Shankar Krishnan
Ghatam
- Bangalore - Karnataka
Shankar Krishnan
Shankar is a percussionist, having learnt the mridangam in his early years. After years of the corporate world, Shankar got back to his passion of music and Indian percussion. Part of the Poco-a-Poco and other music groups, he brings a sense of fusion built in to his percussion that is ready to blend in with EDM or Hip Hop and Cinematic tracks.
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01 — The Pack
Ghatam Sample Pack
Carnatic Ghatam
CarnaticSouth IndiaPercussionGhatamSouth Indian
About this instrument
The ghatam is a clay pot that is also a musical instrument — one of the oldest percussion traditions in Carnatic music, documented in the Natya Shastra. In skilled hands, it has more tonal range than a drum kit. What you're buying is not sound files. You're buying 30+ years of practice, captured in one session in Chennai.
02 — Listen First
03 — What You're Getting
Bass Tones
The deep resonant hit from the open mouth of the pot. Drop one under your 808 and it transforms a modern mix into something that sounds ancient and electronic at once.
Slaps
Sharp, front-of-the-beat percussive attack. Used as a snare replacement, it cuts through reverb-heavy mixes in a way no snare sample ever will.
Mutes
The ghost note equivalent — what happens in the space between hits. Negative space that makes a groove breathe. Layer under hi-hats to create syncopation.
Finger Tones
High-pitched articulations from the fingertips. Works as a shaker replacement, a top-end percussive texture, or a polyrhythm layer across any genre.
Loops
Full-performance loops — played as a Carnatic musician would, delivered tempo-matched and ready to drop.
Format
24-BIT WAV
Sample Rate
96kHz
BPM Range
80-120
Recorded
Bangalore, India
Licence
Royalty-Free
₹1,500.00
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04 — What Makes This Different
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Named credit on this page, permanently. Shankar's name, tradition, and city are here forever. Every producer who downloads this knows who played.
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Revenue flows back to the artist. Not a one-time buyout. Every time this pack sells — in Berlin, São Paulo, Seoul — Shankar earns from it.
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The tradition is documented. Carnatic lineage, city, session date — archived as part of TISP's living catalog of Indian sonic traditions.
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