Because vendors can charge whatever amount of money as they want for their product and most people's business ethics are always on the schisty side to begin with.
It had better tone than the $10 one. The $10 one just sounds that cheap plastic toy sound where as the $15 sounds a bit more like a proper woodwind instrument (just a bit though). It's super detuned though as you said
Umm are you 10? Obviously playing an instrument is cool. It's gonna be hard to get a gf when your hobbies are playing video games and looking at your phone.
For all of you saying the cheaper ones are good enough to learn from- take it from me that they are not. It is very difficult for a beginner to play on a poorly tuned ocarina because the breath pressure for each note becomes incredibly unpredictable. However there are plastic ocarinas at about $35 that are good to start with and have wonderful tuning and quality control.
theyre honestly nothing better than a fair temporary if you already have it. having any amount of practice with a terrible one is still better than none because you cant afford a decent one.
(X) Doubt I would not trust a plastic one bro. Idk all that much about harmonics but there's no way that being plastic didn't have something to do with the garbage sound. I would even wager that the plastic ones were drilled with more precision and thus sound more precisely how they're supposed to than the hand blown ones. And they're two different kinds of plastic here, probably covering the majority of plastics used in ocarinas
@@pinnacleexpress420 yeah, they are. Actual reputable makers, still cheap cost wise, but in par with a good ceramic one. Slight sound difference due to plastic not ceramic but yeah!!
Holy crap. I always thought of Ocarinas in the Recorder-class of “cheapness doesn’t affect quality within a degree”. Thank you for proving me very wrong.
Honestly, I'm just excited to see that he has that one. The people that make it are locals where I live, and I remember hearing them run ads on the local radio stations when I was a young teen. It's really cool to see someone using their products.
I have an STL I recently got to start for practicing, as after a long research, I figured they were the best quality / price compromise you could find at lower cost. The Zelda one is a bit more expensive but you can get a "normal looking" one for cheaper. I think I got mine for 40ish bucks. Sure it won't be worth the really high quality ones but when starting an instrument, as long as the instrument "sounds right", the quality can wait until I learn to play better xD.
@@SarkenHSSame except I got mine closer to like a month ago. It's pretty fun to have a wind like instrument to learn since I've always been a percussionist since I started playing anything related to instruments in general (Mine is the OoT based one on the video just for like 12 dollars from a temporary price cut from like 36 on Temu)
I guess they're perfect for someone who doesn't know if they want to fully commit to learning to play the ocarina. $10 down is SO much better than being $115 in the hole.
@@J.L.E.4002 I mean, to my not in depth ears it honestly sounded like at least a half step more in tune. Still terribly out of tune, but much more than 15$
@@rosieweaselbyThe clear red one sounded more off tune to me and was more expensive. I have a really good ear for pitch as well (not quite perfect pitch but fairly close) but I suppose I haven't heard an actual ocarina before.
@@rosieweaselbyyeah both of the cheap options where so bad i cringed as well. would never recommend them to someone who wants to learn. you shouldn’t learn with an instrument that’s off key. if i’d play that i’d constantly think im covering the wrong holes
That $15 playing Clock Town Theme is actually spot on for the increasing anxiety of the moon getting closer! There's a time and place for even something objectively crappy.
Agreed, for just playing for fun it’d be perfectly fine. Everyone else on this video is acting like they’re recording the next hit album on an ocarina or something so it needs to be perfect.
The plastic ones can more easily get into a festival though. Security almost confiscated mine at Lost Lands claiming if it broke ceramic would be a liability
I have that blue OoT ocarina, but have never really learned to play it. Maybe it’s time I should, because it sounds absolutely beautiful and looks really fun to play.
This actually illustrates a point I love making about cheap instruments. There's an obvious quality difference between the two but, in the hands of someone as skilled as you are, you at least make them sound passable. So much of an instrument's value lies in finding what sounds can be coaxed out of it after getting to know it. In the hands of someone like you, they still manage to sound like playable instruments, capable of being performed on.
Can’t say too much about ocarinas but a lot of cheap guitars are uncomfortable to play on, which can deter aspiring beginners. If your instrument is pitchy, why would you take the time to master it?
I've always been taught that by any musician and they tell you first to try with a low cost instrument to see if you like it instead of waiting your time if you don't want to pursue the musician career
I have a NIGHT by Noble ocarina; it's a Korean company (Noble) teamed with another company to make a composite plastic that sounds, honestly, incredible. They are ot compared to ceramic in tone, without needing quite the breath for volume, and doesn't tend to go out of tune.
@@bot-just-botif you listen closely the professional ones have a much cleaner sound. The cheap red one was very, very out of tune and very flat, and the cheap blue one was, if you listen closely, pretty airy in sound
the good thing with the pro ones is that they can be usedfor decor to so theres not a huge reason to care but if u actualy play em them the pro is 100% sounding better and the cheap ones are only play not good for show AT ALL
The cheap ones would actually be pretty good for people contemplating picking up the instrument but not being ready to invest in it right off the bat. An early learner could benefit from them
@@EdanClarke-xg4ip Yes they are. But you forget that all that audio was crunched through what was then the best that they had but still not very good. And so if you actually go listen to the tracks, they're going to sound out of tune and a little "choppy" which the cheap one sound more in line of, so it's more authentic to the actual audio in a backwards way
@johnd8553 I disagree. The in-game ocarina has a clear and rich tone-colour. It was created using a digital synthesizer, so there was no need for audio compression to fit it in the game. The tuning is also entirely perfect. The cheap ocarinas in this video, on the other hand, are horribly out of tune, have pinched and leaky tone quality, and are inconsistent on the extreme ends of their range. In the clock town theme, however, the instrument used sounds more like an oboe or string instrument of some kind than an ocarina, so it has a rougher sound. Even then, it is perfectly in tune and is consistent in every register, so I feel the higher quality ocarina is a more suitable instrument in every way since it is also in tune, with clear tone, and high consistency.
If you must get a cheap ocarina or a plastic one, I can’t recommend enough Focalink’s ocarinas for the plastic ones, and the Song odd 7 hole Ovarina of Time Kokiri edition. Really good sound off of those.
I remember one kid in elementary school got himself a replica of the Ocarina of Time, and deep down, I was quite envious. Despite me knowing nothing about The Legend of Zelda, I still wanted to practice the time travel tune so I could time travel to the future. Now here I am, kicking myself more, for still not having it to time travel into the past.
Nah. The blue walmart was passable on the lower notes, but got REALLY bad when he tried to play the high notes. The $60 ocarina was so much cleaner at the farthest ends of the spectrum.
I want to try playing around with one, and I’m just gonna look for a strawberry one and a normal one from 10-15 bucks cause unless I’m gonna use it as a second instrument, I ain’t getting smth expensive
No. If my kids are getting an ocarina it's going to be one that isn't going to give me fucking nightmares at night. They will learn that they are not allowed to play them except for sitting on the floor on top of a foam mat to keep them from breaking if they have to until they are old enough not to drop them as easily.
That $15 red one low key sounded like when all the sudden the game auto saves. Then that sound starts playing as the cut scene starts that introduces a supernatural enemy.
For reference: there are ocarinas within the same price or CHEAPER that sound significantly better than these cheap ones. If you like them, that's fine! But they're not too great for people genuinely wanting to learn the instrument. Thanks!
I remember when I was younger I built up the courage to ask for an ~$8 ocarina. It looked just like that plastic red one! I loved it so much, even if it sounded like a recorder. I got pretty good at it! This video is making me want to get an upgrade, it’s lasted me at least 10 years now.
I am no music person, but the cheap ones still sounded useful. There are places I can imagine the problem parts of the sound being a benefit instead of a hindrance.
@@rovidelarosaahhhh yes...because I'm sure you can play it perfectly to the T even with the highest quality ocarina, right? You scrubs are so pretentious and standoffish.
ocarinas are probably the first instrument thats actually got me hooked in interest, viola and piano never really did it for me tbh, ill probably be saving up for the $60 one
Just stumbled into this short and learned that not only are Ocarina's actual instruments people play, but they are apparently prevelant enough to have cheap Walmart knockoffs.
@@buchstaben-suppe I mean, yeah? I never gave it that much thought. It's not that implausible for a piece of media to fabricate a new instrument. That's why its called Fiction lol.
I will forever be grateful for the person who donated their expensive ocarina to Goodwill and I got buy it for ten dollars. Great purchase. I can't play it, but it looks awesome :D
Night and day! The higher end ones are actually really beautiful. The happy meal ones remind me of those crappy plastic recorders from elementary school. It’s like calling a rubber band tissue box a guitar.
The 115 and 60 dollar ones sound more peaceful, the 15$ one is way off tune but the 10$ one sounds more joyful, like something you’d hear in a bustling town market
The plastic red one is about a half-tone flat, but it's far more in-tune with itself than the plastic blue one. The last note of saria's song is entirely out of key.
They may not sound as good as the more expensive ones but considering the price difference is 767% and 600% cheaper the cheaper ones may be worth it to most consumers. They are good but they aren't 7x better
Yeah. They're at least good to get as practice to learn how to play or even to just see if you have the determination to learn, before getting a proper one. Plus unless you have a proper one you probably won't know how bad the plastic is so rather than being like "oh this is shit" when playing the plastic one you'll be thinking "oh my god I sound so much better with a proper one"
@@TechnoBoy-yl9hq yes ofc, though I'd be quite interested to see at what price do they start to become significantly better. As in would an Ocarina at the price point of £50 be a lot closer to those at £100 or those at £10 for example, there must be a point somewhere in-between that the cost outways the performance.
Not necessarily. There are actually ocarinas MUCH better than these and they're the same price or even cheaper. These are just not worth it for a musician actually looking to play the instrument seriously.
@spooks-man3562 they're instruments. If you want an ocarina that will survive countless performances, and one that will be in tune with everything you play, you have to pay a decent price. I'd say good ocarinas can start from anywhere from $50-$200 USD. For example, you can play on a out of tune $50 guitar, sure, but it's not something you'd want to stick with if you're gonna learn to seriously play. It's easy for musicians to tell if they're out of tune.
I have a $13 ocarina I got several years back because I was a teen and didn't have a ton of money, it wasn't _great_ but it was made of ceramic and sounded way better than the cheap ones here. It was off-key but I would compensate that by only mostly covering each hole, which would pitch-shift it
Bought an STL ocarina a year ago. It’s great to take on a good hike. I find a fallen log, a boulder, or stump and just play my heart out. And within a few minutes I always end up with birds around me. ❤
There are those people out there that don’t care or can’t hear when things are out of tune, but nothing is worse than an out of turn instrument. That guy calling the other commenter “Beethoven” doesn’t understand, but I bet there is something out there he likes on which he would not settle for. I bet he has an expensive phone and not some cheap thing
This dude casually jamming out to two of the most iconic songs in gaming history with an instrument that almost no one plays...and he has my utmost respect 🙇
My parents got me a cheap ocarina for Christmas a while back, and I’ve always been so tempted to shell out for a more expensive one because I was so frustrated with it. Watching these videos is dangerous for me because I just might do it, but I really shouldn’t be spending the money rn lol
I'm not a musician, nor do I have any advanced knowledge about ocarinas. But if it was me, I would keep the cheap one just for the memories. Just imagine a few years from now, when you'll have enough money to buy a great ocarina (and play it like a pro), wouldn't it be nice to have the first ever ocarina to look back on to see how much you've grown? Besides, since it's cheap, you won't get much for it, and you'll be giving away something that got you started on your journey to master the ocarina. P.S. I know it not that deep, but I'm a softy when it comes to nostalgia. So please keep it if you can.😊
They're actually fine for more hollow or airy sounds. Anything spooky or celestial or ethereal sounding would be served really well by the cheaper ones.
How does a $15 ocarina sound more off tune then a $10 one
5 dollars in material isn't really that big of a difference.
Because vendors can charge whatever amount of money as they want for their product and most people's business ethics are always on the schisty side to begin with.
It had better tone than the $10 one. The $10 one just sounds that cheap plastic toy sound where as the $15 sounds a bit more like a proper woodwind instrument (just a bit though). It's super detuned though as you said
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i kinda like it....
The $10 sounds like it's on the very edge of a nervous breakdown, constantly looking behind its shoulder
Haha really? I thought the $10 blue one actually sounded decent
It's in tune enough to work, but shaky enough to sound uneasy
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A funny youtube comment ? Bro comes from Ig
@@Link-ji7kxsame just the $15 was bad.
He just like me frfr
Being a nerd about gaming stuff is one thing, but being able to play the actual instrument is actually pretty cool.
Umm are you 10? Obviously playing an instrument is cool. It's gonna be hard to get a gf when your hobbies are playing video games and looking at your phone.
@@topnug7626 Who hurt you?
@@topnug7626why you mad tho?
@@j.howlett Your mother
@@topnug7626 damn looks like someone's salty
For all of you saying the cheaper ones are good enough to learn from- take it from me that they are not. It is very difficult for a beginner to play on a poorly tuned ocarina because the breath pressure for each note becomes incredibly unpredictable. However there are plastic ocarinas at about $35 that are good to start with and have wonderful tuning and quality control.
theyre honestly nothing better than a fair temporary if you already have it. having any amount of practice with a terrible one is still better than none because you cant afford a decent one.
(X) Doubt
I would not trust a plastic one bro. Idk all that much about harmonics but there's no way that being plastic didn't have something to do with the garbage sound. I would even wager that the plastic ones were drilled with more precision and thus sound more precisely how they're supposed to than the hand blown ones. And they're two different kinds of plastic here, probably covering the majority of plastics used in ocarinas
@@pinnacleexpress420I know the focalink plastics, and the songbird seven hole plastic OoT are top notch sound wise thankfully.
@@THEFINALHAZARD I take it those are both different than the two featured here?
@@pinnacleexpress420 yeah, they are. Actual reputable makers, still cheap cost wise, but in par with a good ceramic one. Slight sound difference due to plastic not ceramic but yeah!!
The 15$ Ocarina is actually *perfect*
For horror movies
ooh thats a low blow
😂😂😂
A plastic one with the clock tone theme sounded really cool
Something you would play on the FINAL DAY
The funny thing is that the 15$ actually fit Majora's mask creepy side
That 15 dollar one came in limping and concussed
Lmao
Ikr
I honestly expected to be way worse
ONG THOUGH 😂
absolutely dazed
incredibly accurate
Holy crap. I always thought of Ocarinas in the Recorder-class of “cheapness doesn’t affect quality within a degree”. Thank you for proving me very wrong.
Wait til you find out recorders are like that too 😂
@@shacoolthebard6949cheap guitars be like💀💀
@@shacoolthebard6949 can I blame this for the reason I never sounded good as a kid? Because I definitely am now
Recorder prices matter too so... yeah
have you ever heard a nice, wooden recorder? they sound great.
I love how people now just attribute everything ocarina related to Zelda.
What else is there honestly?
probably because it is the only well known media that has ever featured an ocarina.
Ah yes we all know that famous Ocarina player…Umm…..Well hmm, Have you Played Ocarina of time? 😂😂😂
I'm 50 and I thought it was an instrument invented just for the game😂😂😂
@@Usererror401oooooooohhh, I know who you're talking about.
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Is Just me or the $60 option just sounds so clean
Honestly, I'm just excited to see that he has that one. The people that make it are locals where I live, and I remember hearing them run ads on the local radio stations when I was a young teen. It's really cool to see someone using their products.
The song makes it 10000x better too gawd damn I love that skng
I have an STL I recently got to start for practicing, as after a long research, I figured they were the best quality / price compromise you could find at lower cost. The Zelda one is a bit more expensive but you can get a "normal looking" one for cheaper. I think I got mine for 40ish bucks. Sure it won't be worth the really high quality ones but when starting an instrument, as long as the instrument "sounds right", the quality can wait until I learn to play better xD.
@@SarkenHSSame except I got mine closer to like a month ago. It's pretty fun to have a wind like instrument to learn since I've always been a percussionist since I started playing anything related to instruments in general (Mine is the OoT based one on the video just for like 12 dollars from a temporary price cut from like 36 on Temu)
just you
the $10 one actually sounded pretty decent for the price.
yeah if you're deaf.
@@FinallyDenialCompared to the $15 one it’s like comparing the Atari to the PS4.
@@FinallyDenial actually that 10 dollar one was AMAZING for it to be 10 dollars
absolutely. not as full a sound but tonally it hit the mark. you could do lots worse!
@@jerkchickenblog What? No, it did not! The last few notes were way off.
I guess they're perfect for someone who doesn't know if they want to fully commit to learning to play the ocarina. $10 down is SO much better than being $115 in the hole.
Playing on that blue one for $60 is IMMACULATE!!!!! You ate it UP with Lost Woods
Man, that 10$ ocarina was surprisingly in-tune when compared to the 15$ one
I mean. Not really. Yeah, there was a difference in sound. But it is still terribly out of tune.
@@J.L.E.4002 I mean, to my not in depth ears it honestly sounded like at least a half step more in tune. Still terribly out of tune, but much more than 15$
the 15 dollar was pretty flat and the 10 dollar one was really sharp the two expensive ones played in tune
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS FAKE THE SONG LITERALLY PLAYS AFTER IT LEAVES HIS MOUTH
@@CdubCdub.honestly only barely idk if that’s just actual fake or just how it works but I’m leaning how it works
The blue cheap one was actually pretty good. Passable until you’re ready to buy the more expensive one and you get a head start on learning
Idk its so off-tune it made me recoil
@@rosieweaselbyThe clear red one sounded more off tune to me and was more expensive. I have a really good ear for pitch as well (not quite perfect pitch but fairly close) but I suppose I haven't heard an actual ocarina before.
@@rosieweaselbyyeah both of the cheap options where so bad i cringed as well.
would never recommend them to someone who wants to learn. you shouldn’t learn with an instrument that’s off key. if i’d play that i’d constantly think im covering the wrong holes
Yeah. Great for learning.
You couldn't hear the tone breaks with it?
The $60 one sounds beautiful and is better than the more expensive one.
That $15 playing Clock Town Theme is actually spot on for the increasing anxiety of the moon getting closer! There's a time and place for even something objectively crappy.
The $115 red one sounds impeccable 😍
Songbird has some more budget friendly options too
I have a wood one I got randomly on Etsy and its actually really cool
but the cost
I actually think I prefer the 60 dollar one.
@@davidalvarado9957 Yeah same, I think this is one of those cases where price doesn't equal quality.
Thank you Zelda for teaching me the existence of such a cool instrument
For it wasn’t Zelda but Dragon Ball, Tapion’s theme.
For me... well, I found it in a drawer at home. It was ceramic and belonged to dad... though I don't know if it even worked properly.
Jesus christ get out of your room, you freak
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The first ocarina sounded so angelic🕊️
It actually sounds pretty great.
Do you have ears?
@@kazvanrooijhe just likes the sound of music don't be rude about it
With the red plastic one you can literally hear air escaping out of the cracks 😂
@@jikill7586nah
its off tune, and it struggles to reach the high notes.
The cheap blue one is actually really great for a beginner or a person with a budget
Real I was thinking that also
Still off tune especially on that last note
@@MrImadeU yes but it's better than to spend alot of money on one if you're just starting learning, only going to use once or temporarily
Or a child
True!!
The expensive ones were definitely the best but that plastic blue one really didn't sound that bad
The tuning’s pretty off and the high notes are lacking hard but yeah general texture wasn’t bad (I don’t know much about ocarinas)
I mean I kinda want to buy a cheap one just to mess around with it
yeah, it's breathy but not sharply grating like the cheap red one.
Sounds like blowing air through Swiss cheese
Agreed, for just playing for fun it’d be perfectly fine. Everyone else on this video is acting like they’re recording the next hit album on an ocarina or something so it needs to be perfect.
The plastic ones can more easily get into a festival though. Security almost confiscated mine at Lost Lands claiming if it broke ceramic would be a liability
Didn't know these could sound so nice, the expensive ones at least
Oh no, I have the sudden urge to spend all my time and money into getting an ocarina and learning the Clock Town theme. It's just so perfect
God bless you ✝️😇
I have several from Songbird. They're definitely worth it.
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Yeah he should learn them too
Same
The plastic ones give a more airy quality rather than the silky smooth tones of the normal ones
I see. "Airy" must be your term for "horredously atonal." Ah, these Europeans in the chat...
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@@siggylloyd3566 Lmao dafuq
@@siggylloyd3566there will never be a time this comment will be that deep
@@siggylloyd3566 heh...these darn europeans...! /satire
its good to know songbirds stuff are actually good.
I have that blue OoT ocarina, but have never really learned to play it. Maybe it’s time I should, because it sounds absolutely beautiful and looks really fun to play.
This actually illustrates a point I love making about cheap instruments. There's an obvious quality difference between the two but, in the hands of someone as skilled as you are, you at least make them sound passable. So much of an instrument's value lies in finding what sounds can be coaxed out of it after getting to know it. In the hands of someone like you, they still manage to sound like playable instruments, capable of being performed on.
This comment is the one that should come out first, you are right and very much
He didnt make it sound passable, the bad ones are offkey
The cheaper ones did sound slightly out of tune, even when he probably didn't play any notes wrong though
Can’t say too much about ocarinas but a lot of cheap guitars are uncomfortable to play on, which can deter aspiring beginners. If your instrument is pitchy, why would you take the time to master it?
I've always been taught that by any musician and they tell you first to try with a low cost instrument to see if you like it instead of waiting your time if you don't want to pursue the musician career
The 15 dollar one sounds like my animal crossing villagers when they sing
Bro fr
the 15 dollar red one sounds like what they used to do the end of the spongebob themesong
As a person that doesn’t know what the hell those things are you could definitely hear the sound difference. The cheaper ones are worse.
Short version: it's an instrument from Zelda.
The impact ocarina of time had on this instrument is insane
That $10 walmart one wasn't too bad for what it is. But I'm pretty sure we can all agree. That $115 was mind freeing ❤
Both of the plastic ones are horrendously out of tune.
Honestly the $60 one sounded really good too.
The $10 and $15, though... God they were awful.
ehh personally i liked the $60 more but it was perfect for oot lmao
The 10$ and the 60$ one were incredibly similar it took multiple listens to hear the distinction tbh
Yes
That’s the dorkiest thing I’ve ever seen and I absolutely love it. So cool you can actually play like that.
I have a NIGHT by Noble ocarina; it's a Korean company (Noble) teamed with another company to make a composite plastic that sounds, honestly, incredible. They are ot compared to ceramic in tone, without needing quite the breath for volume, and doesn't tend to go out of tune.
The sound is actually a massive difference from the cheap to expensive ones
Yeah except all of em sound good wtf
@@bot-just-botif you listen closely the professional ones have a much cleaner sound. The cheap red one was very, very out of tune and very flat, and the cheap blue one was, if you listen closely, pretty airy in sound
@@thecinema_never mess with the perfect pitch mfs
@@aidenlalic5086 it just depends on how much the buyer cares honestly, i was just pointing out the cons of the cheap ones lol
the good thing with the pro ones is that they can be usedfor decor to so theres not a huge reason to care but if u actualy play em them the pro is 100% sounding better
and the cheap ones are only play not good for show AT ALL
The red $115 Ocarina and the $60 Ocarina of Time sounded gorgeous and on tune
Yes, absolutely.
The cheap ones would actually be pretty good for people contemplating picking up the instrument but not being ready to invest in it right off the bat. An early learner could benefit from them
I honestly liked the sound of the $15 one, had a more “windy” or rustic feel
The cheaper one at the end had a strange shakeyness to it
That could work as a harmony on a horror/sad song to apply a sense of weariness
@@shannonwilkerson7132yeah i think its just a little flare to add to it to make it sound better, the $60 one had it too
It's because he didn't play it exactly perfect, not that it sounded bad tho the guy still played pretty damn good
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That's alcoholism for yah.
Hearing Lost in the wood took me back to being a kid and watching "The Three Ninjas"
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“BEST MOVIE THEY EVER MADE”
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What a throwback!!
Don’t drink the soda
Rocky, Colt, & Tum-Tum 😂 Very Nice 👏 cheers to the memories.
I had no idea orcarinas were real instruments. I need one.
While they both dont sound as good as the expensive ones, they both kind of have their own charm to them
For the price they're great.
You'd be surprised there are a lot better ocarinas for even less!
For the blue one yea. Red one sounds terrible and Costs more
The blue one is flat, like it's out of tune
@@LouieOcarina can you link some that are good for a cheap price?
I bought a 25 € ocarina and it sounded worse
the clock town theme with the first ocarina sounded impeccable holy crap
The cheap ones sounded more accurate but cause of old crap game audio
@@johnd8553The cheap ones sounds terrible.
@@johnd8553
The in-game instruments are in-tune. The cheap ones are absolutely not.
@@EdanClarke-xg4ip Yes they are. But you forget that all that audio was crunched through what was then the best that they had but still not very good. And so if you actually go listen to the tracks, they're going to sound out of tune and a little "choppy" which the cheap one sound more in line of, so it's more authentic to the actual audio in a backwards way
@johnd8553
I disagree. The in-game ocarina has a clear and rich tone-colour. It was created using a digital synthesizer, so there was no need for audio compression to fit it in the game. The tuning is also entirely perfect. The cheap ocarinas in this video, on the other hand, are horribly out of tune, have pinched and leaky tone quality, and are inconsistent on the extreme ends of their range.
In the clock town theme, however, the instrument used sounds more like an oboe or string instrument of some kind than an ocarina, so it has a rougher sound. Even then, it is perfectly in tune and is consistent in every register, so I feel the higher quality ocarina is a more suitable instrument in every way since it is also in tune, with clear tone, and high consistency.
If you must get a cheap ocarina or a plastic one, I can’t recommend enough Focalink’s ocarinas for the plastic ones, and the Song odd 7 hole Ovarina of Time Kokiri edition. Really good sound off of those.
Brings Back Old Memories I Used To Hear This Songs Almost Everyday From Games
Zomg…. That Zelda tune. Bruh… you nailed it!! The memoriessss!!
For me it instantly gave me all the memories of playing Nintendo land on my Wii U 🥲🥲
i think you saying "zomg" hit me harder in the memories than the zelda music lol
Guess you can say he has the Ocarina Of Time... 😉
I remember one kid in elementary school got himself a replica of the Ocarina of Time, and deep down, I was quite envious. Despite me knowing nothing about The Legend of Zelda, I still wanted to practice the time travel tune so I could time travel to the future. Now here I am, kicking myself more, for still not having it to time travel into the past.
I have the ocarina hehe. But i can't figure out how to play it. So... hehehe. I can't time travel yet.
@@Chara_Dreemurr1you talk like the mask vendor heheheh do you have any Keaton masks in stock heheheh
@gatsu8634 heheheh. Oh i have a grand selection of masks~ here~ would you like this keaton mask?
The blue cheap one was less terrible than the red one but still gave me flashbacks to that plastic recorder from school.
They personally sound better than I thought, I’d buy either
The blue Walmart one sounded very close to the $60. The cheaper ones sounded like air was leaking. The $115 sounded soo clean
The $10 one isn't even close as far as tuning goes
Nah. The blue walmart was passable on the lower notes, but got REALLY bad when he tried to play the high notes.
The $60 ocarina was so much cleaner at the farthest ends of the spectrum.
Honestly, the $60 one sounds the best to me. Easily the best value. Id say the plastic ones are good for kids who would probably break the nice ones
I agree.
I want to try playing around with one, and I’m just gonna look for a strawberry one and a normal one from 10-15 bucks cause unless I’m gonna use it as a second instrument, I ain’t getting smth expensive
Y’all have bad pitch. It sounds good except two notes are VERY flat. I’d had to get the expensive because you can’t “tune” an ocarina
No. If my kids are getting an ocarina it's going to be one that isn't going to give me fucking nightmares at night. They will learn that they are not allowed to play them except for sitting on the floor on top of a foam mat to keep them from breaking if they have to until they are old enough not to drop them as easily.
This man unlocked the life hack for cheap replicas
feeling like an ancient shaman because a video game song is todays level of ancestral tradition
That $15 red one low key sounded like when all the sudden the game auto saves. Then that sound starts playing as the cut scene starts that introduces a supernatural enemy.
For reference: there are ocarinas within the same price or CHEAPER that sound significantly better than these cheap ones. If you like them, that's fine! But they're not too great for people genuinely wanting to learn the instrument. Thanks!
could you recommend some of those cheaper ones? I'm looking into buying an ocarina myself
Can we get a link for these better ocarinas.
I'm interested in learning, but I have a very limited budget - what's a cheap ocarina that sounds good?
@@Skywreckdemonyou get one?
@@mackygheezzz4203 Can Link get one of those?
The first Red one sounds like "Dawn of the First Day" while the second red one sounds like the last 10mins of the third day. 😆
These songs feel nostalgic for some reason.
thats the beauty of music, all 4 of these ocarinas have they're place, they just create different sounds for different songs
I remember when I was younger I built up the courage to ask for an ~$8 ocarina. It looked just like that plastic red one! I loved it so much, even if it sounded like a recorder. I got pretty good at it! This video is making me want to get an upgrade, it’s lasted me at least 10 years now.
The red plastic one sounded like an elementary schooler playing the recorder, but like, somehow doing it pretty well.
Sounds like air escaping from the cheap ones more impressive you can play so well
The cheap plastic ones sound okay better than a lot of other plastic instruments
I am no music person, but the cheap ones still sounded useful. There are places I can imagine the problem parts of the sound being a benefit instead of a hindrance.
Useful if you want to play out of tune you mean? That red one sucks so bad.
@@rovidelarosaahhhh yes...because I'm sure you can play it perfectly to the T even with the highest quality ocarina, right? You scrubs are so pretentious and standoffish.
The 15 dollar one sounds like it just downed whatever that "two shots of vodka" lady was making
i actually really liked the sound of the $15 dollar one, idk what it was about the tone, but it felt relaxing
The good ones are really nice!
ocarinas are probably the first instrument thats actually got me hooked in interest, viola and piano never really did it for me tbh, ill probably be saving up for the $60 one
Just stumbled into this short and learned that not only are Ocarina's actual instruments people play, but they are apparently prevelant enough to have cheap Walmart knockoffs.
of course they’re actual instruments. did you think the zelda franchise made them up?
@@buchstaben-suppe I mean, yeah? I never gave it that much thought. It's not that implausible for a piece of media to fabricate a new instrument. That's why its called Fiction lol.
Conductors batons are real things too zomg
The cheap red one actually sounds a lot like the 3rd day clock town theme 😅
I say that they are just ok if you're not trying to spend much but obviously the more expensive ones are better
I will forever be grateful for the person who donated their expensive ocarina to Goodwill and I got buy it for ten dollars. Great purchase. I can't play it, but it looks awesome :D
Awesome lucky find! Those always feel great, and it's nice when it goes to someone who can appreciate it like you do!
Night and day! The higher end ones are actually really beautiful. The happy meal ones remind me of those crappy plastic recorders from elementary school. It’s like calling a rubber band tissue box a guitar.
I have the red plastic ocarina and I always felt like it has a wierd sound, but I thought it was normal, so thank you for showing me that it's not :))
Dude killed it on the 60$ blue one! 🔥. It sounds exactly like the game haha def worth the 60 bucks if you wanna practice and get good like him
the clarity of the clay ocarinas are so bright compared to the dull sound of the plastic
The 115 and 60 dollar ones sound more peaceful, the 15$ one is way off tune but the 10$ one sounds more joyful, like something you’d hear in a bustling town market
The plastic red one is about a half-tone flat, but it's far more in-tune with itself than the plastic blue one. The last note of saria's song is entirely out of key.
“Clock town theme” and “lost woods” will always be my favorite Legend of Zelda songs
They may not sound as good as the more expensive ones but considering the price difference is 767% and 600% cheaper the cheaper ones may be worth it to most consumers. They are good but they aren't 7x better
Yeah. They're at least good to get as practice to learn how to play or even to just see if you have the determination to learn, before getting a proper one. Plus unless you have a proper one you probably won't know how bad the plastic is so rather than being like "oh this is shit" when playing the plastic one you'll be thinking "oh my god I sound so much better with a proper one"
@@TechnoBoy-yl9hq yes ofc, though I'd be quite interested to see at what price do they start to become significantly better. As in would an Ocarina at the price point of £50 be a lot closer to those at £100 or those at £10 for example, there must be a point somewhere in-between that the cost outways the performance.
Not necessarily. There are actually ocarinas MUCH better than these and they're the same price or even cheaper. These are just not worth it for a musician actually looking to play the instrument seriously.
@spooks-man3562 they're instruments. If you want an ocarina that will survive countless performances, and one that will be in tune with everything you play, you have to pay a decent price. I'd say good ocarinas can start from anywhere from $50-$200 USD. For example, you can play on a out of tune $50 guitar, sure, but it's not something you'd want to stick with if you're gonna learn to seriously play. It's easy for musicians to tell if they're out of tune.
Plus you can drop it while you learn to hold it
I have a $13 ocarina I got several years back because I was a teen and didn't have a ton of money, it wasn't _great_ but it was made of ceramic and sounded way better than the cheap ones here. It was off-key but I would compensate that by only mostly covering each hole, which would pitch-shift it
The porcelain ones were Hoo, ho hoo hoo hoo hoooo hoooo, the plastic ones were doot, do doo do do dooo doooooo
Bought an STL ocarina a year ago. It’s great to take on a good hike. I find a fallen log, a boulder, or stump and just play my heart out. And within a few minutes I always end up with birds around me. ❤
To be completely honest I think it'd be better if you tested versions with the same song. Otherwise sounds great.👍🏾 You have a talent ⭐
The cheap ones sound better than I expected. Good enough to actually justify the purchase.
It's completely off tune.
@@WobblesandBean Cry me a river Beethoven, no one's gonna record the next hit song on a damn ocarina.
@@izcube8971 There's no reason what-so-ever to buy a musical device that can't play music right.
Even for learning, it will teach you bad practices.
There are those people out there that don’t care or can’t hear when things are out of tune, but nothing is worse than an out of turn instrument. That guy calling the other commenter “Beethoven” doesn’t understand, but I bet there is something out there he likes on which he would not settle for. I bet he has an expensive phone and not some cheap thing
The blue one at least.
10$ ocarina is *mwah* chefs kiss
That $10 one was more in tune than the $15 but man they both had the weird dry sound after every few notes that couldn't be hide.
One sounded like an instrument and one sounded like a dog whimpering.
Each one sounds beautifull in it's own way
The 15$ ocarina sounds like it had 15 shots of Tequila. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I miss my STL ocarina. Beautiful quality and it came with free Zelda songbooks. And the lanyard was a nice touch.
This dude casually jamming out to two of the most iconic songs in gaming history with an instrument that almost no one plays...and he has my utmost respect 🙇
My parents got me a cheap ocarina for Christmas a while back, and I’ve always been so tempted to shell out for a more expensive one because I was so frustrated with it. Watching these videos is dangerous for me because I just might do it, but I really shouldn’t be spending the money rn lol
I'm not a musician, nor do I have any advanced knowledge about ocarinas. But if it was me, I would keep the cheap one just for the memories.
Just imagine a few years from now, when you'll have enough money to buy a great ocarina (and play it like a pro), wouldn't it be nice to have the first ever ocarina to look back on to see how much you've grown? Besides, since it's cheap, you won't get much for it, and you'll be giving away something that got you started on your journey to master the ocarina.
P.S. I know it not that deep, but I'm a softy when it comes to nostalgia. So please keep it if you can.😊
The novelty isn't worth it. Your cheap one is sufficient. Save your money. Invest in your future. Buy what you want when you can.
"OCARINA" OF TIME, NOW I GET IT
The subtle depth and smooth resonance of 115 one is amazing. What a unique sound
The first cheap one literally made me snap back in disgust, so bad.
Just bought myself an ocarina because of your video lol. I can't wait to learn.
the 15 dollar one sounded like a meme sound effect.
They're actually fine for more hollow or airy sounds. Anything spooky or celestial or ethereal sounding would be served really well by the cheaper ones.
Could you please do a longer version of the lost woods on that first blue one? It almost brought a tear to my eye. My childhood sound