"SUNADAMALA"
ELECTRONIC LAHARA INSTRUMENT

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a detailed view click on the pictures.
The
'Sunadamala lehera instrument is a sophisticated electronic
musical instrument designed to enable tabla artistes and students
to practise independently without the help of another musician
(to provide rhythmic tune accompaniment). The 'Sunadamala'
is capable of producing 200 preset tunes, set to 20 taals
in different commonly used ragas. A tune, once selected, repeats
itself endlessly until stopped. The instrument utilizes the
latest state of the art microprocessor technology to produce
a realistic sound of the lehera as played on a harmonium.
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In
addition, the Sunadamala can be easily programmed by the
user to produce any 2 tunes of one's choice, for any taal
and in any raga. These tunes, once programmed, remain stored
in the memory of the instrument even if the power is switched
off. They can be erased by programming other tunes on the
same keys.
Other features of the Sunadamala are :
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Pitch
can be set by user, variable over one octave.
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A
digital display shows the selected pitch.
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Fine
tuning can also be done
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Laya
can be set from ati-vilambit (slow) to drut (fast).
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Built-in
drone provided for constant sruti (sur).
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Two
types of harmonium tones can be selected.
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Separate
volume controls for drone and overall volume.
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Calculator-type
keyboard for selection of tunes, pitch and tempo.
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3-digit
LED display to indicate tune number/matra progression/tempo/pitch.
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Operates
on 230V/110V AC Mains or on a set of four C sized batteries.(Built-in
battery compartment provided)
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The
Sunadamala is a microcontroller based instrument and is
very compact and portable, and is housed in a sleek, attractive
palm sized cabinet
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External
speaker socket and Line-out ( 1/8 in. headphone socket).
Socket to connect Taalmala in sync.