ESWAR - Much more than a Shruti box

spchennai · Post by **spchennai** » 27 Jun 2009, 14:13

I am Parthasarathy, a chennai resident and an addict of Carnatic music. Yesterday (26th June 2009), I attended the launch of ESWAR, a state-of -the art gadget incorporating Shruti, Talam and Ragam in a size that is slightly bigger than a mobile phone. the launch was a glittering function with very little speech-making. The whole 70-minute function was covered by audio-visual presentations interspersed with appropriate dances and speech by the man behind the machine-Mr.M.K.Chandrasekhar. ESWAR incorporates shruti, arohanam/avarohanam of 72 Melakartha and many janya ragams and all the known Talams. It has been claimed to be extremely user-friendly. In the words of its maker, it will be a boon to students, teachers and practising musicians of both Carnatic and Hindustani music.

Those interested can have more details from the website (which was inaugurated by the editor of Shruthi magazine) at http://www.eswaronline.com/index.php

Thanks
Parthasarathy

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 27 Jun 2009, 15:29

Sounds very interesting. Has anyone here heard the sound quality of this product?

naarayanan · Post by **naarayanan** » 27 Jun 2009, 20:18

just today, i heard about this from a colleague. nice to have the link.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 27 Jun 2009, 20:39

ragam talam: they have a sample sound. Please go here:
http://www.eswaronline.com/index.php#

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 27 Jun 2009, 21:59

VK Raman: Thanks for that link. That is a nice web site. The audio samples are under the features section.

I listened to the Ar/Av of MMG. The Ni sounded a little flatter than what I am used to. It may be just me.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 28 Jun 2009, 14:32

The blurb says all 72 melas plus several janya ragas are covered. However, in the orders section the description under the most advanced version (model JR 3-C) states that aar-ava is provided for 50 ragas. A possible disconnect?