Members Anderton Posted July 6, 2010 Members Posted July 6, 2010 They're cool, no doubt about it...AmpliTube and Peavey are the biggies right now, but there are certainly more to come. Would you actually use one of these in a live performance situation, or do you see them more for practicing? I have a Peavey AmpLiNK interface here and will be checking out the corresponding app with my guitar-playing daughter's iPhone. However, I found the interface works with my Android (Motorola Backflip) so I can record guitar into the Android (although the Android recording fidelity is nothing to write home about), although I don't know when/if Peavey will have an app for it.
Members Squier Fat Telecaster Posted July 6, 2010 Members Posted July 6, 2010 What happens if someone calls while you are playing live?
Members Squier Fat Telecaster Posted July 6, 2010 Members Posted July 6, 2010 Will these apps work on the ipod touch? I can really see these taking off if they come out with an iPad app/interface. Now that would be a good portable rig.
Members Anderton Posted July 6, 2010 Author Members Posted July 6, 2010 The ones I've seen so far work with iPod Touch, or are planned to be compatible.
Members uab9253 Posted July 7, 2010 Members Posted July 7, 2010 I have a decent tuner app for my iPhone, but I can't imagine ever wanting to play live or anywhere else through it.
Members uab9253 Posted July 7, 2010 Members Posted July 7, 2010 What happens if someone calls while you are playing live?Install the Talkbox app and take the call, Peter Frampton style!!
Members uab9253 Posted July 19, 2010 Members Posted July 19, 2010 Just got my new edition of Wood & Steel - Tayor's magazine, and they are entering the fray with an interface and app for the iPhone.
Members Polaris20 Posted July 21, 2010 Members Posted July 21, 2010 They're cool, no doubt about it...AmpliTube and Peavey are the biggies right now, but there are certainly more to come. Would you actually use one of these in a live performance situation, or do you see them more for practicing?I have a Peavey AmpLiNK interface here and will be checking out the corresponding app with my guitar-playing daughter's iPhone. However, I found the interface works with my Android (Motorola Backflip) so I can record guitar into the Android (although the Android recording fidelity is nothing to write home about), although I don't know when/if Peavey will have an app for it. What app are you using on the Android phone for recording? What kind of cable? I've got the iRig on order, as the Amplitube tones I've heard so far are pretty amazing for what it is. Add to that the 36 presets, and it'd be pretty powerful for performance, especially on an iPad where there's more screen real estate. It could be rigged to sit on a music stand, and you could switch patches that way. Very cool! These are interesting times for guitarists. For a combined total of about $60, you get a setup that sounds amazing and is highly portable.
Members IK_Multimedia Posted July 26, 2010 Members Posted July 26, 2010 We'll answer questions about AmpliTube iRig too, just in case there are any... the adapter is as important as the app (at least I know of two or three companies that think so ) and the challenges of the platform make the sound quality a bit harder to do within those limitations but there's definitely good sound being produced. We've had some people deem AmpliTube iRig gig-worthy, so we'll vote yes. Definitely put your device in Airplane Mode and turn off as many other apps as you can! Just like using a computer in your live rig, there is some risk involved.
Members BCProject Posted July 30, 2010 Members Posted July 30, 2010 I guess I should order the iRig adapter then. I've got the iRig for iPad, freaking cool interface. I'm using the PRS guitar-buddy cable thing. I'm hearing what definitely sounds like input overload distortion with humbuckers and single-coil pickups. This makes it very difficult to assess the amp sim sound quality. Does the iRig adapter do signal attenuation or some other input 'massaging'? Do tell! P.S. The PRS iPhone amp sim sounds like @$$. Un-usable.
Members shioks76 Posted August 1, 2010 Members Posted August 1, 2010 To ik_multimedia: Ive liked what i've seen on youtube and ive an ipad and an irig on order. Definitely will put it out on practice sessions and if it works will use it live during my church service. This seems like a viable future for guitar effects and can see it being used more in future. I hate bending down/ going on my knees to adjust effect parameters and this is a much more elegant solution. Unlike the bean, changing parameters/selecting effects is just so much more intuitive. The touch screen is much better live than needing a pc and mouse. All you need now is a music stand as opposed to a table or leaving the pc/laptop on the floor. Just a little bit more needed for it to gain mass appeal, heres what i think it needs. 1)Four button bluetooth footswitch. Nothing complicated, just enough to control the effects selected on or off. Keep it small and lightweight with power supply coming from a standard 9v adaptor. 2)Have the entire amps and effects selection available on the pc version on the ipad. Maybe charge abit more say $100 You guys are the current market leaders in this tech. This might be the game changer that the industry needs.
Members Polaris20 Posted August 2, 2010 Members Posted August 2, 2010 I've now got the iRig adapter and Amplitube for iPad, so I wanted to chime in and say I'm really enjoying it. To my ears the modeling sounds better (IMO) than what I've experienced with Line 6 stuff (I've had almost all of their stuff in terms of generations: 2.0, XT, X3, POD Farm) and the interface is clean and easy to use. The amp models are nice, but what really impressed me the most were the effects. It's also cool that you can import songs as well as to jam with. I did up some backing track stuff in GarageBand with EZ Drummer and some software synths, then dumped that out to a file and imported to Amplitube, and it makes lunchbreaks at work damn fun! I also plugged it into my Scion Xb's stereo, and it worked that way too, which was awesome. Don't know that I'd be doing that a lot, but it sure was amusing! I might give Peavey's app a go when it comes out since I already have the iRig too, but I hope it's not like Revalver 3, because I didn't much care for that at all on the desktop.
Members shioks76 Posted August 21, 2010 Members Posted August 21, 2010 just received the irig and amplitube full version for the ipad. Is it just me or am i doing something wrong? I find the setup really noisy through the front of an amp. Line6 spider jam/ fender m80. Its also very noisy when connected to my pc speakers creative gigaworks t20. Have tried using the airplane mode, works a lot better but the noise is still very audible. have tried the built in noise filter, helps quite a bit but the tone seems to be more muffled when the noise filter is turned on. It gets worse as the noise filter is turned up. Really wanted to like and use this thing live, unfortunately unable to with its current noise issues. anyway its already amazing that they could produce such a product with only a 20mb footprint.
Members Godsky Posted August 21, 2010 Members Posted August 21, 2010 Used the Irig and another one called Ishred live as well. (Iphone)I don't mind the distortion on the Irig, but the effects on the Ishred are pretty damn good!
Members Bag302 Posted August 27, 2010 Members Posted August 27, 2010 I'm using iRig with Peavy's app. I get crazy feedback. Unusable with high gain for me.
Members olgluefoot Posted August 28, 2010 Members Posted August 28, 2010 I'm using iRig with Peavy's app. I get crazy feedback. Unusable with high gain for me. what are you running your output to?
Members BCProject Posted August 30, 2010 Members Posted August 30, 2010 Well, I paid my $20 for Amplitube for iPad, and another $30 for the iRig adapter, and spent some time with it. I'm underwhelmed. Not impressed at all. Not even remotely close to useable for anything but noodling, and uninspiring for that. Beautiful interface though. Here's hoping it evolves and improves.
Members Bag302 Posted September 1, 2010 Members Posted September 1, 2010 what are you running your output to? Just to headphones
Members OverDriven Posted September 27, 2010 Members Posted September 27, 2010 Just to headphones Then it's not feedback. You can't get feedback from headphones. Feedback is literally when the signal FEEDS BACK into the input from the speakers. Headphones isolate the signal so it's not possible.
Members Elric Posted September 27, 2010 Members Posted September 27, 2010 I think if you give a {censored} about tone, there's absolutely no reason to even look at them.
Members olgluefoot Posted October 5, 2010 Members Posted October 5, 2010 Im still digging mine Perfect travel/practice/I live in tiny ass Navy Barracks with no way to have a real amp... amp.
Members uab9253 Posted October 7, 2010 Members Posted October 7, 2010 One thing I'm doing with my iPhone is using the voice memo function to capture song ideas. Nothing groundbreaking there but I can just hit record, lay it on the chair arm and start playing and singing. It's always with me too.
Members brenuelt Posted October 12, 2010 Members Posted October 12, 2010 just received the irig and amplitube full version for the ipad.Is it just me or am i doing something wrong? I find the setup really noisy through the front of an amp. Line6 spider jam/ fender m80. Its also very noisy when connected to my pc speakers creative gigaworks t20. Have tried using the airplane mode, works a lot better but the noise is still very audible. have tried the built in noise filter, helps quite a bit but the tone seems to be more muffled when the noise filter is turned on. It gets worse as the noise filter is turned up.Really wanted to like and use this thing live, unfortunately unable to with its current noise issues. anyway its already amazing that they could produce such a product with only a 20mb footprint. The one I saw had a guitar 6.3 in and a 3.5 headphone out...if your taking a 3.5 lead, converting it to a 6.3 and feeding it into your amp of course it will be very noisy and poor. The output stage may be fine for driving some in ear headphones which is what it's intended for, but amplify the signal using a proper amplifier and there may be problems. The impedances will be wrong, the 3.5 to 6.3 converter will probably be very poor quality (most of them are) and it's just being used for something it's not intended for. I was thinking it looked like a good tool, but only as a headphone amp. If it had a proper interface you could plug into the socket on the bottom of the iphone...a bit like an audio interface, I could see these things being used live, but the latency may be a problem.
Members brenuelt Posted October 12, 2010 Members Posted October 12, 2010 They're cool, no doubt about it...AmpliTube and Peavey are the biggies right now, but there are certainly more to come. Would you actually use one of these in a live performance situation, or do you see them more for practicing?I have a Peavey AmpLiNK interface here and will be checking out the corresponding app with my guitar-playing daughter's iPhone. However, I found the interface works with my Android (Motorola Backflip) so I can record guitar into the Android (although the Android recording fidelity is nothing to write home about), although I don't know when/if Peavey will have an app for it. I think they are a superb interface but ultimately no good for anything other than as a headphone practise amp. Yes, it's good fun to have it on your phone but is it really that much of an issue to take a dedicated hardware amp modeller to a gig? Are people so weighed down with belongings that we need to combine our amp modellers and our phone? The area it really shines in is the touchscreen interface. What it's bad at is the danger of latency, it messing up and freezing and the terrible, cheap headphone grade cables and output stages. So, here's my idea:The iphone/ipad itself is plugged into an external unit which is a hardware amp modeller/effects box (like a pod) and the iphone is used to interface with the pod and change the settings. That way, you can use the iphones touch screen to improve the way you interact with a pod, but the iphone isn't actually doing any of the sound processing so there's no latency and all of the pod's higher quality ins and outs are used. Cubase have an app where you can use your iphone as a transport control...why can't line 6 do something like that for the pod? it can be controlled via a computer USB connection so as far as I can see it would be a case of writing the software and produing the cable. OK, the pod has some excellent controls anyway but it would basically give your pod a much nicer, bigger screen and certain functions would be much easier to control.
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