Futulele - Digital Ukulele with FX and chords
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $2.99 | zCage.com Apps LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
This is the ukulele app that can be seen on Apple's advertising materials for iPad & iPad Mini!
+ Futulele is now UNIVERSAL, with separate versions for iPhone and iPad.
+ "This is a really brilliant app" - CultOfMac
+ "It is almost as crazy as it is just plain awesome." - 148Apps
+ "None can quite compete with Futulele’s impeccable design." - AppAdvice
+ "It's certainly the slickest ukelele app." - The Verge
+ "Futulele is a should buy because it’s so well designed" - AppleNApps
+ Also seen on NBC, Mashable, BoingBoing, Engadget, Gizmodo and many other news sources!
Futulele is simply the best-sounding Uke synthesizer in the world. The CrystalClear 4.0 sound engine works with 72 highest-quality Ukulele string samples, combining and tweaking them on the fly to deliver fantastic Ukulele experience. Futulele detects your strumming speed and alters the sound accordignly. The engine is also capable of detecting the current output mode (speaker/headphones) and making the ukulele instument sound perfect under every occassion. If that was not enough, there are 4 customizable FX: Grand Stereo Reverb, 3-Band EQ, Lush Chorus, Tape Delay.
Fully automatic playing is possible, just hold the Automatic button and enjoy the results! There are 15 strumming patterns available, which can be changed in the Options menu. Recording is a blast and takes only one tap. Futulele records to .WAV which can later be converted to .M4A via the built-in File Manager and found in the iTunes File Sharing.
Futulele comes with 10 pre-defined ukulele songs, and you can easily create an infinite number of your own. Up to 12 chords can be used per chord set. There are 132 possible chords in total, more than enough for any ukelele song!
One of the most remarkable features of this digital Uke is that it can be operated with the iPhone (iPod Touch) and the iPad simultaneously, in a way that has never been introduced before. On the iPhone, you'll need to install Futulele Remote app (available separately).
It is not a secret that many iPad owners also have an iPhone, so Futulele is an excellent and innovative reason to get the best musical juices flowing out of both. A special guitar-shaped case holds the two devices, making it possible to select the chord on the iPhone and strum along the iPad screen, just as on a regular ukulele. Changing a chord requires only one tap, and the strumming technique is easy and convenient. No external wires or hardware accessories are needed, since the devices use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (selected automatically) for communicating.
FEATURES (v. 2.3)
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+ The best-sounding digital Ukulele/Ukelele synth
+ Very easy to play! No music background needed!
+ Universal app for iPhone and iPad
+ CrystalClear 4.0 Sound Engine with 72 MultiSamples
+ Strings respond to the speed of strumming!
+ 2 ukulele sound sets: Classic and Studio
+ Gorgeous Retina graphics (fully optimized for the new iPad)
+ 4 Side-Buttons for FingerPicking with Pitch Bend
+ Automatic Strumming mode with 15 Patterns
+ 132 Possible ukelele Chords
+ 15 Pre-Defined Chord Sets
+ Create you own ukulele chord sets easily
+ Record to .WAV & .MID, convert to .M4A
+ 4 FX: Grand Stereo Reverb, 3-Band EQ, Lush Chorus, Tape Delay
+ Can be extended via separate Futulele Remote app for iPhone/iPod Touch. Make your own cyber-ukulele!
+ FUTULELE REMOTE app is AVAILABLE for FREE (iPhone/iPod Touch)
+ Audiobus support!
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Reviews
Fair
Musicboxk
Not that great...needs some instructions and more flexibility...sticke to real ukulele
Makanalei
Mmmmmmmgd
Well okay it's a good app but you should be able to hold the chords at one time it's a good app but I regret buying it for THREE!!!!!? Dollars I mean so expensive for things that doesn't really do what people think it does do. Please fix it please!!!!!!
Well done and fun
cmfnyc
This app sounds like the real thing and has all the features you need to transform your iPad into an approximation of the real thing. Well thought out, beautifully designed and full of authentic sound. Worth the purchase.
Not what reviews are saying
PersonableParson05
Saw the advertisements. Now, I realize that for me it doesn't live up to the hype.
Brilliant!
Kuma Wang
Brilliant sound, great UI, easy-to-use and soooooo much fun!! It's the best ukulele app I've had! With or without an iPhone will be the same joy!
Not working on iPad 2
Daniel Strop
iOS 5.1.1 Haven't been able to use it once. Crashes just trying to launch application. Deleted/reinstalled/rebooted several times. Save your $3 if your on same setup as me! Doesn't work!
Latest update increases usability greatly
Jimhanksnc
The addition of Audiobus and the chunk feature not to mention the MIDI support (which I have not tried yet) have greatly increased the usability of this already really fun app. I'm going to start looking for ways to include Futulele in some of my upcoming projects. The only thing I can think of to make it even better would be truly custom chords, i.e. being able to pick the note for each of the four strings. That or even more chord choices like madd2, m7b5, etc. I'm just dying to play some jazz uke on this thing :-)
