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. Download shruti box and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. 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. 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. Turning off the keyboard clicks in settingss sound section will make for a.
As a naf style flute player always looking for backing tracks. Whether you practice indian music or just want a meditative background sound for relaxing, we hope youll enjoy this little free app. This shruti box provides a quality drone background sound with different scales, pitchs and crystal clear recordings for singing or playing. The reeds, which replace keys, are effectively controlled by the performer by opening and closing small flaps to either mute a tone.
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. 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. Shruti boxes provide a rich drone background that support singing or playing almost any instrument. Shruti box buy shruti boxes online at best prices in. Aug 06, 2012 the sound quality has to be heard to be believed. Pocket electronic tabla, tanpura and shruti box for android. Set up your system to automatically repeat each 60second file and youll have the steady hum of the tambura emanating from your computer. Our fine quality instruments are hand crafted from solid tonewoods for a resonant and harmonious sound. Shrutibox is a handpumped instrument that produces sound with the help of bellows. Shruti box, maharaja musicals, professional shruti box, black, long sustain, notes, x 9. Traditional harmonium sound, with deep sound of original reeds light shruti sound, which provides a clearer sound modern flute organ, simpler, heavenly.
It is used as an accompaniment to other instruments and notably the flute. Sruti box drone synthesizer for the iphone synthtopia. Includes controls for volume, pitch, fine tuning, and choice of 4 modes. Imagine an harmonium or accordeon without any buttons. Mar 07, 2014 this video demonstrates the sruthi suddham feature of the swarasthana iphoneipad app. Come listen to the beautiful, meditative sound of real hemraj tanpuras, and get lost in the mysteries of indian classical music. Carrying a shruti box everywhere aint easy, this app will help you bridge the gap. The shruti boxs warm, textural drone can be used as a backing track. Stream tracks and playlists from shrutibox on your desktop or mobile device. The shruti box is a small instrument with reeds, used to play a drone in music. You never need to buy electronic shruti box that costs you a. 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.
You can create different musical atmosphere with the three different sound flavours of our shruti box. 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. I was really pleased with the sound, and i play carnatic flute in e shruthi. It uses sounds sampled from real hemraj tanpuras to provide beautiful yet realistic sound in a pleasing and intuitive package. You have an option to connect to an external bluetooth speaker to get even better sound quality than what the sangat produces. Tweak mode and pitch, string properties and the way they sound. You just select a set of notes, and the shruti will play them to. This app is amazing even includes a shruti box drone. 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. Sound labs sangat digital, electronic tanpura with.
It uses stereo digital sound to simulate a set of two tanpuras each of. The custom interval sets are designed to be set up by you. Buy shruti boxes at indias best online shopping store. The software version of the tanpura string instrument, providing builtin notes to create melodies. Your tanpura is an application designed for every lover of carnatic music who owns a pc. This video demonstrates the sruthi suddham feature of the swarasthana iphoneipad app. At our workshop in wales, uk, we repeatedly tune, fine tune and voice each reed before shipping. Download itanpura tanpura player for ios, and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch. You just select a set of notes, and the shruti will play them together continuously. These are tuned by the careful removal of metal from the sensitive reed tongues which vibrate and make sound as air passes through. 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. Improve upon your ability to sing swarasthanas in perfect pitch using the sruthi suddham feature, which. 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. Heres a quote from cinematique instruments website.
Apart from tabla, you can find 5 string tanpura, a shruti box, a swar mandal and a manjira. Shruti boxes are used to produce a drone to play over during a practise session, or a concert. It uses stereo digital sound to simulate a set of two tanpuras each of which can be tuned with a different string combination. 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. 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. 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. Electronic tabla, tanpura and shruti box for android pocket. Connect your bluetooth speaker or headphone for an immersive tambura sound. You can adjust the key to any flute and the myriad settings that come with it are enchanting. The main purpose is to create a musical atmosphere to sustain the solist with i. All music can be adjusted in realtime to any desired pitch and tempo. Shruti box maharaja musicals shruti box, blemished, small, x 9.
Today, the smallest shruti with real shruti sound is released. 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. The app uses the sound samples of the real instrument and hence it strives to sound more realistic. Singers often use it as an accompaniment during improvisation sessions. Pocket raga was designed with simplicity and quality in mind.
Stream shruti box from, a playlist by karnatik from desktop or your mobile device. Listen to shrutibox soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 6 tracks. 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. It is similar to a harmonium and is used to provide a drone in a practice session or concert of indian classical music. Shruti box buy shruti boxes online at best prices in india. Our premier shruti box, the m3 was developed to work seamlessly with the bowring foot pedal, with the gigging musician in mind. It is a keyless version of the harmonium, which was invented for the specific purpose of producing drone sounds. Yaksha shruti traditional yakshagana shrutiyaksha shruti. Based in wales, uk, we are a specialist shruti box developer and supplier.
Sound labs sangat digital shruti box, electronic tanpura with tabla. Whether you practice indian music or just want a meditative background sound for. If you own an iphone, the itablapro app offers a much better flexibility and sound quality. The shruti box is usually used in karnatak or hindustani music in india. 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. Thank you sooooo much for this awesome online shruti box. All these instruments are controlled by the same set of pitch controls.
There is a parameter that can be set so you dont have to do this, but i find it. The only difference between harmonium and shruti box is that shruti box has no keys. A shruti box also called surpeti is an instrument predominantly used in indian classical music. 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.
Its design makes use of one or two bellows that push air through tuned metal reeds inside the box. A shruti box sruti box or surpeti is an instrument, originating from the indian subcontinent, that traditionally works on a system of bellows. The smallest of the world, very convenient for your practice, or for leisure, with a very good audio quality. 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. It uses sounds sampled from real hemraj tanpuras to provide beautiful yet realistic sound in a pleasing design. And now presenting itanpura itanpura is an electronic tanpura for the iphone and ipod touch. Your tanpura has a simple and friendly graphic user interface which allows you to change a series of parameters such as. You have an option to connect to an external bluetooth speaker to get even better sound. The shruti box uses the same metal reeds fitted in harmoniums. Well guess what, we have two for you, plus a swar mandal and a surpeti shruti box. Sound labs sangat digital shruti box, electronic tanpura.