Count The Beats: AmpliTube and iRig review for the iPhone
Filed under: Audio, App Review, MusicA few weeks ago IK Multimedia announced its iRig hardware and AmpliTube app for the iPhone / iPod touch. Today the software has officially gone live on the UK iTunes store ready for your perusal. The app comes in three variations: AmpliTube Free, AmpliTube LE (£1.79) and just AmpliTube (£11.99) being the fully featured version. Naturally, you need the iRig hardware (around £23), too, so you can plug in your guitar. We were fortunate to get an early look at the iRig and a pre-release version of the app from IK Multimedia. Read on for our first impressions and thoughts on this potentially set-up altering piece of gear. The iRig Hardware The iRig in itself is a very simple item. Essentially, it allows you to plug a mono 1/4" jack (from your guitar / bass / keyboard / instrument) into your iPhone, and then take the output via stereo 1/8" mini-jack to your external source (headphones, powered speakers, mixer, or an amp). However, depending on your PA or mixer, and we expect most amps, you'll need a 1/8" mini-jack to a 1/4" jack converter lead so you can plug it in. Small in size and sturdy in feel, the iRig will fit right in with your other cables and patch leads. Similar to your "built like a tank" pedal case, the iRig will have no problem being chucked around with the rest of your gear. If anything, you'll be trying to find the misplaced thing much like your mysteriously vanishing capo 20 minutes after you should have left for the gig. There's not much else to say here. It feels good and looks good, but will it sound good? Click the 'read more' link to find out..TUAWCount The Beats: AmpliTube and iRig review for the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments iPhone - IkMultimedia - IpodTouch - Apple - AmpliTube