iShrutiBox - Electronic Tanpura for iPhone and iPad app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Mahesh Raghavan
First release : 30 May 2015
App size: 20.86 Mb
iShrutiBox is the most convenient and easy-to-use electronic tanpura for iOS devices. Featuring professionally recorded samples, this app provides a lighter and portable alternative for Indian classical musicians.
The tanpura is an Indian stringed instrument that provides accompaniment to Indian Classical music performances by providing a continuous drone in a specific pitch
App Features:
- Professionally Recorded Samples
- All Pitches included
- +/- Pa/Ma mode
- Continuous loops! The iShrutiBox wont time out unless you pause it or exit the app
- 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
**NOTE: If there is no sound from the iPad speaker but headphone is working, it is because of an iPad settings issue. Go to the Settings app, General tab, set "Use Side Switch To: Mute", then turn the iPads side switch to (Mute) and then to off again (Unmute). Then set "Use Side Switch to: Lock Rotation" to prevent problems in the future"
Latest reviews of iShrutiBox - Electronic Tanpura for iPhone and iPad app for iPhone and iPad
The layout is clean and simple, but I found the sound sample(s) disappointing. It’s quite easy to hear where the loop begins and ends, and with a sample length of less than five seconds, the loop gets irritating quickly. I think a much longer sample length would solve this problem.
There is a super annoying "click" as the sound loops which is a total bummer, because the app is super easy to use.