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Description
| OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS | |
| On/Off | Plug in the mains cord; two pin male plug into your AC wall power supply & female socket in the back of the instrument. Button on the instrument by pressing the On / Off Note: Add-on flat two pin AC converters available. Note: Pressing the On / Off again put the instrument off. |
| Play | Press Play and Theka starts from Sum. Note: The Number "1" appears on the Display at the start of each Sum cycle. |
| Stop | Theka can be stopped at any time by pressing the Stop. Note: Any operation of the face panel can be performed without stopping the Theka. |
| Volume | To set the volume of the instrument press the Volume followed by the Down or Up arrow to either Decrease or Increase the volume respectively. The volume level is visible in digits on the Display. |
| Pitch | Select your required Sur (Note) using the Main SA. Use the Down & Up arrow to navigate from the lowest to the highest Sur (i.e. main notes). The sur selected can be viewed on the display. Pitch range id from C to E of the higher octave. |
| Fine Pitch | You can further fine tune your Sur by using the Fine SA. Use the Down & Up arrow to adjust between Sur. Note: Fine SA allows very very fine pitch adjustment in-between two main notes (i.e. in-between C & C by pressing Up arrow and in-between C & B by pressing Down arrow. Note: The same is displayed by a "-" sign. The "-" on the right means the sur is going higher and on the left means the sur is going lower. |
| Tempo | To adjust tempo, press the Tempo followed by the Down or Up arrow to either Decrease or Increase the tempo respectively. Note: Beats per minute will be visible on the display. |
| Laya | To set the Laya of the instrument press the Laya Button followed by the Down arrow Button to decrease from :: Dhrut > Madhya > Vilambit > Ati Vilambit. :: Or vice versa. The selected Laya is visible on the Display. LY1 = Druth, LY2 = Madhya, LY3 = Vilambit, LY4 = Ati Vilambit Note: Pressing Up arrow will have no effect once the instrument has reached the Dhrut Laya range. Similarly pressing Down arrow will have no effect once the instrument has reached the Ati Vilambit Laya range. An Error sound is produced in both the cases. |
| Balance | The Relative Volume of the Tabla & the Dagga can be balanced adjusted by pressing Balance followed by the Up or Down arrow. Pressings Up will increase Dhaga & pressing Down will increase Tabla |
| Variation | Pressing Variation will help you select different Styles of Playing of the same Theka. Note: "TH1", "TH2", "TH3" etc. can be viewed on the Display on selection of different variations. If only 1 variation is present then only "TH1" is displayed. |
| Demo | Select Demo to hear selected Taals play one after another for 1 Avartan each. |
| COMPOSER | For composing your own Thekas: 1. Press Stop if the instrument is playing any Thekas. 2. Press Alt and Compose 1 or Compose 2. Note: The Display indicates "PR1" or "PR2". 3. Place the Boll card over the instrument on the top left side. 4. Press the required Bolls as per your composition. Bolls when pressed are heard. Wait for the Boll to be fully over before you press next Boll. 5. When finished press End. Note: HALF + HALF Matra allows 2 Bolls to be inserted in 1 Matra. Some readymade and commonly used Bolls are already provided. Example: DHA-GE, NA-NA, TI-TA etc. The same could have been made by pressing HALF + HALF Matra first and then pressing DHA and GE. Note: The key Last Half Matra is reserved for making Thekas which have cycle like "7 1/2 Matra", "8 1/2 Matra", "9 1/2 Matra" etc. The Last Half Matra can be inserted by pressing Key "Last Half Matra" first and then the required Boll. When Theka is played the Last Half Matra is indicated in the display by Two Parallel Lines ( || ) near the number. The Compositions are maintained in Memory even when the Power is Switched Off. |
| BATTERY | The instrument has an inbuilt battery charger which automatically charges batteries while the instrument is playing. Please use only rechargeable AAA size battery. |
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