Radel SAARANG MICRO V6 User Manual

SAARANG MICRO V6 DIGITAL TAMBURA (TANPURA)
USER MANUAL
GENERAL INFORMATION
The SAARANG MICRO V6 digital tambura / tanpura is a sophisticated musical product for providing sruti
(sur) accompaniment to performers of music. It incorporates the latest state-of-the-art technology.
It can be tuned to any pitch over a range of more than one octave thus enabling it to be used by men or
women as well as instrumentalists. It generates 4 perfectly tuned notes as per the pitch selected. It is housed
in an attractive, palm sized, lightweight (Size:110 x 105 x 80 mm, Weight - approximately 0.5 kg. ),
unbreakable and safe ABS plastic cabinet. It can be directly operated on any voltage from 90V -260V AC or
on a set of batteries (uses six 'AA' size batteries of 1.5V each). It automatically switches - over to batteries
(DC) on failure of mains power (AC). An external speaker socket (1/8") is also provided.
CAUTION: 1. Provide a gap of at least 15 seconds between switching OFF and ON the product.
2. Avoid using the products close to other electronic equipment such as mobile / cordless phones, pagers
etc.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: Insert the power cord provided with the product, into the socket at the rear of
the instrument. Plug the power cord into a standard wall outlet. Switch on the product by using the 'ON'
switch .
Note: The Micro V6 has SMPS facility due to which it can be operated directly on any voltage from 90V-260V
AC.
VOLUME(VOL): To adjust the volume press ▲or ▼ button either step by step or continuously. To mute the
volume, press ▲and ▼ buttons at the same time together. To restore the previous volume level, press ▲and
▼ buttons together again.
TONE: To get bass/ treble sound, 'TONE' adjustment is provided. Tone can be altered by pressing the ▲or
▼ button b utton (2 steps each).
PITCH SELECTION: Press the ▲or ▼ button (PITCH) to change the pitch to any standard setting in steps of
half-notes such as C, C#(shown as C.) etc. Please refer to the pitch reference chart at the bottom of the
product for pitch references in the Indian systems. The display will show the selected pitch.
FINE TUNING: For fine tuning close to a standard pitch setting, press MODE button once. The display will
now start blinking to confirm that the product is in fine tuning mode. Now press ▲or ▼ button to either
increase or decrease the pitch in microsteps.
TEMPO SETTING: Pressing MODE button twice from the NORMAL mode (or once from the fine tuning
mode) puts the product in the tempo setting mode. The display now indicates 't'. Press the ▲or ▼ button
repeatedly to increase or decrease the plucking tempo (speed). Pressing MODE thrice from the tempo mode
restores the instrument to the NORMAL mode without changing the fine-tuned pitch.
PLUCK: To change the pluck from hard to soft or vice- versa,, press the MODE button three times from the
normal mode. The display shows 'p' (for 'pluck'). Now the pluck can be altered to hard or soft by pressing the
▲or ▼ button. Pressing the MODE button twice from pluck will bring the instrument back to the normal
mode.
SUSTAIN: To change the sustenance of notes, press the MODE button four times from the normal mode.
The display shows 'S' (for 'sustain'). Now the sustenance can be altered by pressing the ▲or ▼ button.
Pressing the MODE button again from sustain will bring the instrument back to the normal mode.
PLUCK STYLES: Two pluck styles are provided in the instrument. One style 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 and this style is popular among the North Indian musicians. To change
the style to the alternate one, press ▲ and ▼buttons(STYLE) simultaneously.
1.PA-SA.SA.SA
2.PA.SA.SA.SA
PANCHAM / MADHYAM / NISHAD: Press the PA button repeatedly to change the pancham note to MA or NI
or OFF. A lamp indicates PA/MA/NI selection.
AUTO SAVE MEMORY(ASM): The current selections / settings like pitch, tempo, pluck style, etc. are
automatically saved into memory about 10 seconds after the last button-press. If there is an interruption in
AC mains power or if the instrument is switched off, then on switching on the instrument again, these settings
will automatically be restored. Thus, the user need not worry about losing the selected pitch and other
settings, etc.