Radel MAESTRO Dx User Manual

RADEL MAESTRO DX DIGITAL TANPURA
USER MANUAL
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a Radel quality product - the MAESTRO Dx - digital tambura /
tanpura. Radel products are renowned for their excellent tonal quality as well as their reliability. The latest
state-of-the-art technology is used in the design as well as manufacture of the products. Being the inventor of
these products and pioneer in the field of electronic musical instruments for Indian music, Radel keeps on
improving the existing models and introducing new products. Radel is an ISO 9001:2015 company. Hence,
the name Radel assures you of excellent quality, and, although you may never need it, dedicated after-sales
service.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The MAESTRO Dx - digital tambura / tanpura is a sophisticated musical instrument for providing sruti (sur)
accompaniment to performers of music. It incorporates the latest state-of-the-art technology, with natural
tambura / tanpura sound. It can be tuned to any pitch over a range of more than one octave thus enabling it
to be used by men or women as well as instrumentalists. It has perfect tuning of 4 notes. It is housed in an
attractive, unbreakable, light weight(Size : 230mmX135mmX190mm; weight; approx.1 kg) and safe ABS
plastic cabinet. It can be directly operated on any voltage from 90V -260V AC or on a set of batteries (uses
six'AA' size batteries of 1.5V each). It automatically switches - over to batteries (DC) on failure of mains
power (AC). A line out socket of (1/8" each) is provided. An additional tunable 5th string is also provided.
CAUTION:
1. Provide a gap of at least 10 seconds between switching OFF and ON the product.
2. Avoid using the product close to other electronic equipment such as mobile / cordless phones, pagers etc.
OPERATION: Insert the mains cord provided, into the socket at the rear of the instrument. Plug the mains
cord into a standard wall outlet. Switch ON the product by pressing power button.
Note: It has SMPS facility due to which it can be operated directly on any voltage from 90V-260V AC.
VOLUME(VOL): To adjust the volume press ▲ or ▼ button either step by step or continuously.
TONE: To get bass/treble sound, 'TONE' adjustment is provided. Tone can be altered by pressing the ▲ and
▼ button step by step or continuously.
PITCH SELECTION: Press the ▲ or ▼ button (PITCH) to change the pitch to any standard setting in steps
of half-notes such as C, C#(shown as C.) etc. Please refer to the pitch reference chart at the bottom of the
product for pitch references in the Indian systems. The display will show the selected pitch.
FINE TUNING: For fine tuning close to a standard pitch setting, press MODE key once. The display will now
start blinking to confirm that the product is in fine tuning mode. Now press ▲ or ▼ button to either increase
or decrease the pitch in micro-steps.
TEMPO SETTING: Pressing MODE button twice from the NORMAL mode (or once from the fine tuning
mode) puts the product in the tempo setting mode. The display now indicates 't'. Press the ▲ or ▼ button
repeatedly to increase or decrease the plucking tempo (speed).
PLUCK STYLES: Two pluck styles are provided in the instrument. One style has a pause after PA note and
constitutes a cycle of six counts. This style is popular among the South Indian musicians. The other style
does not have the pause after PA and this style is popular among the North Indian musicians. To change the
style to the alternate one, press ▲ and ▼ buttons simultaneously (together). Carnatic style will be shown as
'c' on the display and Hindustani style will be shown as 'h' for few seconds.
1. PA-SA.SA.SA
2. PA.SA.SA.SA
PANCHAM, MADHYAM OR NISHAD SELECTIONS: Press the PA button repeatedly to change the
pancham note to MA or NI or OFF. A lamp/LED indicates PA/MA/NI selection.
AUTO SAVE DUAL MEMORY(ASDM): The current selections / settings like pitch, tempo, pluck style, etc.
are automatically saved into memory about 10 seconds after the last button-press. If there is an interruption
in AC mains power or if the instrument is switched off, then on switching on the instrument again, these
settings will automatically be restored. Thus, the user need not worry about losing the selected pitch and
other settings, etc. In addition, another set of pitch, tempo etc can be saved by the user by pressing STORE
(▲)and MEMORY (PA) buttons simultaneously. For recalling this set of selections, press RECALL(▼) and
MEMORY (PA) buttons simultaneously.
ADDITIONAL 5TH NOTE / STRING: The Maestro Dx can be used as either a 4-string or a 5-string
tambura/tanpura. To switch on the 5th note/string, press the ON/OFF button of '5th STRING'. A LED will glow
to indicate that '5th STRING' is ON.User can tune the 5th string/note, as desired, by by pressing ▲ or ▼