Radel SAARANG MAGIC PLUS Operating Manual

SAARANG MAGIC PLUS DIGITAL TANPURA
OPERATING MANUAL
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a Radel quality product - the Saarang electronic 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 instruments. Being the
inventor of these products and the pioneer in the field of electronic musical instruments for Indian music,
Radel is constantly improving existing models and introducing new models of instruments. The name Radel
assures you of excellent quality, and, although you may never need it, dedicated after-sales service.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Saarang electronic 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.
The Saarang Magic Plus can be operated on any voltage from 90 – 260V AC Mains, as well as on a set of
six 1.5V dry batteries. It is housed in an attractive, palm sized, lightweight (Size:110 x 105 x 80 mm, Weight -
approximately 0.5 kg.), unbreakable and safe ABS plastic cabinet, with a built-in battery compartment. It has
a built-in accurate digital pitch reference allowing the user to select the exact pitch of his/her choice. It has a
range of pitch covering one and a half octave. Selection of any fractional pitch between the standard half-
note pitch settings is possible by fine tuning. Any setting of pitch, tempo and pluck style can be stored
together in memory so that the instrument selects these automatically when switched ON.
OPERATION
Plug the power cord into the socket at the rear of the cabinet. Plug the other end to the wall power outlet.
Switch on the product by pressing the 'power on' button.
VOLUME ADJUSTMENT: To adjust the volume press ▲ or ▼ button on either side of the marking 'VOL',
either step by step or continuously.
TONE ADJUSTMENT: To get bass/treble sound, 'TONE' adjustment is provided. Tone can be altered by
pressing the ▲ and ▼ button on either side of the marking 'TONE', step by step or continuously.
PITCH SETTING (Display flashes): Press the 'up' or 'down' button to change the pitch to any other standard
setting (in steps of half notes).
FINE TUNING: For fine tuning close to a standard pitch setting, press MODE button once. The display will
now start flashing to confirm that the instrument has entered the fine tuning mode. Now press 'up' or 'down'
button to either increase or decrease the pitch in micro-steps.
SELECTION OF PANCHAM / MADHYAM / NISHAD / OFF: Press the PA button to change the Pancham
note to MA or NI or no note (only Shadj and Kharaj notes will play) . New feature: The Nishad note (NI)
can be fine-tuned according to the user's taste.
TEMPO SETTING (Display shows 't'): Pressing MODE button twice from the NORMAL mode (or once from
the fine tuning mode) puts the instrument in the TEMPO setting mode. The display now indicates 't'. Press
'up' or 'down' button to increase or decrease the plucking tempo (interval between strings). Pressing MODE
button once again restores the instrument to the NORMAL mode (coarse tuning) without changing the fine
tuned pitch.
PLUCK STYLES: Two pluck styles are provided in the instrument. One has a pause after the 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 the PA note and this style is popular among the North Indian musicians. To
change the style to the alternate one, press the 'up' and 'down' buttons simultaneously.
MEMORY: The instrument is provided with the ASDM facility (auto-save dual memory). Thus whenever the
user presses a button to change the pitch or tempo, or selects the PA / MA / NI selection, these settings are
automatically saved in memory after a gap of about 8 seconds.
In addition another set of pitch selection or any other selection can be stored. For storing another set of
settings of pitch, tempo and pluck style, press MEM and STORE buttons simultaneously. For recalling the
stored settings while the instrument is playing at some other setting,press MEM and RECALL buttons
simultaneously.
OPERATION ON BATTERY: The instrument operates on a set of 6 'AA' size batteries. Fit these into the
battery compartment according to the correct polarity. On failure of mains power, the instrument will
automatically switch over to battery power.
CAUTION : While operating the Saarang Magic Plus :