Summary of Contents for Blair Digital Chanter
- Page 1 Digital Chanter User Manual Register online for software and user manual updates. www.blairbagpipes.com /support www.blairbagpipes.com/support...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Safety & Care……………….………………………..…….3 Cleaning ……………………………………………3 Battery ……………………………………………3 Warranty ……………………………………………3 Disclaimer ………………………………………….3 Copyright………………………….………………..3 Important notes …….…………………………………….4 Learning about the Sensors.……………………..4 Before we get started - Registration.………………….5 How to Power On/ Off & Navigation switch.….…5 Navigating the menu system …………………….5 Connecting the Audio output……………………..5 Selecting an Instrument ……………………………….6 Great Highland Bagpipe………………………….7... -
Page 3: Safety & Care
Limitation of Liability The liability of Murray Blair Pty Ltd under this warranty is limited, to the extent permitted by law, to the repair or replacement of the chanter, or the refund of the purchase price. ... -
Page 4: Important Notes
• First, learn about the sensors. The unique feature of the Digital chanter is the ability to adjust each individual sensor to suit your fingers. The chanter emulates how a traditional chanter performs by lifting the fingers. ... -
Page 5: Before We Get Started - Registration
Before we get started - Registration If you register your chanter you will have access to supportive materials, educational videos and updates to the software and manual. Go to www.blairbagpipes.com/register You will need your date of purchase and serial number Find your serial number (SN) by scrolling to the >... -
Page 6: Connecting The Audio Output
• Connecting the Audio output The Blair Digital Chanter™ sound is sent via the Stereo 3.5mm audio jack. This can be connected to headphones, speakers or any device that accepts an audio input. (Live sound PA, studio recording software). -
Page 7: Great Highland Bagpipe
About the internal Instruments Great Highland Bagpipe The Great Highland Bagpipe, a full rich tone of an actual bagpipe with the default pitch in the Blair™ Digital Chanter at 480 Hz.The following parameters can be configured. • Bass drone volume (Off-30) •... -
Page 8: Using Midi
• Calibrating the Sensors The Blair Digital Chanter™ has the unique ability to be customised to the way your fingers move. Like a traditional bagpipe the Blair Digital Chanter™ requires the fingers to be lifted off the hole. ... -
Page 9: Calibrating The Sensors
• How to navigate to the Sensor menu • Main menu > Advanced > Sensors >Advanced >Sensors Shutdown The first item in the Sensors menu is >Hole HA (numbers for example only.). To adjust the sensor, press the navigation switch (Enter). An asterix appears next to the selected hole, and the value has an arrow on each side. -
Page 10: Advanced Settings
Calibrating the sensors (continued) To best learn how the sensors are adjusted set the value of Sensor Hole HA to ‘-50’ and notice the High A finger doesn’t need to cover the hole for the High G note to sound. ... -
Page 11: About Pan
Almost every bagpipe recording uses Reverb and it helps replicate how a Bagpipe sounds in real-life. The reverb included in the Blair Digital Chanter™ is of world-class studio quality and can replicate many environments from small rooms, concert halls to sporting stadiums. It’s an exceptionally low noise reverb that doesn’t add artefacts to the sound. -
Page 12: Reverb
• Installing additional instruments and software The Blair Digital Chanter™ has the capacity to store an addition 6 instruments. All software is free of charge. A selection of instruments are available for download from www.blairbagpipes.com, along with the Blair Bagpipes App which connects a PC to the Chanter for transferring the files. -
Page 13: Charging The Battery
Pipe Bag - inflatable via a valve embedded into the bag, this adds the realistic look and feel of playing a • small pipe or bagpipe. When not in use the bag also fits into the Digital Chanter case. Includes the Bagpipe adapter, pipe bag and bag cover. - Page 14 www.blairbagpipes.com/support...
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