Blair Digital Chanter User Manual - Page 9

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• How to navigate to the Sensor menu

• Main menu > Advanced > Sensors

>Advanced

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. For example <0>. This value can be increased or decreased using the navigation switch.

The chanter automatically stores the new setting when it is altered, pressing Enter leaves the current sensor so you can

proceed to the next.

Adjust the sensor value until the correct note is heard as you would normally lift the ﬁngers on a bagpipe. Once the

correct value has been reached, press the switch (Enter). The new value is stored.

To return to the main menu, continue to navigate to > back and press Enter.

• Calibrating the Sensors to your ﬁngers.

The sensors can be calibrated to your ﬁngers, and it's possible to set a sensor detection point which will sound the note

either high above the hole, exactly on the hole or below the edge of the hole.

This is referred to as adjusting the sensitivity of the sensor.

• Increasing a sensor value makes it more sensitive. This also means you will not need to lift the ﬁnger very high off

the hole for a note to sound. If the sensors value it too high, then the proceeding note won't sound. 

• Decreasing a sensor value makes less sensitive, this means the sensor is detecting your ﬁnger movement higher

above the hole.

Common errors

• When a sensor value is set too high, the proceeding note won't sound.

• One of the higher notes has a sensor set with high sensitivity which generates a 'gurgling' sound. This sound can be

identiﬁed as the sensor to adjust. For example when playing 'C', hearing a bubbling or gurgling sound. We can determine

that it will be a sensor with a ﬁnger over the hole, either High A, High G, F, E, or D. To correct reduce the sensor which is

sounding the note.

• The note sounds however the ﬁnger is still above the hole. This identiﬁes as a sensor not sensitive enough and we

need to lower the detection point closer to the hole. To do this, increase the sensors value, making it more sensitive.

For example if set to -34, increase it's value closer to the '+' range such as '-20, -10, 0. +5' until it sounds correctly.

>Hole HA

Hole HG

Low A

>back

>Sensors 

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