The first time I heard about connecting your guitar to your iPhone was in March 2010 when PRS Released the Guitar Bud and an accompanying app called Jam Amp. The breakthrough wasn’t until IK Multimedia released the iRig and an iPhone version of Amplitube. About the same time Peavey and Agile released the AmpKit and […]
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A digital amp simulator takes an unmodified electric guitar signal (usually referred to as a dry signal) and processes it in the same way a real physical amplifier would. There are numerous amp sims in hardware and software, some of the more notable are Line 6 PODs, Axe FX, Eleven Rack (hardware) and Guitar Rig, […]
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IK Multimedia, the creators of the popular instrument interface iRig, has released a hardware MIDI interface for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It’s a standard Core MIDI device and works with a lot of apps already, most notable of course among them Garage Band for iPad (here’s a more comprehensive list, the AC-7 Core control […]
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AmpKit is my absolute favorite iPhone app. It’s a fully fledged digital amp modeler with lots of gear and recording capabilities that I’ve written about before. There’s also Amplitube for iPhone that does pretty much the same, even though AmpKit is my favorite. On a forum someone asked if there’s an Ampkit for Android, or […]
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To my great happiness I found that dominating metal record label Nuclear Blast released promo streams of Symphony X songs on SoundCloud. I’ve praised SoundCloud before, and this is why I think it’s great that bands and record labels use it instead of other platforms: It doesn’t look like Geocities from 1997 like MySpace. It’s […]
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Typical, the minute you buy a new gadget (AmpKit link) that does the same thing, only better, as another gadget you already had (iRig) a third and even cooler gadget appears. March 31 the Apogee Jam is released, a guitar interface for iPhone, iPad and Mac. All reviews I have ever read on Apogee’s stuff have […]
Read moreThere are numerous ways to share your track – from communities like MySpace, SoundClick and Reverbnation to file sharing services such as DropBox or Sprend. And then there’s something in between – SoundCloud! Being both is an advantage and a drawback. Let’s start on the plus side. SoundCloud is really good because of: Modern technology: the […]
Read moreChord circle is a very simple iPhone app that is a reference for those of us who don’t have keys and modes like the back of our hand: It also has a mode for easy transposing: Chord Circle is free and you can find it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chord-circle/id317325569?mt=8
Read moreOn Twitter, AmpKit makers Agile have linked to my Enter Sandman-cover that I recorded in AmpKit! http://soundcloud.com/osiris8/enter-iphoneman Am I famous now? :-D This is the tweet: https://twitter.com/ampkit/status/30086560695189504
Read moreAmpKit is an iPhone-app for amp simulation and effects. In short, all you need (short of a chord) to transform you phone into a full-feature digital guitar rig like a POD or Boss GT. You connect your guitar using an adapter that fits into the headset port, like the iRig eller AmpKit Link, and you’re ready […]
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