Listen vs MyTabla

Listen: enables audiences to participate in live performances and shared listening experiences through synchronised audio playback on their smartphones. Created for composer-musician Hilary Kleinig's The Lost Art of Listening, Listen: allows audience members to participate in performances by playing specially prepared audio in precise coordination with other audience members and performers. Listen: transforms audience devices into a distributed sound system, allowing people to become active participants in a collective sonic experience and can be used for music, sound art, theatre, public installations, educational projects, and immersive events. Using event-specific audio content, Listen: can coordinate playback across multiple devices, creating spatial sound environments. Whether used by composers, artists, performers, educators, or event organisers, the app supports experiences where sound is shared, distributed, and explored together. From intimate performances to large-scale audience participation projects, Listen: makes it possible to deliver audio directly to participants and integrate their devices into the creative work itself. Sounds may include music, field recordings, spoken word, soundscapes, electronic audio, interactive content, or other materials designed specifically for an event or project. Listen: is built around the idea that listening can be a collective act. By bringing together the sounds played from many individual devices, the app helps create immersive experiences that encourage attention, participation, curiosity, and connection. Features: • Synchronised audio playback across multiple devices • Event-specific and project-specific audio content • Simple and intuitive participant experience • High-quality audio playback • Suitable for live performance, sound art, education, exhibitions, and public events • Minimal setup required for participants Listen: is intended for use in participating events and projects. Available content and functionality may vary depending on the organiser, artist, institution, or performance using the platform. Listen together. Participate together. Experience sound in new ways.

myTabla is the tabla accompaniment app that doesn’t just support you in your practice, but inspires your music. myTabla is free to download but a subscription is required to access the features and “taal” files for ongoing use, available on a monthly or yearly basis. For professional grade tabla that sounds so real, that you’ll feel like a professional tabla player is sitting right there with you in the room inspiring every note. No more practising with robotic tabla sound. No more settling for amateur accompaniment. Here are some of our key features you’ll enjoy with a paid subscription: Real tabla sound Recorded by top grade artists Includes all taals most commonly played in Hindustani classical Pakhawaj accompaniment for Dhrupad Laggis and Thekas for Ghazal accompaniment Authentic Tanpura sound Resonant swarmandal Weekly riyaz report For the tabla accompaniment that transitions seamlessly from practice to performance and always creates a “mahaul” (atmosphere), look nowhere other than myTabla. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS: MyTabla is free to download and includes 30 days of full, unrestricted access to all features and taal files — no payment method or sign-up required during the trial period. After the 30-day free access period ends, users will be prompted to subscribe to continue using MyTabla. Subscriptions are available on a monthly or yearly basis. Yearly subscriptions are billed as a single annual payment from the date of purchase. Monthly subscriptions are billed on a recurring monthly basis. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off in Account Settings on your Apple ID after purchase. Once a subscription has started, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read our full Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/