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Fact Rst Restores the chanter to the original settings. All previous settings will not be saved. 

Serial Number: Your chanter's unique serial number, which should registered to receive software updates,

online user manuals and support. 

• About Pan

Each instrument includes a Pan function to enhance use of the stereo output by spreading the sound across 2 speakers

or your headphones. By using Pan it's possible to emulate the characteristics of playing an actual set of bagpipes with

the drones spread across the stereo image, like if they were also on your shoulder. 

All elements of the Highland Bagpipe (Chanter, Bass Drone, Tenor Drone) can be individually positioned in the stereo

mix. By using Pan, this widens the stereo image similar to the acoustic instrument.

For example, to widen the Great Highland Bagpipe sound Pan;

Chanter '0' 

Bass Drone 3 steps to the left (3L)

Tenor Drone 2 steps to the right (3R)

The stereo sound will now appear wider.

The Pan function can also be used to send individual elements to either stereo channel and useful for studio recording

and live performance.

For example:  

Pan the Chanter to the Right side (10R), and Bass & Tenor Drones to the left side (10L). This separates both sounds in

the mix whereby the Chanter can be routed to a Reverb, and the Drones to a Chorus, or individually tracked when

recording.

Pan has also been added to the Metronome

• Reverb

Reverb is an echoing effect that adds space, depth and warmth to a sound and can enrich the harmonics of an

instrument. 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.

By default the Reverb settings are ready to go. However if you're keen to experiment and create your own 'space' here

are the available parameters.

• Reverb On/ Off

• Volume 1-30

This sets how much of the original 'dry' sound (your Bagpipe) is sent to the Reverb to become 'wet'. A small subtle

amount is often used in recordings to add space/ warmth and the setting allows all the sound to be 'Wet'. When there is

to much Reverb it can sound 'muddy'.

• Rm Size (Room Size) 1-30

Rm Size adjusts the size of the room you would like to create. The larger the Rm Size the larger the space, be it a Hall or

Stadium effect.

• HF Damp (High frequency dampening) 1-30

On certain frequencies and settings a Reverb can produce a high frequency 'ring'. This occurs when the volume and

room size are set high, therefore to compensate a high-frequency dampening ﬁlter is used.