DeclanWhite
Senior Member
lol? "My Studio consists of my iPhone and an SM57"
...and a power amp and cab and interface ,pres, computer... lol
lol? "My Studio consists of my iPhone and an SM57"
I'm assuming there's no technical reason why this app wouldn't work with an iRig from IK Multimedia, right? Already have my iRig pre-ordered and it will arrive any day now, but it would be great to have both apps available to get tones on the go.
It will work, but we're not anticipating it will work as well as with AmpKit LiNK. The AmpKit LiNK is a powered connection so that it can pass high-gain amp sims through your device without creating feedback or cross talk. You can read more about it here:
http://agilepartners.com/blog
Imagine how much battery power this would use. You'd only be able to play for a half hour TOPS consistently, before you'd have to recharge. Especially with the iPhone 4 having all of these antenna/battery problems as is.
I just don't get why things all need to be on iphone even if it's completely impractal and useless.
Errr..so your phone is lighter than a pedal or whatever..
But you have to carry your guitar around to use it? So err..convenience, nulled? I mean if you're already lugging around a guitar...
If you're going to jam with people..what are you going to do, all go through your iphone speakers? You may as well buy one of those gimmicky belt amp things, or plug it in to a real amp..oh..wait.
Most people on the forums are around computers all the time when they want to record quick ideas, usually that's where their guitars are.
I just don't get why things all need to be on iphone even if it's completely impractal and useless.
Imagine how much battery power this would use. You'd only be able to play for a half hour TOPS consistently, before you'd have to recharge. Especially with the iPhone 4 having all of these antenna/battery problems as is.
In regard to battery life of the device - AmpKit is not our first application, and we're doing some very serious optimization for the program. We think you'll be pretty surprised by the battery life.
Well again, I already carry my guitar, to rehearsal, on tour, to shows. I already carry an extra recorder with sims and potentially a pedal. Extra batteries, another small potentially stolen thing. I already have my phone on me, and like everyone I carry it everywhere. Try juggling a guitar and laptop and interface in a van or in a back corner of a bar just to jot a riff idea or warmup. My H4N cost me $300, any other headphone amp will be $40+ easy. Guitar+H4N+headphones, way easier.
Friends often have a stereo system or small recording setups. But only enough pedals/amp sims for themselves. So you still have to bring your own, their computer may be enough to record, doesn't mean it can handle amp sims at low latency.
Open mics always have a PA. The rest would be with headphones. Or to act as a quick idea grabber. Even at rehearsal, we don't have a recording setup there. Bringing and leaving a laptop/interface is way more to carry. Got an idea, jot it down. What else can you do on the go and how much does it cost?
Most compact pedals are marginal at best, most don't even have speaker simulation. POD's and such are fairly large, not fitting in most gig bags, and definitely not a hardshell. They are even tight in a backpack if you have anything else in there. Not to mention the app and interface costs less than the gimmicky amp sims and heaphone amps which only does one thing, and typically poorly.
I am not going to run out and buy an iPhone just because of this app. But it makes a great contender when you consider all the other stuff available: 4-track recorder, internet anywhere with coverage, MP3 player, tuner, decibel meter, pro tools and cubase controller, GPS, etc.
Battery life and such could potentially be problematic. Will have to wait and see how that goes and how it sounds.
I don't know why you're saying it'd be handy for rehersals. Do you mean you'd plug in your iphone in to the PA and ignore the amps at your rehersal space? Or rehearse all through your iphone speakers or all sit there listening to your own headphones out of sync with the rest of the band?
You couldn't record everyone off your phone either, so I'm not sure why you bring this up. Sure you could all plug in through a mixer if they had one.
While I do understand the convinience of just putting out your iphone and plugging your guitar in to it, recording something and then sending it quickly (for some people it seems like its while you're out frolicking anywhere and happened to have taken your electric guitar). I can't think of many situations I wouldn't have a better way of doing this though.
What if you got a phone call or a text message? This totally negates using it for an open mic night..I don't know why you would do that anyways.
It looks like most people are trying to find situations to use it for the sake of using it, rather than they have situations already where they'd need something like this.
If electric guitars were highly portable and you could just whip it out and play in to your headphones on the street or on the bus, that'd be great..but that's not the case in any way.
Anyways, this is probably getting pretty off topic, I just think it's gimmicky and everyone has to have an iphone app these days for the sake of it.
Is this app a watered down version of revalver?