Frequently Asked Questions

To license TaalMala on your mobile/PC, you need to pay the appropriate licensing fees. If you purchased a license on your Android/iOS device prior to November 1, 2021, TaalMala was licensed via a one-time payment. Starting November 1, 2021, one-time payment licensing is discontinued for Android/iOS and TaalMala can be licensed only via a recurring subscription, purchased via Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

Customers who purchased a license on Android/iOS before November 1, 2021: One-time payment does not mean that you are entitled to all feature upgrades free of charge. It means that we will support the features as they work on your device at the time of purchase. If you upgrade the device or operating system (OS) version and if the app stops working on new device or OS version, we are not responsible. Although we test with many OS versions and device variations, we cannot guarantee compatibility with all devices for lifetime. So if you are worried about compatibility, do not upgrade the OS or your phone/tablet/PC. See the licensing policy for more details.

Note that many upgrades are made available for free as a courtesy or if there are bug-fixes.

Prices may vary from country to country, depending upon local taxes, exchange rate fluctuations and provider fees.

• Windows Desktop Version: Please complete the purchase via our online secure payment gateway. For Windows version of TaalMala application, we continue to offer a one-time license purchase.
• Android Mobile/Tablet Version: To purchase Android version of TaalMala for your mobile/tablet, please use the upgrade button on the app's main screen (the button on top right corner which looks like a credit card).
• iPhone/iPad (iOS) Version: Please tap the "Buy" button in the right top corner main app screen.

Please refer to the TaalMala features page.

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To transfer your license, please see our licensing policy.

To transfer your custom-created Taals/Lehras/SwarMandal compositions and presets from your existing Android device (device 1) to your new Android device (device 2), follow these steps:

1. On device 1, open TaalMala, go to TaalMala Settings and under App Migration section, click on Export button. TaalMala will create an encrypted zip file of all your custom compositions and presets and store the resulting file with name TaalMala_Exported_Data.zip in Downloads directory of device 1.
2. Locate this file TaalMala_Exported_Data.zip in Downloads directory of device 1 and copy it to Downloads directory of Device 2. You can use any file sharing application or share it via email.
3. On device 2, open TaalMala, go to TaalMala Settings and under App Migration section, click on Import button. You will see Android's file navigator dialog. Go to the Downloads directory on your device (or wherever you have saved the file TaalMala_Exported_Data.zip) and click on the file TaalMala_Exported_Data.zip.
4. TaalMala will unencrypt and import the data into device 2.

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If you completed your order via our web site, it takes us up to 24 hours to process your payment. Once your payment is confirmed, you will receive an email from us with step-by-step instructions on how to activate the license. Please check your email provider's Junk/Spam folder as the email from TaalMala.com sometimes gets filtered there.

For mobile/tablet version, you can pay and instantly download and install the licensed edition of TaalMala on your mobile device from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

If you paid for TaalMala via Google Play Store or Apple App Store, and your license is not activated, please follow the instructions in the next FAQ.

If you paid TaalMala license from Google Play Store or Apple App Store, the license is activated on your device automatically, provided that you purchased the license using the same ID which is used to sign into your device. After your purchase is successful, please wait for a few minutes, then exit TaalMala on your Android device by pressing "Back" button twice (on Apple devices, kill the app from the list of recently us) and restart the TaalMala app. Please ensure that you are connected to a reliable Internet connection while doing this.

If you continue to see trial license after this, please follow the instructions below.

If you paid for TaalMala Android license via our web site prior to November 1, 2021, you will receive an email from TaalMala.com containing detailed instructions about how to install the app license on your Android device. Please wait at least 24 hours for the email to be received. Also check your email account's Junk/Spam folder to ensure that the emails from TaalMala.com are not getting filtered as Junk/Spam.

Once you have received the license file license.lic from us, please follow the instructions below to install the license.

If you purchased one license for TaalMala, you can install TaalMala on one computer at any time. Of course, you can purchase multiple licenses and install TaalMala software on multiple computers at the same time. Additional licenses (up to 5) are available from us at a discounted price. Please contact us for details.

The license terms of Android version permit usage only on one tablet/phone at any time. If you have more than one Android device on which you would like to use TaalMala, please ensure that it is actively being used only on a single device at any given time. We reserve the right to revoke the license if multiple simultaneous devices using TaalMala are detected under the same account.

Windows Vista/7/8/10, 1 GB RAM, sound card, speakers.

Android 6.0 or above, 500 MB space in storage, 1 GB RAM recommended. Recommended Android version is 8.0 or above.

iOS 12.0 or above. We recommend iPhone 7 or higher and iPad 3rd generation or better.

As of November 1, 2021, the only available upgrade is Premium subscription. Once you purchase the subscription, your license will be automatically upgraded to Premium as long as the subscription is active.

No. If you purchased a TaalMala license on certain platform, you must use the license on the same platform. It is not possible to reuse the license from one platform to another (e.g. not possible to purchase license on Android and use it on your new iPhone or Windows system or vice versa). This limitation is not imposed by us, but imposed by the platform providers (i.e. Apple and Google). The licensing systems are incompatible and neither of the platforms provides any way for us to port the license. You can use your license on new device of the same platform subject to our licensing policy (e.g. if you purchased a license on an Android device and you upgrade your Android device, you can transfer the license to your new Android device, subject to our licensing policy).

If you have any problems with the software, it is recommended that you contact our support by sending us an email. We will do our best to resolve your problem. If your problem is still not resolved, we will refund your order (after deducting a small payment/refund processing charges) as long as we have not provided you a registration key or a license file for the software (Windows only). We cannot process a refund once we provide you with the registration key or license file. It is recommended that you download, install and try the trial edition of the software before ordering any of the licensed versions.

Our payment provider charges a small fee for payments and refunds (approximately 2% of the refund amount). You will be charged that fee if you decide to opt for a refund, subject to the above conditions.

If you purchased using Google Play Store or Apple App Store, you are bound by their store's refund policies. We will not be able to process that refund for you.

If you have any problems with the app, it is recommended that you contact our support by sending us an email. We will do our best to resolve your problem. If your problem is still not resolved, or you still want to cancel your subscription, please follow these steps:

1. Open Google Play Store app from your device. Ensure that you are signed into the device with the exact same ID used for purchasing the subscription.
2. In the Play Store app, click on your account picture (usually on the top right corner, inside/near the search box).
3. Click on "Payments & subscriptions" and then "Subscriptions". Your currently active subscriptions will show here.
4. You can cancel/renew the subscription from here.

Please note that the subscription cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing cycle. Google does not process any partial refunds for unused days of the subscription. You can continue to use the licensed app until the end of your subscription period. For more information, see this Google page.

If you have any problems with the app, it is recommended that you contact our support by sending us an email. We will do our best to resolve your problem. If your problem is still not resolved, or you still want to cancel your subscription, please follow the steps on this page on Apple web site.

Please note that the subscription cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing cycle. Apple does not process any partial refunds for unused days of the subscription. You can continue to use the licensed app until the end of your subscription period. For more information.

In countries where GST/VAT is applicable, the price may be higher due to addition of GST/VAT. The price may also vary due to exchange rate fluctuations.

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TaalMala app on Android needs certain permissions on your device to operate properly.

1. Permission to read/write to/from your SD card or internal storage (Android): This permission is required so that TaalMala can read and write the compositions you create using Taal/Lehra/SwarMandal composer and sequencer and some other temporary data files. Even if you do not have sequencer license, TaalMala allows you to create temporary compositions, which are stored on your SD card or internal storage. The app needs permissions to read and write these files from/to the SD card. Please rest assured that TaalMala does not use the above-granted permission for any reasons other than writing and reading the compositions created by the application and saving some temporary files. You can find these files in the folder named TaalMala on your device's internal storage.
2. Permission to use microphone and record audio (Android/iOS): Starting release 5.0, TaalMala includes functionality to record the microphone audio, synchronized with the accompaniment it generates. The microphone/audio-recording permission is needed for this. Starting 7.2, the app also includes a pitch detector, which needs audio record permission to listen to your notes for automatic pitch detection and tuning.

If, for some reason, you denied these permissions with the checkbox "Never ask again" checked, the app may misbehave or may not start at all. In such a case, if you change your mind and wish to use TaalMala, go to your Android system settings - Apps - TaalMala - Permissions and grant all requested permissions there.

We do not recommend to play TaalMala audio using Bluetooth speaker, unless you have a low-latency, high-quality Bluetooth speaker. There are multiple reasons why audio may cause glitches with Bluetooth.

1. Bluetooth audio technology is not meant for low-latency, time-critical transmission such as that needed by TaalMala. Most Android/iOS devices and Bluetooth speakers buffer the audio before playing it, which can cause glitches, if there are packet losses.
2. The Bluetooth transmission protocol is not very robust to interference and can cause glitches because the packets are dropped (this is similar to your mobile phone voice getting distorted when in the area of bad network coverage).
3. TaalMala is a computationally intensive application and requires full access to the CPU. Depending upon how powerful your CPU and system is, memory available, other background apps running etc., TaalMala app may not get sufficient system resources and the CPU time, leaving even little computational power available for timely Bluetooth transmission of the audio. All these reasons can cause glitches in the audio. The app cannot do anything in these cases.

Try the following work-arounds. Note that we provide no guarantee about these work-arounds.

1. Use a better (low-latency, good wireless capability) Bluetooth speaker. Note that expensive does not mean good. We do not officially test with any Bluetooth speakers and hence cannot recommend any speaker in particular. This functionality is outside the scope of TaalMala.
2. Kill all background applications running on your device before starting TaalMala and connect via Bluetooth.
3. Connect the external speaker using a wired connection. Most Bluetooth speakers also come with a wired connection. Wired connections will most likely behave better.

While there can be many reasons for sound distortion, some common reasons for the sound distortion and possible solutions are listed below. The list of potential causes and solutions below are only some possibilities which may help resolve the sound distortion, but we make no guarantees about it, because most of the times, the problem is beyond scope of the TaalMala app. That is why we provide a trial edition for you to try before purchasing a license.

The license file provided to you is computer-dependent (for Windows) or device-dependent (for Android). This means the license file is unique for the computer/device for which it was generated. Please see our licensing policy for details.

For help on Taal composition using Windows Edition of TaalMala, please refer to the Help page. For Taal, Lehra and SwarMandal pattern composition using Android or iOS editions of TaalMala, please refer to the Help page. You can also get the composer help by clicking the help button in Taal or Lehra or SwarMandal composer screen.

TaalMala app on Android and iOS allows you to record your performance along with the accompaniment provided. You can listen to these recordings within TaalMala via Recordings menu. If you have a Premium license of the app, you can also export the recordings as MP3 files.

To share the recordings from Android Edition of TaalMala, go to the list of recordings, click the overflow menu icon next to the recording you want to share (icon which looks like three vertical dots), and click on Share.

To share the recordings from iOS Edition of the TaalMala, go to the list of recordings, long-click on the recording you want to share, and then click on the Share sub-menu.

All Windows Editions of TaalMala (Trial, Basic, Classic and Professional) come with 201+ pre-composed Taals. When you install the software on your PC, these pre-composed Taal files are automatically copied to your computer and show up in the left panel of TaalMala Window on the PC.

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We are not aware of any transaction fees or additional charges paypal.com charges to you if you pay for TaalMala software using their payment processing service. However, you should completely read the terms and conditions when you complete your transactions via paypal.com. Please note that Paypal is a third-party payment processing company, and is not associated with TaalMala.com. TaalMala.com simply uses their credit card payment processing services. If you have any unresolved issues with Paypal, we recommend that you contact their customer service directly. If they do not respond to you, you can write to us and we will try to contact them. However, we are not liable for any charges from Paypal except the TaalMala licensing fees that you may have paid to us via Paypal.

Please click in the area which shows the main TaalMala composition (part of the Window which shows the Tabla picture and the TaalMala logo). Does the button become active now?