Shruti Box

Just sounds like an 80s new wave ooooh voice synth you’d hear from Depeche Mode or OMD.

I think this app, as well as the developer's harmonium app, have potential but aren't quite there yet. I think this app seems a bit more stable (in a 1s & 0s programming sense) than my experience with the harmonium, but as I said in that review I'm partially rating this higher than the current version may deserve simply because I got the impression that the app's creator is genuinely working on making the app better. One thing I think this app could really use is some type of bellows feature (like the other shruti app has) not only for the sake of authenticity, but also because of the pulsating sounds possible with the bellows. So I suppose this app isn't quite where the competition is yet, but it seems to have a good starting point.

Will not produce any sound on my iPhone 6s. I had to download a free software after forking out money for this app.

Not a shruti sound, no dynamics, just a tone generator. Not really worth a buck.

I'm using this app with my iPod Touch 4g and a small battery powered bluetooth speaker. The sound is excellent! It compares quite favorably with a real wood shruti box. We use this app in our Celtic music duo with harp, hammered dulcimer, flute, bouzouki, fiddle, and concertina.<br/><br/>You can easily configure a very pleasing drone sound with a tonic and the 5th above - - - or even add a third, if you wish. <br/><br/>There a 5 different voices: shruti box, vocal choir, harmonium, button accordion, and organ. The sounds are rich and slightly wavering, just like a real shruti box, so you don't get a robotic sine wave generator sound. <br/><br/>There is an option to have the sounds be an octave lower.<br/><br/>You can switch between a tempered scale and a harmonic scale. I give this app a 5 star rating.

After getting a glimpse of Vidya Multimedia's applications with iTabla, I have been eagerly awaiting their next iTunes product. Shruti box is first rate. Very very good sound and like iTabla, very tweakable. Other than an ability to save presets, I can think of little to improve it.

This app is not very user friendly. As a beginner i wish it was easier to work with.

I bought the other Shruti when I first got my iPhone. It was basically a tone generator, with no reedy sound. This version is much better, and has many options for tuning and tone. I just bought their Harmonium as well, and am hoping they do a Tanpura, and Tabla to complete my Indian instrument collection.