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  1. 1  Start the drones, manual start or trigg it with a Command Control midi message.

  2. 2  Balance beetween Drones and chanter.

  3. 3  Chanter visual light; it answers to midi note On/Off in the scale of the sampled instrument.

  4. 4  Fine tuning of the instrument.

  5. 5  general Volume.

  6. 6  Display/Selection/Modification of the name of the preset.

  7. 7  Frequence displaying, Fondamental and A reference. Displaying of forced characteristics: natural and Override.

  8. 8  Reload last preset characteristics.

  9. 9 Save the modifications and fix the preset. Do not work on factory presets. You have to rename a factory preset prior to save you modifications.

  10. 10  Override align every preset scale to respect the same A3 reference. Thus changing from a preset to another keeps you in tune with other instruments. Does not have any impact on the two fist presets (GHB Bb et GHB C ) which are already in tune with the same A3.

  11. 11  Change beetween tempered and natural scale. Each preset get two distinct scales that can be fine tuned separately. Switching «tempered» or «natural» force every preset on the corresponding scale. Can be triggered by midi cc command.

  12. 12  Additional panels.



2 Chanter Panel

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  1. 1  Identification of the preset chanter .

  2. 2  Scale Mode; Authorise to adapt the scale generated by midi practices to play other bagpipe modes. You can «tape» or «carve» your chanter. That information is located in the Upipe/Upipe_gamme.xml file. The mode is part of the preset.

  3. 3  General right hand/left hand balance.

  4. 4  Fondamental preset note. This is the instrument reference for (de)tuning the drones and other effects. This note cannot be fine tuned separately as it is the instrument reference. Change it via the main panel fine tuning.

  5. 5  Note selector. Click to stop/play a chanter note.

  6. 6  Coarse tune of the note. Use it to cover the whole scale of the instrument and to build an bagpipe instrument from scratch.

  7. 7  Fine tuning of the selected note.

  8. 8  Gain modification of the selected note.

  9. 9  Sample used for that note. Use it to cover the whole scale of the instrument and to build an bagpipe instrument from scratch.



Drones Panel




  1. 1  Opening/closing the drone.

  2. 2  Drone Panning, gives a stereo image of the instrument.

  3. 3  Drone power, allow to color the drones presence beetween several drones.

  4. 4  Detune the drone, create other chords.

  5. 5  fine tuning of that drone.

  6. 6  Sample used for this drone; you can use a drone from another bagpipe to create an fantasy new bagpipe instrument .



3 Effects Panel


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  1. 1  Humanize changes pith and gain of the whole instrument as ih the piper is taking his breath. power of the effect; pitch impact, gain impact.

  2. 2  Valve noise; effect presence.

  3. 3  Global detune of the instrument. Gets higher or lower chanter and drones, semi-ton by semi-ton; This affect also the adressed midi scale in regard.

  4. For the musician using a midi practice, fixing the midi offset make things always work.

  5. 4  Chanter reverb. Effect power, reverb width,  room size.

  6. 5  Drone reverb. As it is a continuous sound, a reverb makes it more fuzzy and soft.  You have to  keep it in balance with the drones presence.

  7. 6  Chanter equalizer.

  8. 7  Drones equalizer.




4 Setup Midi Panel


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  1. 1  Auto activation of the drones when receiving midi note on/off.

  2. 2  Display/Modification of the naming of the notes beetween Internationale/Bretonne/Ecossaise. International notation is midi standard, A,B,C... Breton notation keeps a Sib fundamental as Scottish notation is the traditional notation for GHB.

  3. Midi channel.

  4. 4  Define your controler. 

  5. Offset midi: you have to fix that offset; it is all explained here:

  6. 5  Command Control Midi triggers. You can command:  volume with a dedicated pedal; drones start/stop; tempered/natural switching. The midi learn button helps to create associations. Click the button and affect a behavior to a midi command control message.

  7. 6  Preset Program change. Every preset (user or factory) can be recalled via a Program Change Midi message. Make an association with the midi learn button.



About Panel




  1. 1  Key information; Send it to us when you buy the software..

  2. 2 We send you back the licence information. Click Register. It’s done.

  3.   This licence is specfic to the computer that generated the Key value.

  4.   You can ask for another licence code for another computer on which you can also install the      instrument.



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        Universal Piper panels details
                        The reference of every control of the software. 

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