Mridanga Talam Digital Compact, Electronic Mridangam & Manjira

Start the instrument by pressing the On / Off

Note: Pressing the On / Off again put the instrument off.

Press Variation for different Talam.

A complete Talam is defined by Talam, Jati & Nadai. Therefore First

1. 1. Select Talam (Press Any One)

1.                                                i.     Dhruva
2.                                              ii.     Matya
3.                                             iii.     Roopaka
4.                                             iv.     Jhampa
5.                                               v.     Triputa
6.                                             vi.     Chapu
7.                                            vii.     Eka
8.                                          viii.     Ata

The Display will Show selected talam in this fashion [ t – a ]

(i.e.: t for Talam and a for ATA or [ t – r ] i.e.: t for Talam and r for Roopaka)

1. 2. Select Jati  (i.e.: Press Jati & Press any one number as Jati)

1.                                                i.     3 à Tishram
2.                                              ii.     4 à Chatushram
3.                                             iii.     5 à Khandam
4.                                             iv.     7 à Mishram
5.                                               v.     9 à Sankeernam

The Display will show selected Jati in this manner [ J – 4 ]

(i.e.: J for Jati and 4 for Chatushram or [J – 5] i.e.: J for Jati and 5 for Khandam)

Note: The machine will take Jati as 4 (Chatushra) if no Jati is selected.Only for Chapu & Ata talam the Jati will be taken as 5 (Khandam)

1. 3. Select Nadai ie:Press Nadai & Press any one number for Nadai

1.                                                i.     3 à Tishram
2.                                              ii.     4 à Chatushram
3.                                             iii.     5 à Khandam
4.                                             iv.     7 à Mishram
5.                                               v.     9 à Sankeernam

(i.e.: n for Nadai and 4 for Chatushram or [n – 5] i.e.: n for Nadai and 5 for Khandam)

Note:  If No Nadai is selected then 4 (Chatushra) Nadai will be selected.

Note:Manjira is Available for all combinations of Talam, Jati & Nadai (Variations Absent)Mridangam is available for the table shown in the beginning (Along with Indicated variations)

(Mridnagam, Manjira, Nadai)

Note: The Number “1” appears on the Display at the start of each Sum cycle.

(Mridnagam, Manjira, Nadai)

Note: Any operation of the face panel can be performed without stopping the Talam.

Play & Stop of Mrigangam, Manjira & Nadai is independent of each other.

U = Anudrutam, which is simply a beat of the hand.

1 = Laghu, which consists of a beat plus the movements of the fingers of the hand.

Note:If the Talam is not available in Mridangam, it will be played only in Manjira automatically

Volumes of Both Mridangam & Manjira are independent of each other.

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 Swaram is going higher and on the left means the Swaram is going lower.

Note: Beats per minute will be visible on the display.

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.

While charging batteries the Battery Charging LED will glow. In the event of the battery charge being low, the Low Battery LED will glow; thereby prompting you to connect the instrument to main AC power supply for charging the batteries.