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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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| ON/OFF |
Plug in the mains cord; two pin male plug into your AC wall power supply & female socket in the back of the instrument. Switch on the instrument by pressing the On/Off Note: Pressing the On /Off again put the instrument off.
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COMMON OPERATION
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| PITCH |
Select your required Sur (Note) using the PITCH SA. Use the Down & Up arrow to navigate from the lowest to the highest Sur (i.e. main notes). The sur selected can be viewed on the display.
Pitch range is from C to E of the higher octave. On selection of any pitch, the pitch of the Tanpura and Tabla will change simultaneously.
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| FINE PITCH |
You can further fine tune your Sur by using the Fine PITCH. Use the Down & Up arrow to adjust between Sur.
Note: Fine SA allows very fine pitch adjustment in-between two main notes (i.e. in-between C & C# by pressing Up arrow and in-between C & B by pressing Down arrow.
Note: The same is displayed by a "-" sign. The "-" on the right means the sur is going higher and on the left means the sur is going lower
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TABLA OPERATIONS
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| PLAY |
Press Play and Theka starts from Sum.
Note: The Number "1" appears on the Display at the start of each Sum cycle.
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| STOP |
Theka can be stopped at any time by pressing the Stop.
Note: Any operation of the face panel can be performed without stopping the Theka.
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| TABLA VOLUME |
To set the volume of Tabla press the ‘Tabla Volume’ followed by the Down or Up arrow to either Decrease or Increase the volume respectively. The volume level is visible in digits on the Display
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| TABLA TEMPO |
To adjust tempo, press the Tempo followed by the Down or Up arrow to either Decrease or Increase the tempo respectively. Note: Beats per minute will be visible on the display.
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| LAYA |
To set the Laya of the instrument press the Laya Button followed by the Down arrow Button to Decrease from
Dhrut > Madhya > Vilambit > Ati Vilambit. :: Or vice versa.
The selected Laya is visible on the Display. ‘LY1 = Druth’, ‘LY2 = Madhya’, LY3 = Vilambit’, ‘LY4 = Ati Vilambit’
Note: Pressing Up arrow will have no effect once the instrument has reached the Dhrut Laya range. Similarly pressing Down arrow will have no effect once the instrument has reached the Ati Vilambit Laya range. An Error sound is produced in both the cases.
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| BALANCE |
The Relative Volume of the Tabla & the Dagga can be balanced adjusted by pressing Balance followed by the Up or Down arrow. Pressings Up will increase the audibility of Dhaga & pressing Down will increase the audibility of Tabla
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| VARIATIONS |
For Thekas (like Garba, Ghazal etc.) Pressing Variations will help you select different Styles of Playing of the same Theka.
Note: "TH1", "TH2", "TH3" etc. can be viewed on the Display on selection of different variations. If only 1 variation is present then only "TH1" is displayed.
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| DEMO |
Select Demo to hear selected Taals play one after another for 1 Avartan each.
Note: Demo will not play if the Tanpura is playing |
| COMPOSER |
For composing your own Thekas:
1. Press Stop if the instrument is playing any Thekas.
2. Press Alt and Compose 1 or Compose 2. Note: The Display indicates "PR1" or "PR2".
3. Place the Boll card over the instrument on the top left side.
4. Press the required Bolls as per your composition. Bolls when pressed are heard. Wait for the Boll to be fully over before you press next Boll.
5. When finished press End. Note: HALF + HALF Matra allows 2 Bolls to be inserted in 1 Matra. Some readymade and commonly used Bolls are already provided.
Example: DHA-GE, NA-NA, TI-TA etc. The same could have been made by pressing HALF + HALF Matra first and then pressing DHA and GE.
Note: The key “Last Half Matra” is reserved for making Thekas which have cycle like "7 1/2 Matra", "8 1/2 Matra", "91/2 Matra" etc. The Last Half Matra can be inserted by pressing Key "Last Half Matra" first and then the required Boll. When Theka is played the Last Half Matra is indicated in the display by Two Parallel Lines ( || ) near the number. The
Note: Compositions are maintained in Memory even when the Power is Switched Off.
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TANPURA OPERATIONS
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| TANPURA VOLUME |
To set the volume of Tanpura press the Tanpura Volume switch followed by the up or down arrow switch to either Decrease or Increase the volume respectively
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| SELECT |
Select switch helps you in the selection of PA, MA, Ni or only SA style of playing.
Note: The corresponding LED of the PA,MA or NI will glow. When only SA selected no LED will glow
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| STYLE |
The Style switch helps you in the selection of either 5 Matra or 6 Matra style of playing. In 5 matra style there is no pause after the first string being played ie PA, MA or Ni
Note: The corresponding LED of the 5 Matra or 6 Matra will glow.
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| MANUAL NI |
Nishad can be tuned manually by pressing the Manual NI switch. Use the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to reduce or increase Nishad pitch.
Note: The range for Nishad adjustment is one Sur up on the higher side and one Sur Down on the Lower side ( i.e. If D is selected as Main Sa, Nishad will be adjustment from D to D# on the higher side and D to C# on the lower side. ) Note: The same is displayed by a "-" sign. The "-" on the right means the sur is going higher and on the left means the sur is going lower
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| TANPURA TEMPO |
To manually adjust the tempo, press the Tempo switch followed by the UP or DOWN arrow switch to either Decrease or Increase the tempo respectively.
Note: The tempo IS displayed & has a range from 1 to 50. Changing the pitch will reset the tempo to default setting.
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GENERAL
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| BATTERY |
The instrument has an inbuilt battery charger which automatically charges batteries while the instrument is playing. Please use only rechargeable AAA size battery. While charging batteries the Battery Charging LED will glow. In the event of the battery charge being low, the Low Battery LED will glow; thereby prompting
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