Sonic Boom
November 19, 2008 by Udiggity
Filed under Productivity
Sonic Boom is the perfect stress reliever. Any time you feel the need to blow something up simply launch this app and have at it.
This app is incredibly easy to learn, especially since when you open it up it will present you with a tutorial on how to use it. After the tutorial, you are presented with an image of a firecracker which you can make bigger by using the native pinch/pull gestures. To light your firecracker swipe your finger on the brown match strip at the bottom of the screen. Once you see flames you can tap the fuse. (If you don’t, nothing will happen.) After the fuse burns down you’ll be privy to a nice explosion complete with the firecracker being blown to bits.
If you really enjoy explosions, you can even slow down the action using the on-screen speed adjuster so you can relish in your kablooey a little longer, and when you are done you can put your finger on the screen and spin the remains 360 degrees.
Feeling a little vindictive? Try touching the options menu. Then you can touch the picture of a camera to add photos to the side of your fireworks. This is a good nonviolent and legal way to punish that certain somebody who might be deserving. Another interesting feature is the compatibility with the Sonic Lighter app. If you have another phone with that app running, you can use the lighter on your fuse by putting the phones near each other.
This is another one of those non-practical apps that is still darn fun to use.
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Ocarina
Finally, an app for all the Zelda lovers out there. Anyone familiar with the Ocarina of Time will love this app (okay, so I wasn’t, but someone else brought it up) as well as anyone who is musically inclined or who likes to think they are.
To use it, you simply hold your iPhone parallel to the ground and blow into the microphone. (If you’re not sure where the microphone is, there is a convenient helper arrow that shows you.) Once you’ve got a good amount of air going into the phone, push the “keys,” the four circles on the display, to change the pitch of your instrument. You can push one at a time or up to all four if you have the dexterity and long enough fingers. Blow softer the instrument plays more quietly; blow harder and it gets louder.
This game doesn’t have a lot of options, but there are a few to note. Choose the globe button at the bottom of the screen and you’ll see where everyone is using it worldwide and get to spy on some of the songs being put out. Be aware that you should do this at your own risk since some are better than others. Push the gear button to share your music with the world.
It is amazing the work and effort that went into this app and it is really a joy to play, though you can also get lightheaded pretty fast. Play long and play often. Just be careful not to wake up the neighbors.
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Sonic Vox
Using this fun app you can change your voice to one of five different styles. The first and probably my favorite, which you get to by touching the triangular gray button, makes you sound like some kind of evil monster by making your voice higher pitched and crackly. The second style is accessed through the lion’s face and replaces your voice with a growl.
A third option is accessed through a circular button and sounds like you’re talking into a space helmet with a fuzzy and echoing sound. The fourth and fifth buttons look like a pacifier and an robot head with a baby talk/crazy babbling sound and a mechanical sound, respectively.
If you’re using just your iPhone, you may think the app doesn’t work. That’s because you have to hold it to your ear like you would if you were talking on the phone to hear the sound coming out of the speaker. (See, you don’t need a Bluetooth to look like you’re talking to yourself!)
Another option is that you can use headphones or connect an external mic. Then you’ll be able to see the screen as you use the app and watch the patterns that are formed due to your pitch and echo and adjust them using your finger.
It’s a lot more fun when you can see the screen while you’re speaking, but it’s a good diversion either way. The only problem I had was trying to think of what to say. It’d be pretty cool to have a script prepared that related to each voice. You could even make your own radio show.
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