9 Drones Control

Drones Control Panel

WARBL makes it possible to control Drones in MIDI Bagpipe Host Apps by choosing from a few ways of sending Drones On and Drones Off commands.

You can choose to send: * Note On * Note Off, or * CC Messages,

And assign the: * Channel * Byte 2 and * Byte 3.

For Note on and Note Off Messages * Byte 2 is a MIDI Note Number * Byte 3 is Velocity

For CC Messages * Byte 2 is the CC Number * Byte 3 is the Value

The Commands used for Turning Drones On and Off will depend on the MIDI Host App. For example, the Celtic Sounds app uses a Note On Command both for turning Drones both On and Off. In apps such as Universal Piper, you can choose which Command you’ll use to control the Drones.

9.1 No Drone Control

Select this to assign a Specific Button Action to control the Drones, and then assign a WARBL2 Button Action to Turn Drones On/Off in the Button Behavior panel below.

9.2 Use Secret Button

Allows you to turn the Drones On and Off by pressing WARBL2 Button 1 while covering the Right-Hand Index-Finger Hole.

9.3 Turn On/Off With Chanter

Will cause the Drones to be On whenever the Chanter is playing. This will be true no matter how you control the Chanter, so will work in Bagless Mode as well as using the Pressure Sensor.

9.4 Use Pressure

Will turn the Drones On and Off at a given Pressure Threshold, so, for example, you can mimic Real Bagpipes by having the drones come On at a Baseline Pressure and the Chanter come On at a Higher Pressure.

9.4.1 Learn

You can either Learn the pressure by tapping this button, or enter it manually as inH₂O, as with the Note Trigger Pressure.