The Ocarina of Time iPhone?
MAKE Magazine —
... The iPhone is proving to be quite a platform for portable music apps. This new digital ocarina from Smule aims to convert Apple's wonder-phone into an expressive and nuanced instrument all its own - ...
Smule, iPhone como ocarina
Celularis —
... va a amar esta noticia: la empresa Smule creo la aplicación Ocarina, “el primer instrumento real para iPhone“. ...
Ocarina iPhone app has Legend of Zelda mode
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... where playing is accomplished by the fingering of digital valves coordinated with blowing into the microphone. It's also a social application: you can tap a globe icon and hear what other Ocarina players are playing, all over the world.
I'm eager to try it, but the disclaimer on the front page is a bit strange: "Optimized for 3G phones; for first generation phones we recommend upgrading to the 2.2 firmware when it becomes available." Huh. I wonder what's up with that.
Ocarina [Smule]
iphone ocarina: go blow (into your iphone)
technabob —
... Smule’s new iPhone app, Ocarina turns your iPhone into a fully-functional musical wind instrument. This amazing little application works very much like the real deal, combining touch, tilt, gestures and human breath to create ethereal sounds which bring out your inner Zelda. ...
The iPhone Ocarina: Link Never Would Have Allowed This [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
... accounted for the whole of the questionable "iPhone as an instrument" experience. Now it's gone too far. The SMule Ocarina app recognizes the roar of you blowing into the iPhone's mic and coverts it to the moderately mellifluous sounds of a digital Ocarina. It comes with presets, exhibited here on video. The above preset: Zelda's greatest hits. Below: Robert Plant's and Jimmy Page's greatest indignity. [SMule via ...
Assopre e transforme o seu iPhone num baita instrumento musical
MacMagazine —
Eu já perdi a conta de quantos aplicativos transformam iPhones em instrumentos musicais, dos mais diversos. A Smule acaba de entrar na brincadeira com o Ocarina, que combina a tecnologia multi-touch com sopro — sim, no seu próprio microfone!
Clique aqui para assistir ao vídeo incorporado.
Antes de mais nada, saiba que ocarina é um instrumento de verdade — aliás, um dos mais fáceis de se aprender a tocar. No iPhone, ele não possui quaisquer notas ou acordes pré-compilados, ou seja, as possibilidades de criação e expressão ...
Ocarina iPhone App Unleashes Your Inner Jethro Tull
GEARFUSE —
Now here’s an iPhone application worth plunking down 99 cents for. It’s an Ocarina app that lets you play notes like a traditional ocarina by allowing you to hold down valves on the screen and blowing into the microphone. Sounds pretty creative. The best part is that it comes with a Legend of Zelda mode that turns it into, well, an Ocarina of Time. It’s amazing how video games transcend reality, isn’t it? Link [ via ]
Smule Ocarina transforms iPhone into an expressive musical wind instrument
TechChee.com, shop online for gadget, gizmo and hot tech stuff —
... Product Page: Smule Ocarina Thanks Michelle for sending this in This entry was posted on Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 9:22 am and is filed under ...
Macworld ‘09: Origins of Ocarina for iPhone
theory.isthereason —
... ChucK as a programming language tailored for generating and making sense of sound. It’s designed to have a shallow learning curve as Wang claims that it is possible for someone who’s never programmed before to start making music within the first 30 minutes.
To see how popular Ocarina is, just search on Youtube for fans showing off their Ocarina playing skills.
See http://ocarina.smule.com for details, or better yet, join their “This Contest Blows!” contest!
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iPhone developers raise $3.9 million
textually.org —
News to give heart to all iPhone developers; Smule (developers of the Ocarina app) have closed a $3.9 million funding round, according to The Washington Post. ...
Banda The Mentalists! faz apresentação ao vivo usando diversos aplicativos para iPhone
MacMagazine —
A banda londrina The Mentalists! realizou nesta semana uma apresentação ao vivo da música Kids, cover da banda The Management. O grande diferencial? As mulheres só usaram instrumentos virtuais criados a partir de aplicativos para iPhones/iPods touch.
Clique aqui para assistir ao vídeo incorporado.
Tal como você pôde acompanhar pelo vídeo, os apps usados foram Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth e DigiDrummer Lite.
(...) (...) Continue lendo Banda The Mentalists! faz ...
Smule lança atualização para o Ocarina, agora compatível com iPods touch
MacMagazine —
A Smule lançou neste final de semana uma grande atualização para o Ocarina, um dos instrumentos virtuais mais famosos na plataforma iPhone. A novidade? Ele agora funciona também — finalmente — em iPods touch. ...
First Mobile Phone Orchestra Shows Us How It's Done
GeekSugar —
... The app is called Ocarina, and for a dollar, you can make your own sweet flute-like music on your iPhone and iPod Touch. Plus, by clicking on the "world view" you can see and hear what other people are playing around the world. I think that may be the best part, since I'm not so sure how good I'd be playing a flute on the iPhone! ...
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