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Set Your iPhone On Fire With Sonic Lighter
TheAppleBlog —
Today, Smule released a really cool (or hot, if you want to be go that route) app for the iPhone called Sonic Lighter.
Sonic Lighter is an iPhone-only app (sorry iPod touch users), that makes use of the accelerometer and sound to affect the flame it shows. Simply flick the flints on the screen to light the flame and then turn the iPhone from side to side to see how the flame reacts. Turn it too far and it will digitally burn the side of the screen…how 21st century. You can even run your finger through the flame and it will react accordingly. To put ...
Smule’s Sonic Lighter is Almost Hot to the Touch
Touch Podium —
... because it was dynamic, interactive, and well-presented, if a little slow in the rendering department. Frankly, I thought that was the pinnacle of artificial flame technology, but it looks like Sonic Mule is out to one-up Ubermind — and boy, have they. ...
Smule debuts first Sonic Lighter; Apple iPhone application triggers lighter via sound
MacDailyNews —
... to ignite adjacent Sonic Lighters • Breath and wind input (modeled over microphone) to extinguish flames • Global flame map indicates where you and others have created light "I personally don't believe that it's really an iPhone -- it looks, sounds, and feels like an actual flame to me," said Dr. Ge Wang, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for Smule, in the press release. "I've found the flame map to be quite useful, especially at night." Smule: Sonic Lighter: More info here . MacDailyNews Take: Stay tuned for the summer intern , er... ...
Light up your iPhone with Smule’s Sonic Lighter
MacDailyNews —
... to ignite adjacent Sonic Lighters • Breath and wind input (modeled over microphone) to extinguish flames • Global flame map indicates where you and others have created light "I personally don't believe that it's really an iPhone -- it looks, sounds, and feels like an actual flame to me," said Dr. Ge Wang, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for Smule, in the press release. "I've found the flame map to be quite useful, especially at night." Smule's Sonic Lighter: More info here . MacDailyNews Take: Stay tuned for the summer intern , er... ...
C'mon baby, light my iPhone's fire
iPhone Approll —
... was hot before? The Sonic Lighter, a new app from Smule, emblazons your phone's display with a simulated flame that you can control by touch or tilt. Ignite the fire with ... ...
Sonic Boom Makes a Firecracker Out of Your iPhone
TheAppleBlog —
Smule — of Sonic Lighter fame — launched their second app over the weekend, Sonic Boom. As you can probably imagine, it turns your iPhone into a virtual firecracker that can be lit, either with your finger (as a virtual match that you actually have to strike to ignite) or a second iPhone running Sonic Lighter.
Sonic Boom, like its sister app, is more gimmicky than anything else and is hardly feature intensive. You can change the size of the firecracker or the fuse, slow down the explosion, and wrap your stick with a picture from your ...
Smule makes your iPhone go boom
iPhone Approll —
... In September, Smule introduced Sonic Lighter, an iPhone and iPod Touch app that's basically nothing more than a virtual lighter. Not very exciting honestly.
The folks at Smule have been working on something a bit meatier in the meantime though: the company's follow-up to Sonic Lighter, ... Originally posted at Crave
Sonic Vox Review
Planet iPhones —
... is the new $.99 voice changing app from Smule . This app is another variation on utilizing the iPhone as a voice changing machine. This is one of the first voice changing apps that I have really tried and I was quite happy with the results. As most are probably wondering, no.. it does not work while you are in a call. No call recording, or voice changing app currently works inside a phone call do to violations in the SDK. Although it can be a lot of fun when you aren’t on a phone call. To quote Smule’s website:“With Sonic Vox you can alter your voice with a swipe of your ...
Smule iPhone Apps: Just The Tip of The Iceberg
TheAppleBlog —
[image] Had you noticed that Sonic Lighter (by Smule ) was recently updated to be relevant to the pending presidential election? That’s right — a simple, silly, virtual lighter, now has the capability to give you first hand political polling results from around the world, for the two lead presidential candidates. Select your party preference, light up, and view the globe to see how everyone else is voting (or would vote if they were American). The location data from Smule’s applications can be uploaded (with your permission of course) to their servers for real time processing. The results are ...
Turn Your iPhone into an Ocarina
Cult of Mac —
... Today, Stanford professor Dr. Ge Wang and his company, Smule, introduced Ocarina, the first and only app that transforms the iPhone into an expressive musical wind instrument.
The app synthesizes sound in real-time, just like a regular instrument, based on actual gestures including wind input, tilt, and finger placement over the four holes overlaid on the multi-touch pad. Unlike other iPhone audio apps, the sound is not pre-compiled but is generated by the notes, gestures and nuance of the individual ...
Channel your inner Link with 'Ocarina'
iPhone Approll —
... Smule has quickly become my favorite iPhone app developer.
It's not that their apps have been particularly useful, but they're the ones I get the most excited about. From Sonic Lighter to Sonic Boom and Sonic Vox, these guys ... Originally posted at Crave
The App Store millionaire club
The Apple Core —
December 15th, 2008 The App Store millionaire club Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 10:22 pm Categories: Software , iPhone , App Store , iPod touch Tags: Apple iPhone , Developer , App , Ocarina , Jason D. O'Grady The App Store millionaire club Despite the recent comments by some iPhone developers on the harsh economics of the App Store, other developers are making a killing by cranking out inexpensive but popular apps. Newsweek’s Dan Lyons profiles Ge Wang and Jeff Smith the brain trust behind Smule , ...
Ocarina’s “This Contest Blows” Winners Pick Up 10 Grand
Cult of Mac —
... Smule, developers of the hit iPhone music app Ocarina, announced the winners of the company’s “This Contest Blows” Ocarina video contest Tuesday. Conceived as a way to reward its raving Ocarina fans with $1,000 per winner, the contest attracted a number of surprising and creative videos. Many contestants demonstrated musical talent, as well as Smulean je ne sais quoi. ...
Make a video with Cat Piano, win a DS
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchIt's probably time for me to lay off of Smule -- I've said that their Ocarina app might be the silliest musical app in the App Store, but we have a new winner: Cat Piano is just plain loony: a piano made up of cats meowing, like those old Christmas recordings, but playable. There are a few different cat sounds to play (from "Furball" to "Housecat"), and even a regular piano if you just want to tickle the ...
Smule raises $3.9 million in funding
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, iTunes, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchThere's money in them thar App Store! Smule, the company behind the popular Ocarina and Zephyr apps for the iPhone, has informed us that they raised a whopping $3.9 million from a round of venture funding led by a firm named Granite Ventures. That's a lot of capital -- while a lot of people are aiming to get their hands in the cookie jar in a big way in the burgeoning economy of the App Store, $3.9 million is ...
Apple Posts Video of the iPhone 3.0 Preview Event
Mac|Life —
... . Now you can see it all, and even rewind the good parts, like Smule's Leaf Trombone duet of "Phantom of the Opera." It's not to be missed. Thanks to the good people at Apple for hosting us, providing delicious pastries, and getting this video posted so quickly. Oh yeah, and they make nice software too.
If it is an App - it needs to be iPhone
iPhone Buzz —
... On Thursday night a panel discussion about the business of mobile applications came to one conclusion. Those at Smule, ...
If it is an App - it needs to be iPhone
Top iPhone News —
... On Thursday night a panel discussion about the business of mobile applications came to one conclusion. Those at Smule, ...
Apple iPhone Apps: Leaf Trombone World Stage
Phones Review —
... This is the sixth in a series of innovative applications from Smule (www.smule.com), based on the developer’s innovative mobile audio platform. It is now available now on ...
App Review: Leaf Trombone: World Stage — Like American Idol But With Leaves
TheAppleBlog —
... Despite having just been released, there’s already a stack of tunes ready to toot in the song library. The selection on offer is constantly growing too, as Smule have provided a song composition and submission platform on their site. ...
Found Footage: iPhone Developer Profiles
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: WWDC, Found Footage, iPhone, App Store, SDK, iPod touchIn anticipation of the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference coming up June 8 - 12 in San Francisco, Apple has posted four videos highlighting developers who are creating apps with the iPhone SDK. Each video shows how the developer is creating a unique app with the iPhone SDK, using the tools and frameworks, and then selling the app through the App Store. The videos highlight:
Dr. Ge Wang of Smule, the developers of ...
Why The iPhone Is Revolutionary: Leaf Trombone Edition
Silicon Alley Insider —
We're blown away every day by new uses and milestones for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and its App Store. Today's is courtesy Smule, the company that makes goofy iPhone music apps like Ocarina, the no. 14 most-purchased iPhone app of all time.
Smule's newest game, Leaf Trombone World Stage, is a hit, too. The company says "Leaf Trombonists" have already played more than 100,000 times on the "World Stage," getting judged by other app owners. (The app launched two weeks ago.)
Smule adds: "In addition to performing, users of Leaf Trombone have already created more ...
Apple’s New iPhone & OS: Developers Talk Future Potential
TheAppleBlog —
... Over on the more experimental side of app development is Smule. Specializing in apps that allow users to toy with sound and socialize in compelling new ways, the development studio was co-founded by Ge Wang, Assistant Professor at CCRMA, Stanford. ...
iPhone 3.0 opens up new features for developers
Macworld —
... has released an update to Vans Sk8: Pool Service , its skateboarding action game. The game lets you take control of pro skaters Bucky Lasek and Omar Hassan, choosing their boards and wheels as they skate in abandoned pools in ten unique events. The new release features the ability to pull music from your own iPod playlist.— PC Leaf Trombone: World Stage Leaf Trombone: World Stage , is a "massively-multiplayer musical game" from Smule in which you perform songs by blowing into your iPhone's microphone. You can compose your own songs and publish them for other players to ...
Ocarina Master Class planned
Macsimum News —
... Contest winners and concertgoers at the July 18 San Francisco Symphony Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy concert will participate in the first ever Ocarina Master Class and an Ocarina Orchestra post-concert performance, to be led from the Davies Hall stage by the iPhone app developer, Smule.
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Smule turns you into T-Pain
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Gaming, Humor, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
God bless Smule. I panned their Ocarina app way back, but since then they've pushed right along without me, releasing idea after idea on Apple's App Store. And I think that, though the Leaf Trombone didn't really capture my attention, this one might finally be the big winner in my book: they've released I am T-Pain, an app that will automatically Auto-tune you into the ...
I Am T-Pain iPhone Auto-Tune App Is Ridonkulous!
iPhone Savior —
... The whacked out ultra-nerds at Smule have created a game-changing iPhone only app that lets users Auto-Tune their voice freestyle or while singing along to a favorite T-Pain track. The idea of instantly recording and publishing your wannabe Hip-Hop tracks on Facebook or MySpace would make this app a one hit wonder at twice the price. You can easily email your epic creations or submit them to Smule's own ...
Smule and T-Pain Bring Auto-Tune to Your iPhone
TheAppleBlog —
... What happens when a bunch of really smart and musically inclined PhDs who make iPhone apps team up with a popular Hip-Hop recording artist? You get a recording studio quality karaoke-style machine in your pocket, otherwise called, I Am T-Pain ($2.99). It’s the latest in a string of audio-based hits from Smule, and available in the App Store today.
If you’ve been dreaming of sounding like T-Pain — or just want that glass-shattering voice to sound half-way respectable, like me — then the I Am T-Pain application for ...
I Am T-Pain Developers Pimp Auto-Tune Contest
iPhone Savior —
... is a hysterical comedy of awful bleeps. Good luck with that one fellas! The epic I Am T-Pain app for iPhone will be offered at the reduced rate of ($.99) from Thursday, October 1st until Saturday, October 3rd, at 11:59 PDT. So get your app on and then get your rap on sooner than later man! (music video after break) Contest Rules ...
I Am T-Pain: 300,000 users spend 66 mins in-app, more
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
We let you know about Smule’s recently-released I Am T-Pain iPhone app as soon as we saw it - we knew it was something special, and it turns out we weren’t wrong as the 300,000 people who downloaded it in the first few weeks of release spend around 66 minutes within the app each.
That’s an impressive statistic for any app. Not just that, but MobileCrunch reports that to date 4.1 million performances have been recorded within the app, and as a big brave ...
