NADA

The drone your practice has been missing.

Nada is a tanpura drone synthesizer built for serious practice. Indian classical musicians, vocalists, string players, anyone who works with a drone — Nada gives you a rich, responsive tanpura reference that stays perfectly in tune and never needs tuning, restringing, or a second person to hold it.

Set your key, choose your voicing, and play. The 256×64 OLED shows your current key, voicing, and waveform in real time. Volume and jivari — the characteristic buzzing overtone texture of a real tanpura — are dialed in with the front encoders. Cycle through keys and octaves with a footswitch or a shift-click. The waveform on screen isn't decorative — it responds to your jivari setting so you can see the harmonic character change as you adjust it.

Stereo output through 1/4" jacks on the sides keeps your signal path clean. An aux out and headphone jack on the rear panel mean Nada works equally well in a live rig, a recording session, or a quiet practice room with headphones. TRS MIDI in lets an external controller or sequencer change keys mid-performance without touching the box.

Nada and Tala are designed to live together on the same board. Daisy-chain power over USB-C, sync them over MIDI, and you have a complete drone and rhythm reference in two pedals the size of a standard double.

Built in Austin. Hand-assembled in a Hammond 1590DD enclosure. Made to practice with.