Although my brand new cane regulator reeds sound beautiful, they require a great deal more air to play then my previous bronze reeds. I’m not used to the pressure required and I am having alot of difficulty playing them.
What does everyone think..should I close down on the lips now, or should I try and play through it and hope that the reeds become broken in?
I guess everyone is too interested in learning what a piper should drink to get himself bombed while playing, instead of helping me by answering my question.
Were they made in a more humid climate? If so they may need closing down. It will likely make them sharper and require you to retune.
I found the cane reg reeds in my B set too loud and hard to blow so I also had to sand them a little.
I would guess that playing in regulator reeds might take a long time, unless you play like Doran or Rowsome. In your place I’d probably adjust the bridle but I certainly wouldn’t try scraping.
BUT FIRST … Have you spoken to the reedmaker/pipemaker? He/she is the best placed to advise you.
they should be closed “enough” to get the pitch you need and so it doesn’t breach the 100 other things that the adjustment might affect. Your scrape might be weak, scrape more…a little at a time
Long for the day when I could have this problem to ask about but no such luck - not a chance of affording regulators in the near future 
Seriously - I was under the impression that regulator reeds were meant to be weaker so they do not jump the octave and are quieter than the chanter reeds. What you ask implies they may be too strong / open
Best to check with the maker before taking any drastic or possibly irreversible action
John O’C
Check or ask with your maker before making any alterations to the reeds,
but slightly closing the reeds up should’nt do any harm to them and should make playing a little easier.
all the best. 
I have heard this/read it somewhere, and it’s never made sense to me. How does that work? When a chanter reed is weaker/more closed, it jumps the octave more easily. How come regs don’t behave the same way? Seriously, I’m curious.
Reg reeds have the center line thinned more than do the chanter reeds.
In order to jump the octave easily, the center line must be thicker than the edges of the scraped area.
Hmm I’d say they (reg reeds) were more thinned overall. i.e. overscraped - not just on the centreline.
If the centreline is too thin, causing the reed to close in the middle first, you’ll get nasty side-effects even in regulator reeds.
But yes, the basic idea is that the reg reeds are too thinned to “support” the second octave notes. I think this can involve a “lower head speed”, i.e. lower frequency crow, as well. But if you go too far along this road, you can lose the top rank of regulator notes.
In practice you often find players with regs set up the opposite way - i.e. with reeds that are stiffer than the chanter, so that some extra pressure may be required to get the regs to speak properly when playing bottom hand first octave notes. Obviously this isn’t optimal, but it may represent an attempt to avoid jumping the octave without the top regulator notes sinking. Scraping the reeds may, at first, cause excessive octave jumping, until the scrape passes some critical point at which the second octave goes from “too easy” to “not happening at all”. This ideal point may be difficult to achieve if the regs are heavily rushed, as rushes often aggravate the second-octave jumping.
At least, this is my current understanding of it.
Also, it has been reported that narrower staples can help prevent jumping - probably by making the second octave more difficult. I reckon this has to do with “mistuning” the resonance peaks of the second harmonics of the reg; if the overblown reg notes are way sharp, they seem more reluctant to happen. However, I have a notion that this can also make the regs less responsive overall, and dull their tone. Some people find the dulling of the tone unobjectionable, as in general most players like the regs to “fade into the background”, and “regs too loud” is something many players of various sets complain about.
Best regards,
Bill
Ah. Okay, well, I guess that makes sense. Sort of. I still don’t really get it. But thanks! Maybe someday when I have regs, it’ll become clearer. 
Don’t hold your breath! 