World-class piper Matt MacIsaac's video review of the Blair Digital Chanter, including MIDI examples and his own performance on the chanter and acoustic guitar.
Great review Matt. Just got one a few days ago and I am really enjoying the sound and playing tunes on it. Thanks for a great tune as always my friend. Jermainiac.
At 75, I've been out of piping for about 20 years, and finally got around to purchasing a Blair chanter for myself. I also have a DegerPipe, and loved it until it started to go bung on me. Germany is one hell of a long way to get it fixed. It started to give me contact burns on the fingers; it felt like banging them up and down on pins. It definitely put me off long sessions. Martin Deger noted the problem as "rare" and said that he has reduced the voltage from 9 to ?2.5 in the newer model. Hopefully, my Blair chanter will give me the interest to get back to piping electronically. I've already noticed an improvement in the length of my practice sessions; so much so that I had to take a few days off, since my birl finger started to hurt. Hopefully, my skin will toughen up soon.... And thanks Matt for your playing !
I got my Blair chanter through the post yesterday and had trouble getting much out of it with missed notes . I watched this video again and realised that your sensor readings were all at plus. I had minuses dialled in. I just paused this video at each pair of notes you have from high a and high g, to b and low a, and copied the settings for each note. Much better! I’ll tweak each note gradually, but I’m much happier now.
Came for the review but stayed for the performance. Cheers, Matt!
That looks like an excellent piece of kit. Thanks for the review and the nice wee tune at the end.
Great review Matt. Just got one a few days ago and I am really enjoying the sound and playing tunes on it. Thanks for a great tune as always my friend. Jermainiac.
Great review and even better reel. So good!
Dude!!! That was bloody brilliant 👏👌
At 75, I've been out of piping for about 20 years, and finally got around to purchasing a Blair chanter for myself. I also have a DegerPipe, and loved it until it started to go bung on me. Germany is one hell of a long way to get it fixed. It started to give me contact burns on the fingers; it felt like banging them up and down on pins. It definitely put me off long sessions. Martin Deger noted the problem as "rare" and said that he has reduced the voltage from 9 to ?2.5 in the newer model. Hopefully, my Blair chanter will give me the interest to get back to piping electronically. I've already noticed an improvement in the length of my practice sessions; so much so that I had to take a few days off, since my birl finger started to hurt. Hopefully, my skin will toughen up soon.... And thanks Matt for your playing !
Amazing ! Thank you so much for your sound
Loved the song! Thanks for the great review :)
I’ve just received my Blair but your playing was amazing.
I like your version of the handshaker.
🙋hi from Scotland that is just amazing loved the tune take care
I just bought one, best thing I ever did!
Great review!! This tune is awesome!!! Is there music for it anywhere? Brilliant!
This is excellent!!
I need to get me that toy! I also need to get some of that reel version of the handshaker sheet music!
I got my Blair chanter through the post yesterday and had trouble getting much out of it with missed notes . I watched this video again and realised that your sensor readings were all at plus. I had minuses dialled in. I just paused this video at each pair of notes you have from high a and high g, to b and low a, and copied the settings for each note. Much better! I’ll tweak each note gradually, but I’m much happier now.
I got it recently & what would be great for the battery is to show the percentage.
Amazing. When I came up we were still using cane drone reeds with hairs under the tongues and elk hide bags.
Sooo Awesome!!
Sounds great, thanks.