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Just wanted to let the forum know that I found a new way of quiet practising: my iPhone! I downloaded this free AmpliTube app and got myself the iRig jack adapter/interface (for 29 euros the most expensive jack-plug I ever bought, but there are no alternatives at the moment...).I must say I am very impressed! I downloaded (again free) this Fender Deluxe-amp plug inn, and at night, through headphones, this is by far the most pleasurable way to practise quietly I've experienced so far! Sounds very realistic, nice tone.It's also possible to jam along with tracks that you upload to your iPhone (just haven't figured out yet how to jam along with the iRealbook app (very cool too btw: the chords of 1200 jazzstandards in your phone and a BIAB-like player!).Oh, and you can record yourself too!You can buy lots of effects, amp-models and other stuff thru the app-store, but the free Fender Deluxe-amp has a very nice reverb and that's all I need. And the package is so small, that when travelling all you need to bring is your phone - that I carry always any way - and the iRig the size of a cigarette lighter (it works on the iPad and android phones too btw).
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09-02-2011 04:50 AM
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How's the AD/DA delay? How long the battery lasts?
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Delay (latency) is not noticable (at least I didn't) and you can even choose for a very short latency time, that does feel a little more direct indeed.The battery-life of the iPhone is not one of the longest, but I reach around 48 hours and so far haven't noticed that the AmpliTube app shortens that drastically. (Of course you can always put your phone to the charger when playing guitar thru it).
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Oh and there are quite a lot of reviews on the web of people who can't get any volume out of the iRig... I experienced that too and was just about to cast it away as unusable untill I found the volume knobs on the side of the phone..... face-palm moment......
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I got the irig on my iPod touch several months ago. The free download was full of static and noise, so I upgraded to the Fender paid version. Still a lot of noise and intermittent static. My high school issued me an iPad recently and I tried again. Less static, but still pretty much a gimmick. The irig w/iPad is advertised as a kind of portable gigging rig and they sell a mic stand bracket for it. The only tones I like are the 59 Bassman model with no effects. Everything else just hisses and crackles. It's fun to let my students mess around with it and play thru computer speakers, but it's more of a toy than a piece of pro gear. Maybe the next version will be better, and irig will put a Roland JC120 and a mini brute in the amp choices and Wes Montgomery and George benson presets in the effects section. Like that's gonna happen... This this is marketed to metal kids.
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I use the iPad2 version, and have to say I have no problem with latency or hiss/crackle, but you must ensure you place a Noise Gate in the setup (it's there already, just turn it on). It's a practice tool, not a gigging tool. No, I haven't found a Benson sound yet. It is fun to jam and record, make loops, etc.
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iPad + iRig +GarageBand. After d/l garageband, I stopped using AmpliTube.
Can do multi-track recordings, can set # of bars and tempo, easy to use.
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I would not use it as a gigging tool... only as a practise tool and a portable/quiet amp for on the road and in hotel rooms, or late at night to not disturb the misses.Indeed it needs the noise gate on, and the free versions all have a noise gate supplied already.There's no garageband app for iPhone right?
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Come to think of it... it might be an emergency backup tool if your amp breaks down.. (provided there's a PA or inhouse system present..)
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Same here except i am using the Apogee Jam. Garageband is great because you can bring in MIDI arrangements if you want, and as you mentioned, multitrack, and choose how many bars you want to loop.
Originally Posted by NSJ
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Anybody compared those iOS based tools to dedicated hardware like Boss Micro BR or similar from Korg or Line6
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How do you like the apogee jam? I have the duet and apgee one for Mac. Originally Posted by spiral
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Yes. A pedal looper is still more convenient. There is no setup and using your feet is a big deal. I use the Line 6 JM4 and like it w/ headphones. Originally Posted by burchyk
For anything beyond a metronome and playing over a loop, GarageBand is probably better. If you are doing long-form stuff and need a multitrack, GarageBand is also much easier. I bought a Tascam DP-008 for practice that i never use now.
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I'm pleased with the hardware. I have nothing to compare it to quality-wise, but it works well, sounds good, and is integrated with GarageBand. I like that there is no background noise and you can adjust the gain on the hardware. I wish the amp modeling were a bit better in GB but mobile computing is still young. I will be first in line when the release the iOS Mic. Originally Posted by NSJ
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This sounds sweet -- I'll have to see if it works on an iPod Touch
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I've got them on my ipod touch 4g. great practice tool, funny that a few years ago I was distraught about being a niche market because all I wanted was a simple little box (not a pc) that had a tuner, could record, and have an onboard speaker.
I have all that plus amazing slow downer, ireal b(and I can enter my own progressions, the fender irig some music apps, pdf's and my tunes!, now I don't have any excuses to not be practicing the way I want. I still prefer paper when it comes to reading music. I just want an Ipad now.
nice to see there's other apps to investigate too, but it seems I have most of my desires covered anyway
the only thing holding me back is me
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Guys that have the iRig : do you find that the output volume is adequate? I've read some reviews that say it's insufficiently audible.
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It's loud enough! But you have to crank it up with the volume buttons on the left side of the iPhone (I hardly noticed they were there). If you don't know that - like I didn't at first - you'll think the iRig is faulty.... Originally Posted by tsar nicholas
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Oh man! I just discovered how to run the iRealbook and AmpliTube together on the iPhone! Now I have the perfect practise tool: I can play my guitar through a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp (simulation that is ;-) and jam along with 1200 standards played by good sounding bass, drums and piano AND do so while sitting on the sofa next to my wife watching her favourite tv-show
Me happy....
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How do you do it? the iPhone still runs one program at a time. Originally Posted by Little Jay
Oh man! I just discovered how to run the iRealbook and AmpliTube together on the iPhone! Now I have the perfect practise tool: I can play my guitar through a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp (simulation that is ;-) and jam along with 1200 standards played by good sounding bass, drums and piano AND do so while sitting on the sofa next to my wife watching her favourite tv-show Me happy....
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Another potentially nice input option:
Line 6 Turns Your iPhone into a POD – and Makes High-Quality Digital In for iOS, Free App
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Yeah, sweet! Can you tell us how you did it? Originally Posted by Little Jay
Oh man! I just discovered how to run the iRealbook and AmpliTube together on the iPhone! Now I have the perfect practise tool: I can play my guitar through a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp (simulation that is ;-) and jam along with 1200 standards played by good sounding bass, drums and piano AND do so while sitting on the sofa next to my wife watching her favourite tv-show Me happy....
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I gig with my iPad + iRig + Ampkit all the time, and it sounds great to me and to audiences.
Recently, Cornelius Grant (of Motown/Temptations fame) approached me after a performance with pen in hand to take notes on my rig and EXACTLY what I was using, because he liked my sound so much. He was fairly stunned to find out that all my amp sounds were coming from that iPad.
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Go to the settings in iReal b, next to the background-audio on/off switch there's an information-button (it's a small i). If you tap on it you'll find the instructions. It basically comes down to starting up iReal -> switch background audio off and put it to the background, go to AmpliTube -> switch background audio on and go back to iReal. Voilà! Originally Posted by tsar nicholas
*edit: I needed to lower the volumes of the instruments in iReal, otherwise the guitar got lost a bit, but then you can crank up the total volume again with the buttons on the side of the phoneLast edited by Little Jay; 09-15-2011 at 03:57 PM.
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Looks good! What worries me a bit though, is that this device uses the usb/charger input, so you can't put the iPhone on the charger while using it.... Originally Posted by spiral
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