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Redpipes classic Operating Manual

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05/18

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  • Page 1 Operating manual ® electronic bagpipes 05/18...
  • Page 2 So you will reach the perfect authentic sound you wish. Microprocessor technology provides optimal simulation of the Great Highland Bagpipe and Scottish Smallpipe and various other European bagpipes. And now, have fun with your redpipe Regards © copyright redpipes Rolf Jost 08/2018 all rights reserved...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Precautions Getting started Light-emitting diode (LED) Start and stop the sound Starting the redpipe with blowing function Loudness and switching between the different instruments Key – tuning – metronome Basic tune - tuning system - drones tuning Fingering mode – overblow Fingering tables Minimal - open GHB - standard - half open...

  • Page 4: Precautions

    The chanter contains no user-serviceable parts. Never open the case or tamper with the internal circuitry in any way, since doing so may result in damage to the instrument. Contact your dealer or the manufacturer for services. redpipes will not be held responsible for any damage caused by handling or operation. Opening the case voids warranty.

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Getting started Insert the batteries The redpipe works with three 1,5 V alkaline (AA, Mignon, LR6, AM3, MN1500) batteries or rechargeable 1,2 V NiMH batteries. If the batteries are getting low the the red LED display starts to blink. The battery compartment is accessible by removing the lid. Just use a coin. The positive pole of the batteries has to be on top.
  • Page 6 Power ON Use the slide switch to switch on the redpipe. The green indicator LED lights up for 2 seconds and then starts blinking continuously. If the redpipe has not been operated for a longer period there is a humming sound indicating the activation of the pressure sensors.

  • Page 7: Start And Stop The Sound

    Start and stop the sound Press the bag and the redpipe starts playing. The drones start first and the green LED lights up. Press the bag stronger and the chanter starts to play. The green LED flickers a bit. How much pressure you have to apply can be tuned by yourself.

  • Page 8: Starting The Redpipe With Blowing Function

    Push the bass-drone together or pull them apart to open or close the air-exit. caledonia Open or close the valve at the bass-drone. classic air/Goose Adjust the valve at the blowpipe The bag is made of a functional synthetic textile that lets the water vapor through (similar to some outdoor or sports...
  • Page 9 Volume (+ -) The volume should be adjusted for the headphone or the built - in loudspeaker (option) with the buttons + or -. When the headphone is connected, the built-in speaker switches off. The volume settings do not affect the line out output. Avoid using headphones at very high volume levels.
  • Page 10 Changing the key (KEY) The key can be adjusted by semitones with the + and - keys while holding the KEY button. Holding the KEY button and pressing the + and - key at the same time resets the pitch to the default pitch. The keys are stored individually for the different instruments.
  • Page 11 Basic tune The basic pitch is switched in combination with the fingering table basic pitch B (b flat) sheppertpipe/french pipe basic pitch G Gaita basic pitch C Hümmelchen and Dudey basic pitch C Medieval pipe basic pitch A minor Tuning System equally tempered scale - press ‘key and +` and then switch on the Redpipe Modern pianos are tuned on an equally tempered scale.

  • Page 12: Fingering Mode - Overblow

    Fingering mode The redpipe chanter offers 8 choices of fingering. Press when switching on the redpipe following button GHB half open and vibrato GHB standard 1 oktave overblow Gaita Gallega standard DRONES GHB extended chromatic, extended pitch range, vibrato, overblowing minor Medieval Pipes Bechonnet...

  • Page 13: Minimal - Open

    Minimal fingering open C-major high high mixolydian open Holes closed...

  • Page 14: Ghb - Standard - Half Open

    GHB standard fingering half open a=466 Hz natural natural High Sharp high Scottish denomination mixolydian heard ionian Holes open closed vibrato...
  • Page 15 GHB extended fingering holes open closed vibrato open or overblow...
  • Page 16 Medieval bagpipe fingering A-minor mixolydian Holes open closed vibrato...

  • Page 17: Shepherdpipe/French Bagpipe (Bechonnet By Remy Dubois)

    Shepherdpipe/french bagpipe Bechonnet-fingering by Remy Dubois only french modell Holes open closed...
  • Page 18 Gaita-fingering open closed...
  • Page 19 not relevantly open Gaita-extended fingering 1 1/2 oktave overblow closed...
  • Page 20 Renaissance fingering chromatic Holes open closed...

  • Page 21: Preset Memory

    Preset memory (optional) You can adjust nearly every parameter that the redpipe offers with the preset storage which is optional for each redpipe model. Thus you are able to access your settings during a concert by using the ten-channel turn-switch. Your settings will impact either only the channel you have chosen or globally every channel (see list below).

  • Page 22: Opticaltouch Chanter

    It is not necessary to calibrate the redpipe each time you play. It is recommended to recalibrate if you haven’t used the redpipes for a while or when you change environment. Overall, if you feel that any one of the sensors is behaving erratically, then recalibrate.
  • Page 23 For more playing comfort you can now adjust the general sensitivity for the optical sensors inside the chanter. B. Sensitivity of the chanter This function allows you to change the point where the sensors consider the hole closed and open Briefly press the match into the hole above the control light The red LED flashes 1-5 times.

  • Page 24: Reset To Defaults - Factory Settings

    Reset to defaults To reset to default values for Drones: 1. Press and hold DRONES 2. Press + and - to reset the drone volume and activate the octave drones. Key: 1. Press and hold KEY 2. Press + and - to reset the key to the standard setup. Tuning: 1.
  • Page 25 Modi (mixolydian (GHB)/ Ionian) By pressing the drones and the – button a switch between myxolydiyn and ionian is available. (reduced seventh and sharp-G) The settings are valid for all fingering tables The Mixolydian mode is a musical mode or diatonic scale. It has the same series of tones and semitones as the major scale, except the fifth (dominant) note is taken as the tonic or starting (beginning) pitch of the scale.
  • Page 26 The MIDI OUT MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. No sound is transmitted through the MIDI interface, only data. Sound is generated by the connected MIDI tone equipment. You may play the chanter with any sound the conneced equipment is capable of producing. The DIN plug meets the MIDI standards and may be connected to any MIDI equipment (also personal computers which are equipped with a MIDI interface).
  • Page 27 Volume (MIDI) There is no volume control when MIDI output is connected. Volume must be adjusted using the volume control of the connected equipment. The drone volume is the same as used for the PHONES output. Switching between the Well-Tempered and just Scale The scale of the bagpipe chanter does not use the modern “well-tempered”...
  • Page 28 Maintenance After intensive playing it is advisable to take off the blowpipe and the bass-drone to let them dry. Redpipes with a Synthetic Bag need no further maintenance. Disposal of used batteries You, as the end user, are legally obliged (Battery Ordinance) to return all flat batteries and rechargeable batteries.

  • Page 29: Midi

    Technical Data Power supply 3x AA Mignon alkaline or rechargeable NiMh batteries Batteries lifetime approx. 20 h. using alkaline batteries (depending on the connected equipment). With built-in speakers depending on volume about 2 hours Ouput LINE OUT non balanced jack 6,3 mm nominallevel +4 dBu Headphone non balanced jack 3,5 mm MIDI Weight...
  • Page 30 The connected MIDI devices are Check adjustment at the MIDI not adjusted to receive on MIDI device, check corresponding channel 1 or volume too low owners manual The internal microprocessor is in an See above undefined state Dry skin Use hand cream to increase the Sensors respond delayed or not circuit capacity of the hand at all...
  • Page 31 This Product complies with the requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, and carries the CE marking accordingly. redpipes electronic bagpipes Rolf Jost Untere Muehle 2 71706 Markgroeningen Germany Phone.: +49 (0) 7145 90 00 47 info@redpipes.eu www.redpipes.eu...

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