Redpipe Classic AIR

Description

Redpipe AIR – Even closer to the original!

 

Electronic bagpipe with the fingerings of shepherd’s pipe (French bagpipe), gaita gallega, hummelchen, Scottish bagpipes and medieval bagpipe.

 

The latest Redpipe is now even closer to the original The CLASSIC AIR model offers absolutely realistic play with even more control and feel. As with conventional bagpipes, the amount of force the player applies varies depending on how full the bag is.

Especially when overblowing, the threshold to the second octave can now be determined more precisely, and symptoms of fatigue during long periods of playing due to constant, static pressure are reduced.

The air consumption of the AIR version can be easily adjusted by a valve. In this way, you can individually approach the instrument to your own habits.

This redpipe offers seven selectable fingerings of the most popular bagpipes (with 2nd thumbhole!) and convincing musical possibilities!

7 selectable fingerings

– Shepherd’s pipe / French cornemuse (semi-closed fingering with second thumbhole)

(Audio sample 1 / Audio sample 2)

– Hümmelchen & Dudey (baroque recorder fingering)

(Audio sample 3 / Audio sample 4)

– Medieval (market) bagpipe (open bagpipe fingering)

– Scottish Highland Bagpipes & Smallpipes

with 3 variations of the Scottish bagpipe fingering

– Minimal open and without vibrato
– Standard GHB half open and vibrato are activated
– Extended semitones are playable, extended range, vibrato and overblowing
(sound sample GHB / sound sample Smallpipe)

– Gaita Gallega (with standard and extended fingering)

Optional extensions

NEW Sound system The models redpipe classic and french are available brand new and for an additional charge with built-in speaker.

In addition to the headphones and connection for amplifier ‘sounds the redpipe now also completely without wiring Unpacking

–

switch on – play!

Preset Storage for saving up to 10 presets

Very useful extension, with which up to 10 settings (fingering, sound, pitch, etc.) can be freely stored.

The new optional extension

Optical Touch Chanter

New optical recognition of finger positions (more info here)

 

 

General information about the redpipe

4 realistic, wavetable-generated sounds

– Highland Bagpipe

– Shepherd pipe / medieval bagpipe

– Hümmelchen / Highland Smallpipe

– Gaita Gallega

Real Bagpipe Sound

With an acoustic pipe, the pitch is slightly lower at the start until the right pressure is in the bag, which means the pitch varies slightly at start and stop. This function is also a characteristic feature of the redpipe.

Key
The key can be changed in wide ranges in semitone steps.

Pitch
The redpipe is set to A 440 Hz in the factory setting. When playing with instruments that have a different tuning, the redpipe can be easily adjusted. The tuning is global and independent of the fingering. So you can change keys and the overall tuning remains the same.

Intonation
Drone instruments as well as bagpipes are normally tuned pure. In the studio as well as when playing together with other tempered instruments, problems can occur. Change from pure tuning to equal temperament without any problems!

Basic tuning
The basictuning is switched in each case with the fingering table

– GHB keynote b flat

– french cornemuse / shepherd’s pipe keynote G

– Hümmelchen and Dudey keynote C

– Gaita Gallega keynote C

Drone tuning to the keynote

– Root / Octave Bordun (default setting) Bordun is the root of the chanter plus octave.

(Example Lowest note is C – drones in C for C major)

– Fourth bordun It sounds the fourth to the root of the chanter

(example root note is C – drones in F for key F major)

– Second bordun It sounds the second to the keynote of the chanter

(example root is C – drones in D for key of D minor or Dorian)

Drone finetuning
The drones can be finely tuned in their pitch in relation to the chanter. The volume of the drones is adjustable.

Overblowing
All redpipes have a range of 1 1/2 octaves. To overblow, either open the upper thumbhole or press harder on the bag.

Vibrato
Realistic playing of vibratos like acoustic bagpipes!

Modes
The mode of a Scottish bagpipe is set to Mixolydian. As a result, many non-Celtic tunes are missing two notes. With the redpipe you can choose between the following two modes

– Mixolydian

is one of the four old authentic modes or church keys. In this scale, a semitone lies between the third and fourth as well as the sixth and seventh degree, the other intervals are whole tone steps. The minor seventh is characteristic, all other notes correspond to those of the major scale.

– Ionic

is one of the authentic modes or church keys added by Glarean in the 16th century. From it emerged our present-day tonal gender, the major. In this scale, a semitone lies between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth steps; the other intervals are whole-note steps. The major third is characteristic.

Metronome
is integrated and freely selectable in tempo. The beat of the metronome is signaled by a click in the sound as well as by the LED.

Outputs

– Line out

– Line level not adjustable 6.35mm jack socket for external audio system or radio transmitter

– Headphones For normal stereo headphones or earphones – volume adjustable – 2.5mm jack socket. Also suitable for monitoring on stage.

MIDI
At the 5 pol. DIN socket MIDI OUT a normal MIDI cable is plugged in. With it you can control all tone generators with MIDI input, sequencers or other MIDI devices (e.g. also personal computers equipped with sound card and MIDI interface).

The redpipe uses MIDI channel 1 for the chanter data and on channel 2 to 4 for the drones.

Technical data of the redpipe

– Power supply 2 AA alkaline batteries (supplied).

– Battery life approx. 20 hours with alkaline batteries (depending on the connected devices)

– Weight 1,3 kg

(To play with the redpipe you need standard earphones (stereo) or you have to connect the instrument to an amplifier).

 

 

 

And this is how easy it is to play on the redpipe

– Plug in headphones or connect the pipe to an amplifier with cable or radio transmitter.

– Switching on at the slide switch

– Selection of the desired fingering. When switching, the instrument is immediately set to the usual basic tuning (e.g. with the half-closed fingering of the shepherd’s pipe, the starting key is ‘G’)

– Sound choose Highland Bagpipe, Shepherd’s Pipe / Medieval Market Bag, Gaita Gallega or Hümmelchen / Smallpipe.

– Select key / pitch Either in semitone steps (1/2 tone higher or lower per button press), or steplessly if you need to adapt to instruments tuned to specific frequencies.

– Set drone accompaniment tones either fundamental or as a fourth or fifth drone. The drones can be regulated in volume. Even fine(-)tuning the pitch of the drones in relation to the chanter is possible!

– Adjust the volume of the instrument – the drones can be set louder or softer separately from the chanter.

– Starting the pipe Inflate and pressure on the bag and off you go!

 

The second thumbhole for the semi-closed shepherd’s pipe fingering is also there, of course.

Please note connection cable or radio transmitter are not included in the scope of delivery!