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Using MIDI


MIDI is a digital protocol that allows instruments to communicate with each other, and PC's. 



The Blair™ Digital Chanter is MIDI enabled and includes a builtin interface. This sends note information, not
sound, from one device to another via the USB port. By using MIDI it is possible to record your note information
into a PC or Tablet, and play regular Highland Bagpipe fingering but generate the sound of another instrument,
such as piano or guitar.


The Blair™ Digital Chanter sends MIDI information via the USB port. This needs to be connected to another
device enabled to receive MIDI data, such as a PC, iPad or digital tablet and a corresponding app like
Garageband to produce the sounds.
The default note settings for the Blair™ Digital Chanters 3 installed instruments are mapped to the following
MIDI notes, which correspond to what will be received in your app to produce the MIDI sounds. 

However, when loading new instruments into the Blair Digital Chanter memory, the notes are mapped according
to the key of the instrument.




Chanter
Low G Low
MIDI note
56
number
• 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.



The finger sensors react to react to positioning, height and skin reflections and the chanter needs to be tuned into your
own fingers. Adjusting their value allows for precise tuning of the chanter to the way you play.
As the sensors are exclusive to your finger characteristics it's unlikely another persons settings will reflect the correct
calibration for your fingers.
The process of calibrating the sensors can be compared to a traditional chanter. If a note is not sounding below what the
fingers are playing, then one of the sensors (likely the sensor one note higher) needs adjusting.
The sensors can be calibrated to be more sensitive and less sensitive.
Increasing a sensor value = more sensitive, and not requiring to lift the finger very high off the hole. It lowers the
sensors detection height.

Decreasing a sensor value = less sensitive, this means the sensor is detecting your finger movement higher above the
hole. When the sensor value is in the negative range it is a higher detection height (see below).
Sensor hole names
Hole D
Hole C
Hole B
Hole Low A
B
C
C
A
nat
58
60
61
62
Hole HG
Hole F
Hole HA
Hole E
D
E
F
F
nat
63
65
66
67
Sensor value = -40

The detection height is higher

Sensor value = +10

The detection height is lower

8
HG
HA
Tenor Bass
68
70
58 46


• numbers are for example only
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