The reeds, which replace keys, are effectively controlled by the performer by opening and closing small flaps to either mute a tone. Set up your system to automatically repeat each 60second file and youll have the steady hum of the tambura emanating from your computer. The shruti box is a small instrument with reeds, used to play a drone in music. It is used as an accompaniment to other instruments and notably the flute. Shruti box buy shruti boxes online at best prices in india. Whether you practice indian music or just want a meditative background sound for relaxing, we hope youll enjoy this little free app. It uses sounds sampled from real hemraj tanpuras to provide beautiful yet realistic sound in a pleasing and intuitive package.
Come listen to the beautiful, meditative sound of real hemraj tanpuras, and get lost in the mysteries of indian classical music. Your tanpura is an application designed for every lover of carnatic music who owns a pc. Our fine quality instruments are hand crafted from solid tonewoods for a resonant and harmonious sound. It uses stereo digital sound to simulate a set of two tanpuras each of. Dhwani tanpura the application has been designed and carefully tuned to accurately reproduce the sound of an original tanpura instrument, including its beautiful tone, resonance and overtones. Today, 30 december 2008, shruti box on iphoneipod touch is available for all musicians. The software version of the tanpura string instrument, providing builtin notes to create melodies. Our premier shruti box, the m3 was developed to work seamlessly with the bowring foot pedal, with the gigging musician in mind. You just select a set of notes, and the shruti will play them together continuously.
May 29, 2015 mixed and mastered to sound great on all ios devices you dont need to carry a shrutibox around anymore now runs in the background too, so that you can multi task with ease. Carrying a shruti box everywhere aint easy, this app will help you bridge the gap. Shruti box, maharaja musicals, professional shruti box, black, long sustain, notes, x 9. The shurti box is a traditional indian instrument that is similar to a harmonium as it works on a system of bellows, but uses switches instead of keys in order to control the pitch. Though sometimes people prefer shruti box or electronic tanpura for the ease of use and convenience, it is well known that there is no real substitute for the beautiful resonating sound of a real tanpura. Sruti box drone synthesizer for the iphone synthtopia. All music can be adjusted in realtime to any desired pitch and tempo. The shruti box is usually used in karnatak or hindustani music in india. Shruti boxes provide a rich drone background that support singing or playing almost any instrument.
A demonstration of the shruti box a wonderful indian instrument often used for singing, creates a wonderful drone and is an excellent meditational aid and something people often use for mantras. Yaksha shruti traditional yakshagana shrutiyaksha shruti. The shruti boxs warm, textural drone can be used as a backing track. Today, the smallest shruti with real shruti sound is released. It is a keyless version of the harmonium, which was invented for the specific purpose of producing drone sounds. A special iphone feature of srutibox is that you can wave the phone in an imitation of pumping the bellows, adding a touch of realism to the simulation.
Tweak mode and pitch, string properties and the way they sound. Online shruti box if you cant get access to a shruti box or a tambura, now you can download your own audio file from this site. Turn the surpetishruti box on or off and adjust its volume from the settings page can be used with speakers, headset, or the internal speaker a highquality speaker dock is recommended for. As a naf style flute player always looking for backing tracks. Your tanpura has a simple and friendly graphic user interface which allows you to change a series of parameters such as. Shruti boxes are used to produce a drone to play over during a practise session, or a concert. Thank you sooooo much for this awesome online shruti box. All musicians, professional or amateur, experts or beginners, need tanpura or shruti box for the practice and performance of indian music.
This video demonstrates the sruthi suddham feature of the swarasthana iphoneipad app. You just select a set of notes, and the shruti will play them to. This app is amazing even includes a shruti box drone. Stream shruti box from, a playlist by karnatik from desktop or your mobile device. Download dhwani tanpura shruti box and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. The custom interval sets are designed to be set up by you. Singers often use it as an accompaniment during improvisation sessions. Sound labs sangat digital shruti box, electronic tanpura. Includes controls for volume, pitch, fine tuning, and choice of 4 modes. You can create different musical atmosphere with the three different sound flavours of our shruti box. A shruti box also called surpeti is an instrument predominantly used in indian classical music. Sound labs sangat digital, electronic tanpura with.
Two other sets that come with sruti box are justjust, a collection of just interval settings to explore, and dream land, which has good dreamy material, both just and 7 and 6 equal temperaments 6 et is the same as a whole tone scale. You have an option to connect to an external bluetooth speaker to get even better sound. Download itanpura tanpura player for ios, and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch. There is a parameter that can be set so you dont have to do this, but i find it.
Sep 04, 2008 a sruti box or shruti box is a bellows driven harmoniumlike instrument that provides a drone, used in indian music and spiritual practices henry lowengards sruti box iphone application simulates a sruti box with 12 reeds, which can be tuned in various ways, and you pump the bellows by waving the phone. At our workshop in wales, uk, we repeatedly tune, fine tune and voice each reed before shipping. Improve upon your ability to sing swarasthanas in perfect pitch using the sruthi suddham feature, which. Its design makes use of one or two bellows that push air through tuned metal reeds inside the box. You never need to buy electronic shruti box that costs you a.
And now presenting itanpura itanpura is an electronic tanpura for the iphone and ipod touch. Pocket raga was designed with simplicity and quality in mind. Aug 06, 2012 the sound quality has to be heard to be believed. Turn the surpeti shruti box on or off and adjust its volume from the settings page can be used with speakers, headset, or the internal speaker a highquality speaker dock is recommended for. Imagine an harmonium or accordeon without any buttons. A shruti box also called surpeti is an instrument predominantly used in indian classical music that follows the same concept as a harmonium, or pump organ. This shruti box provides a quality drone background sound with different scales, pitchs and crystal clear recordings for singing or playing. You can adjust the key to any flute and the myriad settings that come with it are enchanting. It uses stereo digital sound to simulate a set of two tanpuras each of which can be tuned with a different string combination. Apart from tabla, you can find 5 string tanpura, a shruti box, a swar mandal and a manjira. A sruti box or shruti box is a bellows driven harmoniumlike instrument that provides a drone, used in indian music and spiritual practices henry lowengards sruti box iphone application simulates a sruti box with 12 reeds, which can be tuned in various ways, and you pump the bellows by waving the phone. Turning off the keyboard clicks in settingss sound section will make for a. Heres a quote from cinematique instruments website.
Shrutibox is a handpumped instrument that produces sound with the help of bellows. All these instruments are controlled by the same set of pitch controls. Mar 07, 2014 this video demonstrates the sruthi suddham feature of the swarasthana iphoneipad app. The main purpose is to create a musical atmosphere to sustain the solist with i. The result, a larger instrument than our standard m1, with enhanced air capacity and wooden swivel feet which provide extra stability and sound insulation between instrument and floor. Whether you practice indian music or just want a meditative background sound for. Pocket raga is a highlycustomizable app that allows you to play sequenced music from a tabla, a tanpura tambura, and a shruti box sur peti. I was really pleased with the sound, and i play carnatic flute in e shruthi.
Stream tracks and playlists from shrutibox on your desktop or mobile device. Electronic tabla, tanpura and shruti box for android pocket. Connect your bluetooth speaker or headphone for an immersive tambura sound. Well guess what, we have two for you, plus a swar mandal and a surpeti shruti box. It is similar to a harmonium and is used to provide a drone in a practice session or concert of indian classical music. The only difference between harmonium and shruti box is that shruti box has no keys. Based in wales, uk, we are a specialist shruti box developer and supplier.
Download shruti box and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Simple to use and easy to play, they provide a rich sustained drone accompaniment for singing, sounding and musicmaking. Pocket electronic tabla, tanpura and shruti box for android. Nov 09, 2015 a shruti box also called surpeti is an instrument predominantly used in indian classical music that follows the same concept as a harmonium, or pump organ. Buy shruti boxes at indias best online shopping store. The shruti box uses the same metal reeds fitted in harmoniums. Tanpura droid is the software version of a tanpura, this sitarlike instrument used in indian classical music to play a drone sound throughout a musical performance. The smallest of the world, very convenient for your practice, or for leisure, with a very good audio quality. The app uses the sound samples of the real instrument and hence it strives to sound more realistic.
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