SAARANG MAGIC PLUS DIGITAL TANPURA OPERATING MANUAL
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1. 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 The instrument is housed in an unbreakable ABS moulded 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 sto2. ease keep the MODE key pressed for about 8 seconds The display temporarily changes and shows 1 or 2 as the case may be After changing the scale press the A or W keys to match the pitch to the selected scale system 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 1 Provide a gap of al least 15 seconds between switching OFF the instrument and switching it ON again to ensure reliable operation 2 Avoid using the instrument close to other electronic equipment such as mobile or cordless phones pagers etc WARRANTY Like all Radel products the Saarang Magic Plus carries a warranty of 3 years from the date of sale Loudspeakers and power cords carry a warranty of 12 months this warranty is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the manufacturer All users are advised to ensure that the warranty counterfoils attached to this manual are returned to Radel Electronics Pvt Ltd within 15 days of purchase In case of any problems users are advised to contact the manufacturers without any delay giving details of the problem date of purchase dealer s name and purchase document reference The manufacturers invite users to feel free to send any feedback suggestions and special requ
3. irements regarding the product to them This Radel product is supplied with the following free accessories a Power cord b User Manual c Carry case For a video demonstration of all features of the Saarang Magic Plus go to this link http www youtube com view_play_list p D3274A9AD6875EDC CONTACT ADDRESS Factory Radel Electronics Pvt Ltd 74 D Electronics City Hosur Road Bangalore 560100 India Tel 91 80 28520730 Fax 91 80 28521071 Sales Office 217 8F Main Road 3rd Block Jayanagar Bangalore 560011 India Tel 91 80 26647991 E mail General enquiries _info radel in Service requests support radel in Website www radel in
4. nstrument 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 keys 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 keys simultaneously For recalling the stored settings while the instrument is playing at some other setting press MEM and RECALL keys simultaneously DUAL SCALE SYSTEM FACILITY Two systems of scale are provided the chromatic scale A 440Hz and the diatonic scale used in Indian music and many Radel products The display shows 1 for the Chromatic scale and 2 for the Diatonic scale when the product is switched on To change the system from one type to the other to the diatonic scale to match some other Radel products pl
5. red 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 A or YW 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 A and W button on either side of the marking TONE step by step or continuously PITCH SETTING Display flashes Press the up or down key to change the pitch to any other standard setting in steps of half notes For fine tuning close to a standard pitch setting press MODE key once The display will now start flashing to confirm that the instrument has entered the fine tuning mode Now press up or down key to either increase or decrease the pitch in micro steps SELECTION OF PANCHAM MADHYAM NISHAD OFF Press the PA key to change the Pancham note to MA or NI or no note TEMPO SETTING Display shows t Pressing MODE key 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 key to increase or decrease the plucking tempo interval between strings Pressing MODE key once again restores the i
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