Shruti Box
$0.99
4.2for iPhone, iPod touch
Age Rating
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About Shruti Box
The shruti box is a small instrument with reeds, used to play a drone in music. Imagine an harmonium or accordeon without any buttons.
You just select a set of notes, and the shruti will play them together continuously. The main purpose is to create a musical atmosphere to sustain the solist with its voice or musical instrument.
The Shruti box is usually used in karnatak or hindustani music in India.
You can create different musical atmosphere with the three different sound flavours of our Shruti box:
- Traditional Harmonium sound, with deep sound of original reeds
- Light shruti sound, which provides a clearer sound
- Modern flute organ, simpler, heavenly
If you're interested to play indian music (karnatac or hindusthani), this is the perfect "travel" shruti box you need. Tune your shruti in the indian harmonic scale. You select harmonic scale, and the base note. That's it.
If you prefer to play western music and you need a tempered chord, then tune the shruti to the common tempered scale.
Our shruti box can do automatic transposition. You can configure it in any key with the same keyboard position. You just need to select the note to play on the C key of the keyboard.
You can play up to 4 notes together (with or without octaves). It will produce a sound of high quality, much better than all the electronic devices you can buy for playing shruti.
For getting the best sound from this instrument, it is advised to use a good headphone or a pair of speakers with loudspeaker.
You just select a set of notes, and the shruti will play them together continuously. The main purpose is to create a musical atmosphere to sustain the solist with its voice or musical instrument.
The Shruti box is usually used in karnatak or hindustani music in India.
You can create different musical atmosphere with the three different sound flavours of our Shruti box:
- Traditional Harmonium sound, with deep sound of original reeds
- Light shruti sound, which provides a clearer sound
- Modern flute organ, simpler, heavenly
If you're interested to play indian music (karnatac or hindusthani), this is the perfect "travel" shruti box you need. Tune your shruti in the indian harmonic scale. You select harmonic scale, and the base note. That's it.
If you prefer to play western music and you need a tempered chord, then tune the shruti to the common tempered scale.
Our shruti box can do automatic transposition. You can configure it in any key with the same keyboard position. You just need to select the note to play on the C key of the keyboard.
You can play up to 4 notes together (with or without octaves). It will produce a sound of high quality, much better than all the electronic devices you can buy for playing shruti.
For getting the best sound from this instrument, it is advised to use a good headphone or a pair of speakers with loudspeaker.
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.2
Last updated on Dec 7, 2022
Old Versions
Compatibility update for all latest devices and iOS versions
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Version History
4.2
Dec 7, 2022
Compatibility update for all latest devices and iOS versions
4.0
Jul 28, 2017
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Compatibility with latest iOS and iPhone versions.
Visual improvements, with nicer pictures.
Great sound improvements. We changed some sound samples to use better quality sounds.
Compatibility with latest iOS and iPhone versions.
Visual improvements, with nicer pictures.
Great sound improvements. We changed some sound samples to use better quality sounds.
3.5
Nov 5, 2014
Gaphical improvements for newer devices
3.0
Aug 13, 2014
Shruti may continue playing while app is running in background
2.0
Dec 31, 2013
Correction of a crash of the application at startup under certain circumstances
1.9
Dec 20, 2013
Translations improvements
1.8
Dec 4, 2013
iOS 7 compatibility improvements
Graphism improvements
Graphism improvements
1.7.4
Feb 13, 2013
iOS 6.1 compatibility improvements
1.7.3
Jan 5, 2013
iOS 6 improvements
First Generation iPhone and iPod Touch compatibility correction
First Generation iPhone and iPod Touch compatibility correction
1.7.2
Dec 26, 2012
iOS 6 compatibility improvements
1.7.1
Nov 30, 2012
Settings page improvement
1.7.0
Oct 29, 2012
Sound stability improvement
1.6.8
Oct 11, 2012
Compatibility improvement for retina display
1.6.3
May 17, 2012
Configuration correction
1.6.2
Jan 6, 2012
Correction of configuration auto save
1.6.1
Dec 10, 2011
Small correction in audio management
1.6.0
Aug 30, 2011
Adds a switch to play the shruti one octave lower
Adds a ON/OFF switch
Adds a ON/OFF switch
1.5.1
Mar 23, 2011
- Minor sound corrections
1.5
Dec 21, 2010
- Shruti can play if screen is locked.
- New shruti sounds: 'a' vocal, and new harmonium sound. These sounds are louder also.
- New shruti sounds: 'a' vocal, and new harmonium sound. These sounds are louder also.
1.4
Mar 8, 2010
- Shruti can play if screen is locked.
- New shruti sounds: 'a' vocal, and new harmonium sound. These sounds are louder also.
- New shruti sounds: 'a' vocal, and new harmonium sound. These sounds are louder also.
1.1
Jan 9, 2009
Corrected a problem at startup: if an octave note was selected, it was not playing again at startup. It was needed to switch OFF/ON the octave.
Now, shruti state is properly restored.
Now, shruti state is properly restored.
1.0
Jan 3, 2009
Shruti Box FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Shruti Box in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Shruti Box.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Shruti Box supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish