Naada Carnatic Violin for GeoShred Studio

Continuous Gamaka Ornaments And Microtonal Pitch Inflection Under Every Finger

Where physical modeling meets true expression. Naada Carnatic Violin places a physically modeled South Indian violin inside GeoShred Studio, where continuous pitch glide, microtonal gamakas, and fluid portamento respond directly to pressure and gesture on the playing surface. The instrument is fully polyphonic, supporting chords and layered melodic lines simultaneously.

Works with MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, and GeoShred Control, a free iPhone and iPad companion app that delivers a multi-touch expressive surface for live performance.

Naada Carnatic Violin runs inside GeoShred Studio, where the ornamental vocabulary of South Indian classical music is accessible across a multi-row continuous pitch surface. Slide between microtonal positions to shape gamakas, press into the grid to control bow dynamics and vibrato depth, and move across rows to shift register. The AccelMatrix Naada physical modeling engine generates each note as a real-time acoustic event. Because the instrument is polyphonic, you can sustain a drone string while tracing melodic phrases above it, or voice full chords across the surface. GeoShred's integrated FX rack adds EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab processing directly in the signal chain.

What's Inside Naada Carnatic Violin:

• GeoShred's continuous pitch surface with fretless glide, portamento, and microtonal control suited to raga-based melodic movement.
• Polyphonic performance: sustain drones under melodic lines, voice chords, or layer independent phrases simultaneously.
• Direct access to Carnatic violin model parameters including bow pressure, vibrato character, and tonal shaping.
• Integrated FX rack with EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab available as part of the performance signal chain.
• Full controller support: MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, GeoShred Control companion app.
• AccelMatrix Naada physical modeling engine generating each note as a continuous acoustic simulation.

A Violin Rebuilt Around Raga

The Carnatic violin shares its physical form with the Western instrument but almost nothing else in practice. Held inverted with the scroll resting against the player's foot, it produces a continuous stream of sliding ornaments, oscillating pitch inflections called gamakas, and phrase shapes dictated by the grammar of each raga. The model captures this fluid, voice-like ornamental language, where pitch is never fixed but always in motion between structural tones.

GeoShred Studio and GeoShred Control

GeoShred Studio operates as a VST3, AU, or AUv3 plugin inside major DAWs, or as a standalone application. Its isomorphic surface is tuned in perfect fourths, providing a layout where melodic intervals repeat consistently across rows. Pressure and gesture are mapped continuously to instrument parameters, making the surface a direct conduit for expression rather than a series of on/off triggers.

GeoShred Control is a free companion app for iPhone and iPad that connects via USB, adding a second multi-touch expressive surface for live performance. MPE hardware controllers and wind or breath controllers connect directly to GeoShred Studio as well.

GeoShred Studio Required. Running Naada Carnatic Violin requires GeoShred Studio ($50), a separate required purchase.

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