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Pocket Shruti Box provides high quality Tambura accompaniment for carnatic musicians and students. SOUND QUALITY Usually shruti box devices and apks merely record a few tambura sounds and pitch-shift them to produce sounds for various shrutis (kattai or mane). To produce awesome results, a lot of high quality samples of multiple tamburas (of various sizes and tunings) could be recorded, occupying a lot of storage place (potentially in GBs!). Such a size would not be practical. So, compromises will have to be created, ultimately impacting sound quality. Instead, Pocket Shruti Box uses a physical model developed by researchers at Sonic Arts Research Center, Queen's University Belfast. With this approach, we receive authentic tambura sound. This allowed us to craft tambura sound specific for each kattai/shruti/mane, resulting in clear, accurate, and immersive tambura drone across the entire range. This method you receive ★ authentic tambura sound (in little apk size) ★ awesome clarity even on smartphone speakers, budget headphones and earphones. ★ good sound on Bluetooth speakers. Hear it for yourself. DESIGNED FOR CARNATIC MUSIC ★ freq ratios of pure carnatic swarasthanams. ★ tambura playing cycle widely practiced in carnatic melody. ★ choice of first swarams which are standard in carnatic melody system. ★ carnatic terminology: kattai/shruti/mane (1, 1½ , etc), swarasthanams (e.g. Ma₁/Suddha Madhyamam), etc. FEATURES ★ Full range of kattai/shruti/mane from lowest male shruti to highest female shruti. That is, 6 Male (Low A) to 7 Female (High B). Thus, the apk can provide accompaniment to all vocalists, and instrumentalists (violin, veena, mridangam, ghatam, flute, chitravina, etc). ★ Fine-tuning of kattai/shruti/mane. This is useful to match tambura drone accurately to shruti of instruments which cannot be tuned, such as flute, nadhaswaram, or ghatam. ★ Choice of first swarams specific to carnatic melody. First swaram of the tambura pattern can be either Pa (Panchamam) or Ma₁ (Suddha Madhyamam). Panchama shruti (Pa as first swaram) is most widely used. Madhyama shruti (Ma₁ as first swaram) is used in unique cases such as playing panchama varja ragams. ★ Tempo or speed of the tambura playing cycle can be adjusted. In slower tempo, individual notes can be heard more clearly. Faster tempo will give you denser tambura texture. ★ Playback duration presets. You can play tambura for a specific duration (15 minute, 30 minute, or 1 hr). This simplifies keeping track of time for classes and practice sessions. We also know that soothing tambura sound is used in meditation. So this feature can also assist meditators. ★ Of course, non-stop continuous playback is also possible. ★ Background playback, even without screen ON. Saves battery. ★ Bluetooth connectivity. Connect your bluetooth speaker or headphone for an immersive tambura sound. You never need to buy electronic shruti box that costs you a lot of cash! ★ Wired speakers or headphones work good too. ★ Lock screen notification. You can control playback without unlocking your smartphone or tablet. TIPS ★ Connect your speaker for rich tambura sound. No need to invest in electronic shruti boxes anymore. ★ Activate "Do Not Disturb" mode, if accessible on your device. This prevents disturbances due to smartphone calls or notifications. With this, you can use Pocket Shruti Box even for concerts or meditation. SO, WHAT'S THE CATCH? Basic features are always gratis. No advertisements ever. The apk lets you test even bonus features for first few days. Whether you purchase or not, you can use continue to use the apk. We hope you'll help our efforts by purchasing bonus features, as developing professional audio apks requires dedication, time, and skill. #SupportCarnatic Research: A Real-Time Synthesis Oriented Tanpura Model. / van Walstijn, Maarten; Bridges, Jamie; Mehes, Sandor. Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-16). 2016. p. 175-182 (International Symposium on Digital Audio Effects).