| RaagWizard
string bases only |
| New! |
Add
Ragas |
You
can easily add Ragas to a base by simply specifying its properties. |
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| New! |
Tune
your strings |
Shift
the global pitch of your instrument or fine tune one of its strings. |
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| New! |
Sympathetics vibrations |
Define
a sympathetic string for your instrument, and SwarShala will have
it vibrate on the note being played to create harmonics. |
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| New! |
Create
your own chords |
A
melodic stroke in a RaagWizard base can contain any number of strokes.
A typical example is the chikari stroke. |
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| New! |
Plucking
styles |
Each
string can be defined with different plucking styles, such as Da,
Ra, Soft Da, Muted and so on. These styles give more realism to a
pattern. |
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| New! |
Pull
strings |
Create
a meend effect by pulling a stroke from one note to the other. |
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| TaalWizard
bases only |
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Tune
your drums |
Tune
both right and left drum separately according to your needs. |
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Pan your right and left strokes |
Add
a stereo effect to your playback by shifting sound through the speakers. |
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Double
thread playback |
Choose
if the right and left part of a joined stroke should be played within
a same thread (one just after the other), or in 2 synchronized threads
to avoid the 20 milliseconds delay which could disturb some trained
ears. |
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Setting
bars |
Define
the bars of your rhythmic cycle. |
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| All
bases |
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Open
multiple bases |
Open
several files at the same time and play them together. |
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Drag & Drop within and between bases |
Full
copy/paste - drag/drop support, even across bases. You can for example
drag a tabla pattern onto a dholki base, and SwarShala will drag whatever
dependencies it needs to play, with the Dholki sounds however. |
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Wave files creation |
The
Composer option allows you to create wave files out of any pattern
in the bases. All pitch, volume and pan modulations are captured as
well. |
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MIDI
files creation |
The
Composer option allows you to create MIDI files to be used with an
Expansion board or a Sequencer supporting Downloadable Sounds. |
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BPM control |
Change
the speed of a pattern on the fly through the Beats Per Minute control
on the tool bar. The speed is increased/decreased immediately, except
for synchronized patterns, where it waits to reach the starting point. |
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Synchronize
patterns |
Play
several patterns together in a synchronized way. You can specify the
number of times each pattern should loop, and SwarShala will calculate
the point where they join. |
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Loop cells |
Select
a group of cells and mark them to be looped a given number of times
at each playback of the pattern. You can set their background and
foreground color to better distinguish them from the others. |
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Deferred
playback |
Copy
and paste part of a pattern. If you edit it, it will be marked as
PatternPath[Start Stroke:Duration]. This can be used to create a Dora
out of a piece of a palta; if the source pattern changes it will be
reflected in the other patterns. |
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Partial
insert |
Copy and paste part of a pattern.
If you edit it, it will be marked as PatternPath[Start Stroke:Duration].
This can be used to create a Dora out of a piece of a palta; if the
source pattern changes it will be reflected in the other patterns. |
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Simultaneous
playback |
Have
different bases play their patterns together to create interesting
jugalbandis. |
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Vernacular script view |
By
a single click, change the display of your patterns from a Roman script
to an Indian one. |
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Setting
speed |
Set
the overall speed of the pattern by selecting a group of cells and
clicking twice on the Set Speed button  to
specify the time interval in which they should be played. |
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Tooltips |
Have
a quick view of the settings of a stroke by moving the mouse over
cells. |
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Classification fields |
Classify
your patterns according to their Gharana, Composer and so on. |
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