iShala - practice Indian music

Swar Systems

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About this app

iShala is an Indian music mobile app that provides flawless accompaniment for classical music practice, be it vocal, instrumental or rhythmic. It comes in 2 Editions: Standard and Pro (previously known as Premium).

It features:

• 6 Tanpuras (10 on Pro Edition)
• 2 Tablas (3 on Pro Edition)
• a Swarmandal
• a Vibraphone (Pro Edition only)
• a Harmonium
• 3 Manjeeras (6 on Pro Edition)

all fully customisable in practice sessions that can then be loaded on demand. It effectively replaces a tabla machine, a lehra player and an electronic tanpura. It is therefore an ideal tool for anyone practicing Indian classical music, or just wishing to jam along virtual Indian musicians on any other musical style.

iShala includes over 60 rhythmic cycles, melodies in more than 110 ragas and 7 different tempos. You can also create your own ragas and fine-tune each of their notes at micro-tones (or shrutis) level. Possible combinations are thus nothing short of endless!

iShala initially comes in Standard Edition, but you can upgrade it to Pro Edition through an In-App purchase option. These are one-time payments; whatever the edition you choose, you can use the app forever.

Standard Edition has all the features you need for your riyaaz, and more. But Pro Edition adds some really exciting functionality like:

• pitch correction: iShala detects the note you are currently singing, along with a coloured meter highlighting whether you are right on pitch or not. This is a precious tool to improve your accuracy.
• additional instruments: 4 tanpuras, a low pitch tabla, a vibraphone and 3 manjeeras
• manual playing of all instruments: tabla, harmonium, tanpura, swarmandal, vibraphone and manjeera
• record your own loops for any of these instruments
• record your practice session: adjust mic/music level, then press REC, sing, press STOP and the audio recording file will be generated for you to listen and share
• pull items from the Cloud: download rhythmic and/or melodic cycles posted from SwarShala users directly on your device

For more detailed info on features per edition, check the following topic: https://www.swarclassical.com/guides/ishala/topic.php?product=is&id=18

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Some sweet words from our users:

"Best tanpura app. Concert like. Fully satisfied. I think incomparable with others. Price also reasonable compared to others. Anyone can perform even on stage with this app."

"Amazing tool for your daily solo practice. Thanks for this help for music students. Love it, God bless"

"This app is best investment for Indian classical musicians. I own this app for almost 4 years and I would say it's value for money. It is best app for riyaz with amazing tabla and tanpura."

"After using this app for more than 1 year I am writing genuine review about this app. Wonderful service from the team. Even when I had queries and when I was in need of assistance, they replied through Email and helped me within 10 minutes. App is wonderful which I am using for my music practice, it's helping me a lot. If u are a true music learner, I would recommend this. Thanks a lot to the team members and developers of this IShala app."

"Excellent app. Best for riyaz. Fine sounds. Perfectly tuned instruments."

"Just one word... Perfect !!"

"Excellent App. Wonderful to do Riyaz with this App. Best on the market. Well worth the price. Well done to the developers."

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Ratings and reviews

Gets a little glitchy at times, but great sounds and features. Would be awesome to have some way to sync the BPM to the tanpura sounds and to sync with MIDI. Highly considering going for the pro/premium version. The manual play function on the santoor/dulcimer is wonderful. Customer service from the support team is quick and considerate. Thank you for making this app! 4.5/5 stars

This app helps me tremendously with my practice sessions. With its sharply accurate Tabla, I have greatly improved my sense of taal. The Tanpura helps me to tune my instrument. All the sounds are sharp and resonant. A concert hall small enough to fit in your palm, but big enough to hold centuries of Indian classical music is iShala. It helps students greatly.

I was generally happy with the app which I paid for and downloaded some days back. But all of a sudden Kaherwa7 beat has become unavailable to me. I don't understand what happened Thanks for your prompt response. yes the rhythm was a few notches lower than for that taal

What’s new

PRO ONLY:
- full session recording: you can now record your practice session or performance
- mic gain slider to adjust the incoming audio volume
- vibraphone loudness normalized

STANDARD & PRO:
- adjust the gain and fading of each string in each tanpura
- new Backup/Restore Data options
- proper Login process
- toggle manual tanpura/vibraphone orientation
- improved edge to edge display
- uses Android billing API version 7
- additional finetuning of some tanpura samples