Record your own Ocarina compositions
Share your iFlute music with other Zelda-obsessed weirdoes
By the way, we’re Zelda-obsessed weirdoes at Pocket Gamer, so we’re allowed to print that.
Anyway, the hit iPhone virtual flute application from Smule, Ocarina, has gone down a storm on the App Store - creating a virtual wind instrument out of your expensive and technologically advanced handset.
It’s easy to see how this app caught on, and now Smule has launched an update that allows you to record your performances and share them online.
iMusicians will be able to link to their compositions so others can read this burgeoning new form of four note musical notation, but the latest update also adds the function to record your music as you play.
Ocarina then allows you to share your recordings with anyone - regardless of whether they’ve got the application or even an iPhone, as they can be sent via email.
As awesome as this function is (and we look forward to hearing your tunes wafting on the virtual breeze very shortly), it does raise the question of how Smule will deal with the inevitable influx of copyrighted music.
Activision is already careful to remove any copyrighted material submitted to its Guitar Hero World Tour showcase, so the Ocarina app might find itself in an equally precarious situation once an orchestra of Zelda tunes and Led Zeppelin music is sent online (see below).
Still, we love the spirit of this musical phenomenon, and will be watching (and listening) very closely. Get blowing, Zelda fans!
