Magic Fiddle for iPad [St. Lawrence String Quartet]

[unfa00]

You need to tune it.

It hurts my ears much.

[cosapocha]

Canon en iPad mayor

[klopuihj]

Horribly out of tune. How can they stand by this?

[gavincharlie]

Amazing sound coming out of those crappy speakers

[didix897]

Amazing

[JulieCattt237]

i think they missed some notes. or was it the ipad?

[peIusitadered]

@JulieCattt237 you have a very good ear. I heard it too, but can't tell if it was the iPad or the violinists, or both.

[Grafight23]

I don't know if these are expert string musicians, but toward the end they are really sucking at playing in tune. Don't blame the iPad.

[sdy2]

@Grafight23 the fact that you don't know the SLSQ are expert musicians already discredits your comment

[gobbleturtle]

#fix the sound of the instraments

[gobbleturtle]

Awesome they could really fiz

[Sinvudyo]

Awesome!

[tirocks]

1:04 OOPS!

[j9312]

i appreciate this video. fuck the haters.

[magiclife1998]

the app maybe fun but .. even with four professional musicians, it still sounds awful! I mean the sound recorded or created is out of tune like a car horn. it makes my ears bleed!!

[ShadoutMusic]

okay at the begining it was okay, but later.. I mean GOD DAAMNN, made my ears bleed

[razoltav]

People, obviously it's not going to be like a real instrument, but it was pretty damn good for being on an iPad. For 3$ on the App store it's worth it. It's just for entertainment purposes. They don't think that they can actually join a real Symphonic Orchestra and play with those. So yea, if you don't like the way it sounded, don't spend the 3$, and spend the 500$ on a real violin then and learn something your self.

[vseae15o]

Violins are the thing of the past. In with iPads! It is somewhat depressing however...

[lamhungphuoc]

Solo is better

[Obbliteration]

This sounds horrible

[MrRhanths]

as an analog musician i hated the technology for inventing music instruments like this that are very emotionless and void...

[mmike98sk8]

very nice but I'd rather listen to music with real instruments!

[321beth321]

You know whats actually better? the real instrument

[falltotheforbiden]

because its just not the same on an i pad u go drive around in your toy car and ill drive a real one . one it sounds horrible in comparison and two the feel of real strings is so much then again u cant snap them lol and how would u get the iconic guitar smashing at the end of a hard core clip

[pccbassbone]

Why is it the string players are the last ones to accept change? Oh right, because they play instruments built 700 years ago.

[SameeeboyFBI]

awesome app... could use better sound but i don't expect it to be perfect the first time anyways lol but i must say it is really cool they can do that with technology though and its only going to get better at the expense of getting our brains turned to brown and pink goo lol...

[sarahjessicap]

this is horrible!!! not the app, but the sound, eeeeekkkkkkk!!!!!

[bassbonemexie]

That's really awesome actually. technology would never be something legit to replace real instruments, but it's actually really awesome you guys put this together. screw the haters- with a capital screw.

[brentj84062]

Definitely not concert-hall ready, BUT this is AMAZING that this kind of thing is possible!

[tricopter1128196]

What is the title ?

[BliVinkS]

@tricopter1128196 It's the Palchelbel's canon !

[enedving]

Guys, get the elitist stick out of your rear ends and appreciate a new, very interesting medium. It's satire, get over it, and get over yourselves.

[Cordaleth]

Awful... Just awful...

[Doctorwithnoname222]

I think all muscians cringed in this because I may have played Trumpet and F-Horn but some of that was irky. :/ <3

Great job though. XD

[slaQ83]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

[jerseystringer]

This performance was creative, humorous and entertaining. It is both satire and salute. To all those commenting who expected perfection, who caught a few bad notes and want the world to know uh, ??? Don't you wish you had their talent? No, probably not. You should. To the musicians - bravo! Nicely done. You're the kind of people whose company I most enjoy.

[jerseystringer]

And by the way, after that I just had to buy this app. Can't wait to try it. My 9 year old is studying violin (1st year) and this will blow her mind (in a good way). Still smiling on third listen. I'm your latest fan. Looking very much forward to hearing what you can do on the real thing.

[bluemusicdude1]

That sounded like a bad electric woodwind quartet! AM I RIGHT?!?!

[BRRUUUAAHHable]

STEVE JOB IS HAPPY

[gabrieldscar]

this is a very good app but they play the music very bad!

[thermalmaximum]

This is the most depressing f*cking thing I've ever seen.

[peIusitadered]

@thermalmaximum To me it's depressing, mainly because technology will never replace the real instrument, such as the violin or any musical instrument for that matter. When the musicians faded away with their instruments, it was almost like Steve Jobs fading away from this life.

[lens4lifeofcourse]

@thermalmaximum but it is beautiful

[Yukorichan]

iPad is not good for classical music.

(violinist)

[thegodphreaker]

They can play this while Apple HQ burns down. Ahh, I just jizzed in my pants... and all over my nice keyboard!

[REIS15152100]

i hate you so much ipad ...

[JaqueChance]

id also like to add on, that this is innovation at its finest. im so glad i bought an ipad, and even more stoked that i bought the magic fiddle. now i know how to play four instruments. im still learning the cello and viola on the MF. guys, get this app, its HOT.

[JaqueChance]

ohmygosh i was looking for canon in d for the violin for my magic fiddle and look what popped up WOOO just so you know, its incredibly confusing to play unless you can either read music, or play the violin.

[MrMixWhelan]

as cool as this is that was rough D:

[VePe00]

ohhh hell bad is it....

No, I like classic instruments and music, but this play...wrong notes or just that thing I dont know...just ...my ears bleed

(sorry for my bad english)

[waran4]

Johann Pachelbel is not amused.

[Spralsh]

As a violinist this made me cringe badly.

But as long as it makes other people pick up the Strings then I'm fine.

[sdy2]

@Spralsh It's the ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET!!! For fuck sake people, they're one of the best string quartets in the world and it's just a toy app. 

[TheBobbiemac]

Story of smule.com on page 114, of Inc. December 2010 I almost dropped the magazine when I read about GE Wang's app for a virtual lighter, because I had the same idea for a virtual lighter. Great minds think alike. (smile)

[MrIbrahimk]

hi what are you playing for song today on ur ipad?

- im playing, oohhh an angry birds update, just a sec

[Lax0XXL]

that is the canon in Dmajor by johann pachelbel ;)

[GlobalRoss]

whats the song

[Mushroomers1000]

they are very off key at the last 1/3....do they think everyone else is deaf?

[nicthejew22]

@Mushroomers1000 totally noticed that. but hey, they are doing it on ipads lol

[btdown]

Also...Lesley = hot.

[btdown]

Nice...everyone rocks the Pachelbel....

[theyshallhavemusic]

hahah 0:40, the second violinist grabbed for his bow but realized it wasn't there

[rumpusputt]

Are you kidding? I mean... it's a cool app but, come on! These guys can play real instruments but it painfully obvious to any one with an ear that the mechanics of doing this are just messed up enough to have the intonation of this performance as a D minus. If they played this poorly in tune as a traditional string quartet they would sound something like "grade six band". Don't be intoxicated by the instruments: listen to the music.

[MrChar711]

@rumpusputt The whole point is that making things like this for the iPad is an accomplishment and a move forward for technology. Maybe you should look at that instead of being intoxicated by your own elitism. As a classical musician myself I can appreciate this, so I think you can manage it, too.

[fwampt62]

Amazing!!

[aquariuscomfort]

That is awesome! They will be using these things in the classroom to get kids interested in playing the real thing.

[koolkev717]

I'M TESTING THE APP OUT TOMMOROW AT APPLE =)

[TechyXbox360COD]

WoW

[thedeadserv]

Gotta love their frustrated efforts to do vibrattos LOL!

[bernardranreb]

You can do dynamics, depending on how centrally you touch the owing area.

[johnsonlamhk]

Other manufacturer have to think twice why no one use their brand's tablet or game console to play music. So long only Apple and Nintendo can attract people to do this.

[godofyou666]

They can make an app for a string quartet but i've still yet to find a half playable guitar app. Oh yeah the video.... Pretty damn good. I learnt pachelbels canon when i was 11 and went on to find jerry c's rock version, ant matt rach's. Kick ass tune

[TheJohnnie97]

Intresting to say the least....The pitchy tones almost are enough to make me turn it off,but alas I congradulate you all on your attempt...All in all I thought it was pretty cool..

[monez14]

Good lord...I bet these people have lives. My friend is a dumbass just for emailing me this link

[pianokid54]

@monez14 You do realize that made absolutely no sense, right?

[KIDTRACKz]

what is the original anyone ?

[manofiorn]

@KIDTRACKz What??? It's Canon

[jthennis]

That was awesome. A beautiful song done on "Trek tech". How f**king cool is that?! Missed a few, not perfect, but simply emphasizes that it's real. Adding to favorites to enjoy over & over.

[Trinitrotoluo]

O.O Classics gone high tech!

[jpvizzle8]

It's a pretty fun app, makes me wanna learn how to play a real violin. But I would probably fail majorly XD

[jaco836]

The missed notes only proves that the app is real and this video is real and not edited. i think this is much harder to play with because for those who are real musicians it is better to feel the real strings and bow. Great work guys! the performance was not perfect but you deliver it well. Good job!

[MarshallVoit]

This is pretty amazing. These four are AMAZING musicians (check out some videos of them performing), so the missed notes are not on them. In fact, they're probably more aware of it than we are. However, they are using COMPUTERS! That's cool.

[yzkivt]

simply outstanding...

[superotterify]

well 20 seconds is good for me :P

[otharennaur]

It sounds so real that a violin is out of tune! Omg, those app designers are great.

[saltypoe]

Can you just jam on it?

[bbhatmaker]

No. Just no.

[KAPOLLO101]

Thats is a good thing to point it out. Theres no way to fix your dynamics quickly....so thats why this song is kind of....not good....

[expressioncollege]

This is kind of weird to watch.

[bubba101010]

This sounds cacophonous. At 1:30 I just couldn't take it anymore... eek! No dynamics.

[628man]

people who dislike this cant play the real fiddle and got pwned by the ipad ones lol

[lavenderleaf13]

i just can't take them seriously holding that thing. imo grace and beauty is all gone! as well as sound quality...

[masterlure]

what is the name of this song?? 

[makeshu85]

@masterlure canon in D. Pachelbel

[masterlure]

@makeshu85 thank you for your answer.

[Plazman]

Too bad that one guy was always coming in off-pitch and then bending to the correct pitch. Maybe that's artistic license, but it just sounded bad to me.

[RyannandLukee]

man i dont even like this sort of music but i gotta admit that was pretty impressive

[misterkami2]

@RyannandLukee impressive yes.. beautiful... hell no

[BrachioInGen]

As a string player i'm kinda appalled by this lol... Intrigued by the technology... but appalled too lol.

[grkhetan]

i was impressed by the video -- and i downloaded the app -- for the last 2 days i am doing nothing -- am just playing on this. This is really remarkable. The app is amazing -- i can now play a string instrument without buying one, and learning it. This is much easier to play and I can now play Silent Night, Amazing, Brahms Lullaby very well -- all from the Songbook in the app which assists you in playing... i am just loving it, and i have never played any musical instrument before!!!!

[TheChengman]

playin on violin is much harder.

[Walvis2007]

I would like to hear them play it on strings; call me old fashioned :)

[Rockmaraton]

There are a lot of false notes... :S It hurts my ears... Fuckin' Nerds... A violin doesn't have any frets, it's really important to feel the size of the instrument. On a touchscreen you can't feel it...

[frigitar]

sounds like one of them is using the iFart app on that thing

[zergaw3]

People are really changing the way they do business these days.

[Aachukun]

No Fuking mameees!! DX

[MattG124]

god damn i hate this song.. reminds me of grade 8 graduation

[RIPFILMS]

@youtube sent me.... thanks ya bunch of monkeys. especially for fixing the sub box yay now I can post again woohoo

[LHudson73]

that's the most douchey thing I've ever seen.

[debbyplayer]

Take a violin, and play it...

[Odail25]

What is the name of this song?

[JckDupp]

@Odail25 It's called "Pachelbel's Canon in D major"

[Brambite]

@Odail25 canon

[NoogahOogah]

316 years ago, Pachelbel had no idea. :D

[Onlyandme4ever]

That's so awesome....... they are so talented :)

[ismael1412]

Pachelbel's Canon 

[GyariSan]

This may not be sounding the best but it's jus showing what this application is capable of.

[KIDTRACKz]

what is the song they are playing ?

[druidlens]

The parts that sound like cats on the fence in heat are not part of the original work, are they?

[haphuongkm]

So wonderful!! Love it!

[Artboy2020]

This is amazing. But I have to point out that someone was failing near the middle of the song LOL. Anyway, I'm getting this app.

[MoJoSB]

Damn it, now rock band has classic music too...

[Andychen651982]

Woa, so impressive, Canon in D by Ipad. I admire them so much

[Andychen651982]

Woa, so impressive. CANON in D by Ipad. 

[1685to1750]

Wow! Look at Geoff wearing a tux!! Nice!!!

[MrBob4apples]

This reminds of how my high-school band used to sound (not a compliment).

[lovecanadianmusic]

Wow, totally out of tune crap! They could have at least auto-tuned for the add. I actually feel embarrassed for these fine musicians.

[renancouto]

@lovecanadianmusic totally agree

[amovita]

so..I bought this app, and thought the extreme flat tones were my fault. Good to know that even these guys sound completely out of tune. Hello Smule, can you fix this?

[jgourd]

It is hard to listen to. Really flat parts. Just not something that should have been published as an ad for an app.

[baileal]

@jgourd

Amen!

[radnor]

Hooray! The cello part looks just as boring on the iPad as it is on a real cello.

[thebandnork]

@radnor bahahahahahaahahah

[balamithraselvan]

@radnor Go watch August rush

you wont feel Cello to be boring anymore

[dennyman54]

I saw this in a Star Trek episode, I'm not very impressed, play real instruments and get real tone

[LiquidXiron]

Can't imagine drumming with an iPad instead of my drum kit. I will never do this

[Kraohout]

Now days If you are in a band and people asks what you play, you can actually answer: "an iPad".

[TheOsirisCorporation]

This is YouTube. Cultural conventions dictate that they should be wearing baseball caps pulled down over their faces when they play this piece. =)

[moreproduct]

There's a lot to like about this idea, but I can't help but think....technology so amazing, it makes pros sound like amateurs?

[renditionsdesign]

Wonderfully ridiculous.

[blossomblizzard]

HAHAHA! ♥

[lceus]

They're holding it wrong.

[Neongenesispop]

1:04 guhhhhh....

[TQM]

well they started off well.. cool app ^^

[cd5vs]

I didn´t even thought of giving them the chance of blaming a short period of rehearsals for the multiple times they screwed up, I almost immediately thought of a poorly coded app that can not keep the pace with professionals, since they do play instruments for a living, it's difficult they would've make so blatant mistakes in a song this easy (and BTW arbyn, it's the freaking canon in D major from Pachelbel, it is played in each and every wedding around the globe)

[kptchris]

That's actually fairly impressive for a piece of software, I'm guessing they didn't have too long to play with it, and even still without the tactile feedback an actual instrument can provide. Kudos to SMULE and the the Quartet (most artists would be saying GTFO to anything that could possibly replace their beloved tools of trade)

[Kongsingten]

Oh Noooo...not THAT rotten, boring tune again.

[decuadie]

@Kongsingten Grow some taste ffs. Canon in D is classic

[LREweiss]

lol

this is horrendous

[beauch]

AHHH! SOMEONE GIVE THAT CAMERAMAN A TRIPOD!

[droidmaker]

@beauch Perhaps he was shooting with his iPhone...

[eggstone1122]

创意不错，不过音质实在不敢恭维

[TheEpicThree]

That's such an awkward way to hold the iPad..

[Milez5858]

awsome... I'm and android guy.. but gotta give props to iPad and the musicians.

[kurttappe]

It would be interesting to know how long the musicians got to practice on the app. If just a short time, the missed notes would be easily forgivable & understandable. If they had a while, then the app becomes suspect as difficult to play, perhaps due to the lack of the same tactile feedback to the musicians' fingers as real strings would provide. Either way, this is pretty interesting.

[ikcizokm]

Next up, the Star Wars theme!

[patricksface]

Awesome!

[VeganTruth]

Hey thats the Saint Lawrence String Quartet!

good job. Must have been difficult to play on those things.

[arbyn]

@VeganTruth Which song is it? I so recognize it but don't . What is the song name?