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• UK — G1 Reeds
• Europe — Kilts and More Germany
• North America — Tartantown
• Australia / NZ — Blair Bagpipes, along with all major repairs

The Digital Chanter's finger sensors react to your finger position, height, and skin reflections — so each sensor can be finely tuned to match exactly how you lift your fingers.

1. Power on the chanter and navigate to Main menu > Advanced > Sensors.
2. The first item is the High A hole sensor. Press the navigation switch (Enter) to edit it — an asterisk will appear next to it, and the value will show with arrows on each side, e.g. <0>.
3. Place your thumb over the hole and play a High A grace note. Adjust the value up or down until both High A and High G sound correctly as you'd normally lift your fingers.
4. Press Enter to confirm and store the value, then move to the next hole and repeat.

Which way to adjust:

• Increasing a sensor's value makes it more sensitive — you won't need to lift your finger as high for the note to sound.
• Decreasing a value makes it less sensitive — the sensor needs your finger further above the hole before the note sounds.

Prefer to watch instead? See our sensor calibration video.

Since 2024, every Blair Digital Chanter has a battery door built into the top section, making battery swaps straightforward.

1. Loosen the screw with a small Phillips-head screwdriver, then slide the door toward the mouthpiece.
2. Gently lift out the old battery and unplug the JST connector.
3. Plug in the new battery's small white JST connector, tuck the wires in neatly, and slide the door back on.
4. Pop the screw back in — just snug, no need to overtighten.

Service locations:

• Scotland — G1 Reeds
• Canada — Tartantown
• Germany — Kilts & More
• Australia — Blair Bagpipes

The built-in metronome features 8 beat patterns with real percussion sounds, plus independent Volume, Reverb, and Pan control — so it never overpowers your playing.

Turn it on from the main menu: scroll to Metro, press Enter, and select ON. A metronome icon appears on screen whenever it's active.

Adjustable settings:

• On/Off
• Volume (1–30)
• Tempo (30–300 BPM)
• Beats per bar (1–8), to select which beat is accented
• Pan, to place the metronome in one speaker/headphone side or the other
• Reverb On/Off

The Blair Digital Chanter has a built-in USB-MIDI interface. MIDI sends note information, not audio, from the chanter to another device — so you can play your normal Highland fingering while triggering the sound of a completely different instrument, like piano or guitar, in software.

1. Connect the chanter to a PC, iPad, or tablet using the supplied USB cable.
2. Open a MIDI-compatible app on that device (e.g. GarageBand, Logic, or similar).
3. Set the app's MIDI input to your Blair Digital Chanter — it's class-compliant, so no drivers are needed.
4. Play as normal. Your fingering will trigger notes in the app based on the mapping below.

Default MIDI note mapping for the chanter's built-in instruments:

The USB Micro port on your chanter is a true multi-purpose connection, handling three separate jobs:

• Charging the internal battery
• MIDI data transfer to a PC, iPad, or tablet
• Firmware and instrument updates via the Blair Digital Bagpipes app