I‘ve seen a lot of musical instruments running on the iPhone, but this is the first one I‘ve come across that involves the user to use their mouth to generate sounds from the 3g iphone. Smule’s Ocarina turns your iPhone into a fully-functional musical wind instrument, and whats really exciting about Ocarina is that none of the sounds are pre-generated, rather they‘re built in real-time based, in other words the sounds are generated through your exact gestures and movements.
Also, like most Smule products, Ocarina is a social application. Tap on the globe icon and you will see and hear other Ocarina players throughout the world.
Just place your fingers over four virtual “œholes“ on the multi-touch screen, and blow into your iPhone‘s microphone.
Ocarina is already a massive success, especially in Japan and the US. This app is available for purchase at the itunes app store for the low price of 99 cents (US Dollar cents).
*NOTE: (From Smule)
Although ocarina is a very simple instrument to learn, don’t expect to be an ocarina virtuoso after five minutes. Start slow, Take your time learning the instrument, and have fun!