Introducing Carnatic Thaalam Robot, a feature rich app for Carnatic musicians to display thaalam with natural hand gestures as done traditionally.
Designed & developed by a professional musician, this app is your thaalam assistant for practice at home, recordings, teaching classes and even play with in events/concerts if you have no one to put thaalam for you.
It does - the common thaalas - Aadi, Rupaka (3 beat), and - Saptha (7) thaalas - (Eka, Rupaka, Thriputa, Matya, Jhampa, Dhruva & Ata) with pancha (5) jaathis (thrisra, chathurasra, khanda, mishra, sankeerna), - with pancha (5) gathis (nadai) - including double beat (chaukam) mode - the Khanda, Mishra & even Sankeerna chaapu thaalas
It also features - alternate styles of Mishra / Sankeerna chaapu - slow/fast styles of khanda / mishra / sankeerna gathis (a god-send for pallavi rendition) - a Metronome beats mode - a wide speed range (10-140 bpm), with fine speed adjustment (+/- 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5 bpm) & precise laya - speed sensing by tapping screen - Saved Items List
Featuring an intuitive dual visual display of thaalam cycle with - animated hand - total beats/sub-beats - current position in the thaalaangaas - decipherable sounds makes it easy to visualize laghu, dhrutha, anudhrutha ... beats, fingers & usi (flipped palm) & sub-beats for various gathis just like a human.
These features ensure you a perfect sense in thaalam cycle, living up to its name as a thaalam robot. It is a perfect "must have" companion for Carnatic musicians, teachers & students - instrumentalists, percussionists as well as vocalists; from beginners to seasoned musicians. Your practice, musical thoughts, joy & motivation will improve tremendously with it. This is a "must have" for improving swarakalpana, mukthayis, varnam/keerthana/pallavi rendition. It can even help you play a concert when you find no one to put thaalam. Percussionists can explore their math skills/patterns/ideas while practicing without depending on anyone for thaalam.
Its features, described below, come in 3 progressive level upgrades to suit various levels of musicians making it affordable & available for all levels. Most importantly, the app's basic level is free & well suited for early stage students to motivate them learn & play with focus.
NOTE: At any level, you can - Try & see playable features of higher levels without purchasing (thaalam stops after 4 CYCLES each time - you can try as many times as you want), - decide & upgrade progressively to higher levels.
Basic Level Good for Beginners to Intermediate level students
Includes - Adi thaalam, Saptha thaalaas in native Jaathis, i.e, Thrisra Triputa, Khanda Ata, Mishra Jhampe & the rest in Chathurasra Jaathi - Chathurasra gathi in 1 or 2 beat modes - Metronome beats in Chathurasra gathi - Sensing speed by tapping screen - Pair Mode - facilitates teacher/student use app for thaalam while in a music session on phone/video call - Save an Items List with desired thaalam & speed, pick from List with single click
Limitations of Basic Level - Stops after MAXIMUM of 20 CYCLES each time. [Level 1 Upgrade removes this limit] - Pair Mode stops after MAXIMUM of 4 alternating cycles. [Level 2 Upgrade removes this limit] - Saved Items List limited to 4 items. [Level 1 Upgrade removes this limit]
Level 1 Upgrade Useful for Senior level students
- Removes "MAXIMUM 20 CYCLES" limit of Basic level - Adds 3-beat Rupaka thaalam - Removes Saved Items List limit of Basic Level
Level 2 Upgrade Useful for Teachers & Performing level students
- Adds Khanda, Mishra & Sankeerna Chaapu thaalas - Makes all 5 Jaathis available for all Saptha thaalaas - Adds Chaukam (double beat) mode - Adds Thrisra Gathi - Enables continuous Pair Mode
- Adds alternate mode of chaapu thaalaas - Adds Khanda, Mishra, Sankeerna Gathis in two modes
Carnatic Thaalam Robot 1.0.17 Update
2018-11-29
New Features Saved Items List - Use the Saved Items List button to prepare & manage [Add, Delete, Rename, Update, Mark *, Unmark *] a list of named items with desired thaalams & speeds. With a single click, you can load a Saved Item's thaalam & speed. This is very useful feature for senior & performing level musicians to save the precise speed finalized during planning / practicing at home which can be just picked precisely right in the concert.
Available from Basic level. Basic level limits to picking from top 4 items in the Saved Items List. [Level 1 Upgrade removes this limit].
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New Features Saved Items List - Use the Saved Items List button to prepare & manage [Add, Delete, Rename, Update, Mark *, Unmark *] a list of named items with desired thaalams & speeds. With a single click, you can load a Saved Item's thaalam & speed. This is very useful feature for senior & performing level musicians to save the precise speed finalized during planning / practicing at home which can be just picked precisely right in the concert.
Available from Basic level. Basic level limits to picking from top 4 items in the Saved Items List. [Level 1 Upgrade removes this limit].
1.0.14
2018-11-07
New Functionality - Pair Mode - an innovative feature which facilitates two persons (e.g. Guru / Shishya or two peers) use the app for thaalam while in a music session on phone/video call - the app alternates between play/pause cycles on two sides with no further repeated intervention to start/stop. This feature is an innovative solution to the problem of phone/video lag causing ongoing beats from other side to be heard out-of-sync.
Minor New Features and Improvements
1.0.9
2018-10-18
Updated images Added App Logo on Info, Settings, Upgrade Screens Status updates on Upgrade Screen Minor User interface improvements