You’re Smule and you’ve already released the innovative and acclaimed Ocarina app for the iPhone. What do you do for an encore? Why a Leaf Trombone, of course, a “massively multi-player musical game for the iPhone and iPod touch”, now available for $0.99 via the iTunes App Store.
Playing Leaf Trombone is easy: blow into your iPhone’s microphone (or, in Touch mode, simply touch the screen) and press down on the leaf to play a note. Slide your finger towards you - you’ll hear the pitch get higher, just like a real trombone Choose your favorite song from Leaf Trombone’s library of songs, right from your iPhone or iPod touch!
If you’re trying it out, let us know in the comments. Maybe we can get a TiPb reader band together!
The great folks at Smule were kind enough to show Ocarina the way it was meant to be played. Personally, I can barely manage anything more than an asthmatic wheeze and a dying note or too…
How are you doing with Ocarina? What can you play?
Per the video above, Ocarina for iPhone developer, Smule, is giving away $10,000 — $1000 each for the top 10 Ocarina videos! How do you enter? Make a video response to the contest vid above, or put a video in their official group. How do you win?
Winners will be determined by a Smulean algorithm, combining number of ratings, average number of stars, and total number of views on YouTube. Smule will also be appointing a panel of judges to oversee the contest and they will have the ultimate decisive authority if needed.
To all of the Nintendo Zelda fans out there, this one is just for you. Smule has the number one paid app in all of the App Store currently with Ocarina. [iTunes Link] For $.99 you can really impress the ladies while playing songs from your iPhone/Ocarina!
Ocarina users are able to hear and see the origin of live performances and share their melodies with others around the world. In less than two weeks since the Ocarina launch, Ocarina users have listened to more than three million melodies, have generated over two hundred musical scores and have shared their creations here: Ocarina forums.
So there you have it folks, if you are a Zelda fan be sure to check this one out along with some performances in the below YouTube links.
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