Smule AutoRap Hits 2.5 Million Downloads, Now Everyone’s A Rapper

If you hate AutoTune, prepare to take a long elevator ride down to the previously undiscovered 10th circle of hell. Developer Smule has released AutoRap, for Android & iOS devices, and, in just a few days, the app has been download 2.5 million times. With Smule’s “rappification” technology, AutoRap maps the syllables of your speech to… Read More Smule AutoRap Hits 2.5 Million Downloads, Now Everyone’s A Rapper

Smule Sells 300,000 Copies Of I Am T-Pain iPhone App In 3 Weeks

Here’s an update on the latest Smule iPhone app, I Am T-Pain: In the first 3 weeks alone, the application has seen 300,000 downloads. The average user spends around 66 minutes within the application — an absolutely ludicrous number for any app, much less one out of the entertainment category. To date, 4.1 million performances… Read More Smule Sells 300,000 Copies Of I Am T-Pain iPhone App In 3 Weeks

I Am T-Pain iPhone App AutoTunes Anybody For $2.99

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btN5yuVcRes Now you, too, can sing like T-Pain on monster classics like, I’m Sprung, and the immortal I’m N Luv (Wit A Sripper). Better yet – you can share your T-Pain with the world via MySpace, FaceBook or email. WTF? They missed Twitter! Maybe that’ll be in the “pro” version! Lulz. The I Am T-Pain… Read More I Am T-Pain iPhone App AutoTunes Anybody For $2.99

Leaf Trombone Demo From The Apple 3.0 Introduction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jumGMTfDqDY Dr. GE Wang of Smule and Stanford University demonstrate Leaf Trombone, a new virtual instrument for the iPhone that takes advantage of iPhone 3.0’s multiplayer capabilities. Leaf Trombone was introduced at the Apple iPhone OS 3.0 preview yesterday. For more thoughts on the music implications of the new OS, see 5 Reasons Apple’s iPhone… Read More Leaf Trombone Demo From The Apple 3.0 Introduction

An Interview With The Creator Of Smule’s Ocarina

This interview by Mark Mosher of ModulateThis features Dr. Ge Wang, CTO and Co-founder of Smule.com – the makers of iPhone apps Sonic Lighter and Ocarina. Wang is also an assistant professor at Stanford at the Center for Computer Research in Music an Accoustics and founding director of the Stanford Laptop Orhcestra. In Part 1, above, Dr.… Read More An Interview With The Creator Of Smule’s Ocarina