Its about as portable as you could ever get. Apps like Positive Grid’s Bias (Universal) allow you to design the amp from the inside, but most of these apps give you a selection of software amps based on real-life boxes. Computers like the iPad and iPhone run software that models the actual circuits of classic amps. That’s real-life tube amps, the kind that have been around since guitars went electric. This gives more control over the crunchy distorted sound, and lets you get those filthy tones without winding the volume of the main amp up to 11. These days, amps have a “gain” knob, which controls a “pre-amp.” This is a smaller amplifier circuit that pumps up the signal up before feeding it to the main amp section, letting you overdrive the main amp easily. The broken-up, distorted sound you get when you overpower the tube/valves in an old-time amp are what makes the electric guitar sound like an electric guitar. If you crank that amp up loud, then things start to get dirty. This travels through the guitar’s output jack, down the cable and into the amplifier. The vibrating strings slice through a magnetic field created by magnets in the guitar’s pickups, and create a current. When you plug an electric guitar into a guitar amplifier, it doesn’t just make things loud: It adds its own character to the sound. Spoiler alert – the guitar world has taken a big turn towards the awesome. And along the way, we’ll look at hardware to connect up your guitar to the iPad, and at some speaker options so you can actually hear yourself play. That’s what we’re looking at today – iPad (and iPhone) guitar amp simulations, along with virtual effects pedals. ![]() ![]() And we have iOS devices and apps which can replace whole suitcases full of effects pedals. Mid-range and even low-end guitars are better-made and cheaper. And like most things, except mobile phones, everything is better than it was in the 80s. Now, 30-odd years later, I’m at it again. I learned from books and by playing along with CDs, and I jacked my Charvel guitar (awesome) into a Session guitar amp (terrible), and I never really got any better. Add-on accessories such as a belt and strap clip make the device mountable for on-the-go jamming.Back in the 1980s I played guitar. The AmpKit LiNK HD is built solid, with sturdy jacks and cable connectors and a rubberized non-slip coating that wont get away from you. With the AmpKit LiNK HD, there is no need to launch an app to change input or output levels, because the control knobs for guitar input level and headphone output level are right at your fingertips on the interface. AmpKit LiNK HD is compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad, iPad 2, and iPod touch (fourth and fifth generation), and is also a high-quality guitar interface for Mac and PC with the included USB cable. Guitar players no longer need to carry a separate interface for mobile iOS and a computer. Together, AmpKit LiNK and AmpKitthe guitar amps, effects and recording app for iOS devices developed by Agile Partnersprovide guitar and bass players with a powerful,convenient way to jam wherever they go. And with AmpKit LiNK HD, you can send your signal to a headphone output and a line output, making it the ultimate in convenience and ideal for gigging.ĪmpKit LiNK HD connects an electric guitar or bass directly into the dock of an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via a snug-fitting cable, so it won't disconnect while in use. AmpKit LiNK HD will charge your iPad, iPhone, or iPodtouch while you play when connected to the optional AC adapter. Based on USB digital audio technology, AmpKit LiNK HD eliminates crosstalk and feedback for pristine high fidelity, even with authentic high-gain amp models in AmpKit, the companion amp app from Agile Partners.ĪmpKit LiNK HD features a host of innovations that make virtual guitar amplificationand gigging with your iOS devicemore convenient than ever. The new Peavey AmpKit LiNK HD pocket-size iOS guitar interfacefeatures twice the fidelity and convenience of the original AmpKit LiNK.
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