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How to play BandLatch

BandLatch is a short-form tuning puzzle. Your goal is always the same: align frequency, focus, and gain with the hidden transmission before your stability budget runs out.

Core objective

  • Pick one transmission card.
  • Use the dial buttons or keyboard shortcuts to move each channel in steps of 10.
  • Press Check lock to read the signal board.
  • Get all three channels to Locked before stability reaches zero.

What the controls do

  • Frequency moves the carrier up or down.
  • Focus sharpens or blurs the signal body.
  • Gain cools or heats the final output.
  • Pulse sweep can be used once per transmission to reveal the biggest mismatch and the exact distance.

How to read the lock feedback

  • Locked means that dial is correct.
  • Near, push higher/lower means you are one step away.
  • Too low or Too high means the dial is further off and you should keep moving in that direction.

Good first habits

  • Check early so you do not drift three channels in the wrong direction.
  • Save the sweep for the moment two dials feel close and one still feels messy.
  • If you burn too much stability on one channel, restart fast and solve cleaner.