Lets see a Blackberry do this - Ocarina.

razorianfly · Nov 7, 2008, 03:41 PM

I just spotted this tonight, and thought I’d give you all a quick heads up on it. When you thought you’d exhausted every little thing you could perform with your iPhone, you find something you missed.
There are many uses for your iPhone’s microphone, but this one is quite a bit different to the others. App developers have realised that the microphone can actually pick up air being blown through it, and this is the basis of Ocarina.

Ocarina developed by Smule is a 59p/$0.99 electronic synth flute for iPhone.
Basically you blow into your iPhone, and use the touch screen to control the pitch of the sound by covering virtual holes.

I downloaded it 1) out of curiosity and 2) because it was 59p. I just featured it.

It sounds pretty great for a simulation.
Anyone using it, bought it? /Thoughts?

R-Fly

Clete2 · 03:53 PM

ZOMG Zelda.

Downloading.

Awesome! You can listen to others playing. :O I was wondering why it asked for permission to see my location...

Seriously, someone play something from Zelda.

Edit: The video tutorial is of a guy playing the Zelda theme.

lee.anderson · Nov 7, 2008, 03:46 PM

Yep I got it.
I can say that this is without a doubt the most addictive and fun app there is.
It works really well, and on the smule website there is a section in the forums where people can upload scores so other people can play tunes too.

There's also a cool feature that shows you a globe (like google earth) and show the location of other people playing, and you can actually hear them play in real time.

mkrishnan · Nov 7, 2008, 03:47 PM

Neat idea.

Did you travel back in time, though? And more importantly, did you save Princess Zelda?

Clete2 · Nov 7, 2008, 04:14 PM

All it is missing is:
1) The ability to save your own songs on your phone.
2) The ability to save others' songs on your phone.

But mostly #1.

chrisjonny · Nov 7, 2008, 04:14 PM

Coolest show-off "look what my phone can do!!!" App yet.

Clete2 · Nov 7, 2008, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisjonny

Coolest show-off "look what my phone can do!!!" App yet.

Yep. I had a friend say "My phone was more expensive than yours!" ($400 Blackberry) and I'm like... seriously? Also, I know someone getting the Dare and he's told me "It is so much better than the iPhone!" Sure... can yours play an Ocarina?

arubinst · Nov 7, 2008, 05:14 PM

This has got to be the coolest app ever

jessica. · Nov 7, 2008, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arubinst

This has got to be the coolest app ever

Agreed ... but, if not for ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clete2

All it is missing is:
1) The ability to save your own songs on your phone.
2) The ability to save others' songs on your phone.

But mostly #1.

Pring · Nov 7, 2008, 06:22 PM

Hmm I bought it but I'm unconvinced. I have to blow pretty hard to get it to register... WAY harder than on the videos.

Jeremy1026 · Nov 7, 2008, 08:24 PM

This app rocks! Well worth $1, I'd say its even worth upwards to $5

reliantj · Nov 7, 2008, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clete2

Yep. I had a friend say "My phone was more expensive than yours!" ($400 Blackberry) and I'm like... seriously? Also, I know someone getting the Dare and he's told me "It is so much better than the iPhone!" Sure... can yours play an Ocarina?

are you kidding me?

your friend is bull**itting about the Dare.

my friend has a Dare and it sucks ass so much. i HATE it. he states that out of my iPhone, his Dare and our other friend's Diamond, mine is the best.

The Dare is so limited in... everything. I Dare you friend to shove it up his ass.

jlake02 · Nov 7, 2008, 10:12 PM

Got a video review up. Tried my best to play the thing, but did a bad job. Only after the review did I find the music sheets! lol

shfreelance · Nov 7, 2008, 10:22 PM

Why would I want this on my BlackBerry?

Clete2 · Nov 8, 2008, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy1026

This app rocks! Well worth $1, I'd say its even worth upwards to $5

Yep. I would pay $5 for it.

jmann · Nov 8, 2008, 01:38 AM

This was awesome! I love this app! It is totally worth more than $.99!

jmann · Nov 8, 2008, 03:24 AM

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Mine registers my blowing perfectly. But I am using a 3G iPhone. What kind do you have?

Michael CM1 · Nov 8, 2008, 04:18 AM

Um...awesome!!!

The ability to do it isn't really a shock. With the Nintendo DS microphone, you had to blow up the balloons on your cars in Mario Kart DS. But that looks to be quite an evolutionary piece of software.

I can now see little kids taking iPhones to fourth grade music classes instead of recorders.

speedracer3000 · 04:54 AM

it's definitely very unique and innovative use of the iphone
too bad I am just too musically challenged to be able to make any kind of pleasant sounds with it, so far it's just noise

I did notice there is some inconsistency with the sounds, my fingers stayed the same but the sound changed, not sure if it's me not doing it right or a bug with the player...

iblastoff · Nov 8, 2008, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shfreelance

Why would I want this on my BlackBerry?

yah really. i'm surprised people aren't over these novelty crap apps by now.

RiGo · Nov 8, 2008, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iblastoff

yah really. i'm surprised people aren't over these novelty crap apps by now.

+1

Quote:

Lets see a Blackberry do this - Ocarina.

Tens of thousands of ppl will abort their BB purchase because it can't be an ocarina

pdxflint · Nov 8, 2008, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iblastoff

yah really. i'm surprised people aren't over these novelty crap apps by now.

That's what I used to think about all the folks whining about no games for Mac...

... just shows how much I know.

I guess crap apps, like games, have no real purpose, but can do a great job of demonstrating what your hardware is capable of, given the right software. Like all those red-hot Windows gaming setups that never, ever do anything really useful (unless entertainment counts...

)

You gotta admit, iPhone makes BB look so old school.

fastbite · Nov 8, 2008, 08:51 AM

This app is piece of art. It is truly amazing in concept and execution.

TheHoff · Nov 8, 2008, 08:54 AM

Cool. I'm now learning how to play that flute song Picard plays after he lives a lifetime on the other planet now.

btw, what a cool idea for the dev to include the ability to hear other people playing... bravo

11800506 · Nov 8, 2008, 11:18 PM

That's actually really cool!

I find their playing of Stairway to Heaven really funny... especially since they seem to be kind of dramatic doing it.

Nov 7, 2008, 03:43 PM	#2
Clete2 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mansfield, Pennsylvania	ZOMG Zelda. Downloading. Awesome! You can listen to others playing. :O I was wondering why it asked for permission to see my location... Seriously, someone play something from Zelda. Edit: The video tutorial is of a guy playing the Zelda theme. Last edited by Clete2 : Nov 7, 2008 at 03:53 PM.

Nov 7, 2008, 03:47 PM	#4
mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	Neat idea. Did you travel back in time, though? And more importantly, did you save Princess Zelda? __________________ Mohan

Nov 7, 2008, 04:14 PM	#6
chrisjonny macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: St.Louis	Coolest show-off "look what my phone can do!!!" App yet. __________________ 8GB Nano 3rd Gen, 1GB shuffle 2nd Gen,4GB iPod Mini, iPhone 3G 16 Gig Black

Nov 7, 2008, 05:14 PM	#8
arubinst macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lausanne - Switzerland	Cool! This has got to be the coolest app ever

Nov 7, 2008, 06:22 PM	#10
Pring macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2003	Hmm I bought it but I'm unconvinced. I have to blow pretty hard to get it to register... WAY harder than on the videos. __________________ Dardan Software Check out Escape Pod and Alphonetic on iTunes!

Nov 7, 2008, 03:41 PM	#1
razorianfly macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom	Lets see a Blackberry do this - Ocarina. I just spotted this tonight, and thought I’d give you all a quick heads up on it. When you thought you’d exhausted every little thing you could perform with your iPhone, you find something you missed. There are many uses for your iPhone’s microphone, but this one is quite a bit different to the others. App developers have realised that the microphone can actually pick up air being blown through it, and this is the basis of Ocarina. Ocarina developed by Smule is a 59p/$0.99 electronic synth flute for iPhone. Basically you blow into your iPhone, and use the touch screen to control the pitch of the sound by covering virtual holes. I downloaded it 1) out of curiosity and 2) because it was 59p. I just featured it. It sounds pretty great for a simulation. Anyone using it, bought it? /Thoughts? R-Fly Attached Thumbnails __________________ Founder of RazorianFly.com • Co-Founder of RFly.Me. Shorten URLs on your iPhone • Contact Me • Twitter @razorianfly •

Nov 7, 2008, 03:46 PM	#3
lee.anderson macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wales, UK	Yep I got it. I can say that this is without a doubt the most addictive and fun app there is. It works really well, and on the smule website there is a section in the forums where people can upload scores so other people can play tunes too. There's also a cool feature that shows you a globe (like google earth) and show the location of other people playing, and you can actually hear them play in real time.

Nov 7, 2008, 08:24 PM	#11
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Nov 7, 2008, 10:12 PM	#13
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Nov 7, 2008, 10:22 PM	#14
shfreelance macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2008 Location: Eustis, FL	Why would I want this on my BlackBerry? __________________ BlackBerry 8830 VZW - BlackBerry 8330 Sprint - BlackBerry 8350i Nextel

Nov 8, 2008, 01:38 AM	#16
jmann Contributor Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: on a bump on a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea(not far from Hollywood,CA)	This was awesome! I love this app! It is totally worth more than $.99! __________________ DFU Mode - Recovery Mode -Take Me On The Floor- The Veronicas \| Mac Tutorials

Nov 8, 2008, 03:24 AM	#17
jmann Contributor Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: on a bump on a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea(not far from Hollywood,CA)	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5F136 Safari/525.20) Mine registers my blowing perfectly. But I am using a 3G iPhone. What kind do you have? __________________ DFU Mode - Recovery Mode -Take Me On The Floor- The Veronicas \| Mac Tutorials

Nov 8, 2008, 04:18 AM	#18
Michael CM1 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2008	Um...awesome!!! The ability to do it isn't really a shock. With the Nintendo DS microphone, you had to blow up the balloons on your cars in Mario Kart DS. But that looks to be quite an evolutionary piece of software. I can now see little kids taking iPhones to fourth grade music classes instead of recorders. __________________ MacBook Pro 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD iPhone 3G S 32GB

Nov 8, 2008, 04:42 AM	#19
speedracer3000 macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008	it's definitely very unique and innovative use of the iphone too bad I am just too musically challenged to be able to make any kind of pleasant sounds with it, so far it's just noise I did notice there is some inconsistency with the sounds, my fingers stayed the same but the sound changed, not sure if it's me not doing it right or a bug with the player... Last edited by speedracer3000 : Nov 8, 2008 at 04:54 AM.

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fastbite macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London	This app is piece of art. It is truly amazing in concept and execution. __________________ If the movie is a turkey, stuff it! http://www.turkeyornot.com/

Nov 8, 2008, 08:54 AM	#24
TheHoff macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008	Cool. I'm now learning how to play that flute song Picard plays after he lives a lifetime on the other planet now. btw, what a cool idea for the dev to include the ability to hear other people playing... bravo

Nov 8, 2008, 11:18 PM	#25
11800506 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington D.C. Area	That's actually really cool! I find their playing of Stairway to Heaven really funny... especially since they seem to be kind of dramatic doing it. __________________ Unibody Macbook Pro / Aluminum iMac / eMac / Airport Extreme / iPod Touch

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