NaadSadhana

As someone who casually sings western pop and recently started training in Hindustani classical music, this app has been an excellent tool in this transition. You can choose a raag/scale as a setting and sing any song to the tanpura and tabla (which are both amazing by the way, it feels like live accompaniments as it’s not loop recorded). I’ve been using this feature to make sure I’m hitting the notes correctly as I practice my scales. This aspect of the app has really made me reflect on how off my notes have been before using this tool and I’ve already seen a drastic improvement in my pitch! The real time feedback this app gives you while you sing is absolutely genius. I used to be intimidated by Hindustani music, but this app has given me the confidence that I can do this. It doesn’t hurt that it’s also really fun to practice with it as it feels like a game! For anyone who wants to be a better singer, I would highly recommend this app.

As an amateur musician I am constantly on the lookout for computer-based tools/apps that can help with my daily practice. Recently I had the chance to try out the beta version of Naad Sadhana and I can honestly say I was floored -- a tabla app that actually listens and adapts to the singer in real time. There is simply nothing quite like this in any genre of music (that I am aware of). The popular tabla machines/apps are loop based with very limited variety and inadequate even for a beginning student. The closest, in terms of musical sophistication, is iRealPro for jazz which generates rhythm-section accompaniment that sounds authentic and aesthetically sound. However even that is oblivious to the singer -- it doesn't listen and adapt. When I heard about Naadsadhana I was frankly quite skeptical that such an app could exist. I was happy to be proved wrong! Over the course of one hour of stress testing, this Turing machine held its own. In fact it consistently made inspired choices like a highly skilled human tabla player would. It is clearly a labor of love, an inspired creation, both in its concept and in its execution, and so utterly unique that it is unfair to compare it to anything else. The app creator clearly cares deeply about musicianship and obsesses about getting the right tone and feel in every phrase. I think this will be the standard bearer for the next generation of music apps.

During the few minutes, I sang with the app, it made me feel like a professional. I indeed had a concert like experience where I had a swaramandal, perfectly tuned tanpura and a live tabla player playing all at the same time. My favorite is, hands down, the tabla player. Its been 24 hrs since I had this experience but the tabla is still ringing in my mind. I can’t wait to own and use it for my riyaaz on a daily basis. I am sure this is going to take my music to a whole new level. Thanks so much Sandeepji😊🙏.

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I wanted to love this app for its sound quality and it’s intelligence in accompanying while playing. But basic raags like shudh bilawal and must to have taals like Ghazal Theka in Dadra, Deepchandi, Chautaal and Pashto etc are not available and missing in this app. Being a subscription based app, in my opinion it’s too pricey to not offer such basic stuff which any practicing vocalist need in day to day riyaaz sessions. If this app provides all variations of these mentioned taals with intelligence then I don’t think there will be any reason to not give it 5 stars, without these taals in NaadSadhana I feel iTablaPro is a clear winner for everything it offers with one time purchase price. I hope developers of NaadSadhna App will take a note of this review and release an update of app by including missing raags and taals and working out a more user friendly pricing strategy.

To me, learning to sing is a simultaneous refinement of both the ear and the voice. Unfortunately, you're only as good as your ears allow you to be. This app is kind of like having the ears of seasoned pro. The beautiful swarmandal acts as a higher level feedback loop. It creates a raga-sized playground of success for you to play in! I wholeheartedly recommend this app to anyone (at any level of proficiency) wishing to improve their singing.