{"product_id":"moforte-geoshred-naada-shehnai","title":"GeoShred Naada Shehnai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoShred Naada Shehnai\u003c\/strong\u003e || Guildwater Gear is an Authorized moForte. If you have any questions about this product please do not hesitate to contact us. Your digital software registration code and instructions will be sent to you, along with an URL connecting you directly to the manufacturer, who will provide you with your software digitally. Please be aware that software is non-cancelable and non-returnable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoShred Studio Required. \u003c\/strong\u003eRunning this product requires GeoShred Studio, a separate required purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRIGHT REED TONE AND ORNAMENTAL PITCH MOVEMENT UNDER DIRECT GESTURAL CONTROL. \u003c\/strong\u003eReal instruments, reimagined through touch. Naada Shehnai places a physically modeled North Indian double-reed instrument inside GeoShred Studio, where bright reed dynamics, continuous meend pitch slides, and ornamental gamak articulations respond directly to pressure and gesture on the playing surface. The instrument is fully polyphonic, supporting chords and layered melodic lines simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorks with \u003cstrong\u003eMPE controllers\u003c\/strong\u003e, wind and breath controllers, and GeoShred Control, a free iPhone and iPad companion app that delivers a multi-touch expressive surface for live performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNaada Shehnai\u003c\/strong\u003e runs inside GeoShred Studio, bringing the shehnai's piercing double-reed voice and its ornamental vocabulary to a multi-row continuous pitch surface. Slide across the grid to trace meend pitch glides between notes; press into the surface to shape reed intensity, vibrato depth, and dynamic weight in real time. The AccelMatrix Naada physical modeling engine generates each note as a continuous acoustic event, and because the instrument is polyphonic, you can sustain a drone tone while layering 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's Inside Naada Shehnai\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeoShred's continuous pitch surface with fretless meend glides, gamak oscillations, and murki grace-note clusters suited to Indian classical ornamentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolyphonic performance: sustain drone tones under melodic lines, voice chords, or layer independent phrases simultaneously\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirect access to shehnai model parameters including reed brightness, embouchure dynamics, and tonal shaping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrated FX rack with EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab available as part of the performance signal chain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull controller support: MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, GeoShred Control companion app\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccelMatrix Naada physical modeling engine generating each note as a continuous acoustic simulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shehnai's Ceremonial Voice.\u003c\/strong\u003e The shehnai is a conical double-reed woodwind with a flared metal bell, rooted in the ceremonial music of North India. Traditionally crafted from shisham wood, it produces a bright, penetrating tone that projects across large outdoor spaces during weddings, temple ceremonies, and festivals. At softer dynamics, the instrument reveals a warm, nasal delicacy shaped by continuous embouchure variation. The model captures the shehnai's characteristic ornamental language, where meend slides, rapid gamak oscillations, and murki grace-note clusters are not isolated techniques but a continuous flow of pitch movement between structural tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoShred Studio\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eGeoShred Control.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 the shehnai's ornamental vocabulary rather than a series of on\/off triggers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoShred Control\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoShred Studio Required.\u003c\/strong\u003e Running Naada Shehnai requires GeoShred Studio, a separate required purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSystem Requirements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSupported Formats (macOS only, Windows support will be offered at a later date)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emacOS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emacOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStand Alone, Audio Units (AU), AUv3, VST3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApple Silicon supported natively\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRequires GeoShred Studio (sold separately)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"moForte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737790165209,"sku":"GEOSHRED-NAADA-SHEHNAI","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0416\/5232\/2456\/files\/GeoShredNaadaShehnai.webp?v=1779722556","url":"https:\/\/guildwatergear.com\/products\/moforte-geoshred-naada-shehnai","provider":"Guildwater Gear","version":"1.0","type":"link"}