Vator’s Startup Sessions takes you into the creative startup culture of iPhone app developer, Smule I've been a fan of Smule since the company launched Ocarina for the iPhone.  In case you're not familiar with the app, basically it makes use of the iPhone's touchscreen and microphone to simulate the experience of playing an actual ocarina.  Since then, the Palo Alto-based startup launched several other apps including Leaf Trombone and the wildly entertaining, I Am T-Pain, which let's you sing into your phone and modulates your voice with Auto-Tune to sound like, well, T-Pain.   Most recently, Smule launched its first application for the iPad called Magic Piano.The company has a firm belief that the iPhone and the new iPad can be used as musical instruments.  But beyond taking advantage of the human interaction interfaces ...   [ Read more ]