connecting to a PC You will probably need to turn the volume of the Technopipes up all the way to get a good signal level. If you have a MAC laptop, the headphone output can be configured as an input. You go to "settings" and "sound" or something like that. I don't know the details, but I would say it is important to reconfigure it from output to input before connecting the Technopipes so as not to damage the circuitry. |
connecting to an amplifier You will probably need to turn the volume of the Technopipes up all the way to get a good signal level. |
using MIDI Your PC has to have a corresponding DIN contact (usually located on the back, on the sound board). If you computer does not have a MIDI contact, you would need to get a MIDI to USB adapter. EDIROL UM-1SX and the likes work fine.
To enter MIDI mode you finger the combination first and then put the jack in to the Technopipes, OR
put the jack in first and then make sure that the first thing you do with the chanter is to
finger the MIDI combination. After you have the connections ok, you will need some software in the PC that interprets the MIDI commands received from the Technopipes and produces the sound through the sound board. Often a program comes with the sound card. I have a board from Creative, and the very basic software is called SoundFont Bank Manager. There are other more expensive ones too, like Cubase and Reason.
You can read more about the principles of MIDI on the internet. |
MIDI resources |
changing the battery |
other resources |