode: LFO Seymu-phase II Intergallactic 6 stage phase tones Adds an immersive...
  • Page 15 Grateful Phase Classic 10 stage phase tones with added envelope control Vocal-like response and touch sensitivity will have you soloing like Jerry Mode: env Pseudo-talkbox 12 stage phaser Stiff, filtered talk box-y tones that bloom as notes decay Mode: env Interstellar Communication 16 stage phase tones...

  • Page 16: Favorite Settings

    Favorite Settings...

  • Page 17: Disposal Guidelines

    Limited Warranty Seymour Duncan offers the original purchaser a one-year limited warranty on both labor and materials from the day this product is purchased. We will repair or replace this product at our option if it fails due to faulty workmanship or materials during this period.
  • Page 18 Notes...
  • Page 20 Commitment to Quality and Community Seymour Duncan takes pride in designing and crafting our products to create the most amazing sound possible. With everything we create, our passion and obses- sion for amazing sound is reflected in its quality and reliability.

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