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IK Multimedia AmpliTube iRig

by IK Multimedia
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (139 customer reviews)

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Product Features

  • Instrument interface adapter + guitar and bass tone mobile software
  • Works on iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
  • Includes AmpliTube for iPhone FREE App (free download on iTunes app store)
  • Connect electric guitar and bass
  • Headphone/Amp/Powered Speaker OUT
  • It is compatible to iPod touch 32 GB 3rd generation

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Product Information

Technical Details
Brand NameIK Multimedia
Item Weight2.2 ounces
Product Dimensions7 x 5 x 1.1 inches
Item model numberIP-IRIG-PLG-IN
Operating SystemMacintosh
Number of Items1
  
Additional Information
ASINB003T1WCBW
Best Sellers Rank #2,766 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See top 100)
Shipping Weight1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ShippingCurrently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
Date First AvailableJune 25, 2010
  
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Technical Details

  • The IK Multimedia AmpliTube iRig combines an easy-to-use instrument interface adapter with guitar and bass tone software for your favorite Apple mobile device. With AmpliTube iRig, you can plug your guitar into your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad and jam anywhere with top-notch guitar and bass tone right in the palm of your hand. Plug iRig into your mobile device; plug in your instrument; add headphones, amp or powered speakers; install the AmpliTube app; and start rocking.

Product Description

AmpliTube iRig is a combination of an easy-to-use instrument interface adapter for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad mobile devices, and the new AmpliTube for iPhone software for guitar & bass. Simply plug the iRig interface into your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, plug your instrument into the appropriate input jack, plug in your headphones, amp or powered speakers, download AmpliTube FREE for iPhone, and start rocking! You'll have at your fingertips the sound and control of three simultaneous stompbox effects + amplifier + cabinet + microphone just like a traditional guitar or bass stage rig! Add amps and effects as you need them you can expand your rig with up to 10 stomps, 5 amps, 5 cabinets and 2 microphones in the AmpliTube iRig app custom shop!


Customer Reviews

I'm using iRig with free Ampkit app and it sounds great through headphones. dm  |  52 reviewers made a similar statement
If not, you may decide to return it as I have. E. Kurbat  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
Truthfully, you could whip one together yourself if you could find the right plug. Michael J. Edelman  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice hardware, not so great free app August 22, 2010
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The iRig is a compact well-constructed piece of music gear. Incredibly simple, plug your guitar in the 1/4 inch jack opening, the short pigtail into the headphone jack on your iPhone, iTouch, or iPad, and then plug in a pair of headphones into the 3mm jack hole. Just couldn't be much easier than this. I tore down the jack, and can report that the innards are solid - gold plated jacks, beefy 1/4 inch jack housing, and a small circuit board of surface mounted resistors.

There's something kind of cool about such a small portable device that can do these good things. With a nice pair of cans (I'm using V-Moda V-MODA Cross-fade LP Over-Ear Headphones (Gunmetal Black), the volume can get pretty loud. It's fun to play without a huge amp.

The downside to this device, the AmpliTube free App is kind of sad. The free version includes very few controls, reverb and overdrive. There are 6 presets each is distinctive and different. They can be tweaked, but not by that much. On an iPhone or iTouch, it isn't very easy to "turn" the knobs; and only one channel at a time can be adjusted. It's moderately painful. On an iPad, things are radically different, knob "turning" is easy, all the controls are displayed at once. It acts a lot more like a digital effects box.

Sadly, I think the only way to get a really useful app is to purchase the twenty dollar full boat version. So that kind of brings the total to a fairly steep price. If you compare this to the price of a single pedal, I guess this is a bargain.

The good news, you can take a dual ended 3mm plug, use a 3mm to 1/4 inch adapter, and plug this whole thing into your amp or a mixing board for recording. The sound is plenty clean enough that recording or an amp is doable.

The killer combo, an iPad, the full version of the AmpliTub app, and jacked into a nice amplifier or cans. This is a good deal and works exactly as advertised.
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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
This is a very compact unit that is simple to connect and yields great sound when used with AmpliTube For iPhone (the app it was built for).

I got lost for hours the first time I plugged my guitar into iRig and iRig into my iPhone. The presets are good but you'll likely make your own. I started with altering almost every one that was included (there was mucho delay and/or reverb on some that I had to cut down for my taste, for example) and then moved on to making mine from scratch.

For its intended purpose and on the devices it supports, it is an amazing feat. I really get lost using this, and I don't have to go through the hassle of hooking up something more bulky (or loud!) to jam and practice.

I would love to see recording, slowing down songs, and a compressor though. I've heard all three are in the works and will hope that's true.

As far as things it was not intended to do, I may try to bypass everything (it seems you get a dry/direct signal when the tuner is engaged for example) and do some input to my PC for a small guitar-based audio interface. If that doesn't work, though, I'd just pick up their StealthPlug since it is pretty cheap too.
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40 of 46 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Low volume! September 21, 2010
Appealing as the idea of using the iPhone (or iPod) for playing guitar through it may seem, I have to say the iRig adapter is not quite up to it in its current form. The main reason for that is the low volume output it produces (especially when used with IK Multimedias Amplitube; not so bad with AmpKit that allows to further boost the volume). You can get around that by switching a booster of some sort upfront (for example I used a tube pedal with very nice results) - however this is not the way it was meant to be used or how it is advertised. What's especially disturbing with the low output-volume is the fact that you can of course boost it a little by maximising the earphone output volume (and switching the No Feedback option to off), but then you get lots of noise (presumably noise from the iPods input ADC) - the signal/noise ratio at the iPods input is just too low (this kind of noise beeing especially disturbing, since you can not reduce it by dialing the guitars volume to zero - it remains constant). Having said this, I must stress again, that with AmpKit the device is much better usable, since AmpKit both offers a decent noise gate (Amplitube iRig does currently only offer a noise filter that removes too much heights from the signal) and a way to push the input and output signal level; anyways I do recommend using a booster in front of the iRig for usable results.
What this boils down to is: it is portable, it is usable, using the iPod for playing guitar IS a lot of fun, however I'm not happy with the hardware which needs some workarounds to sound fine.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars out of the box it never worked
out of the box this thing never worked. no going to even waste my time sending it back. I got burned
Published 2 days ago by Tate Memory
5.0 out of 5 stars A Friend
I bought this for a friend and he seemed to really like the way this worked out. It was a early Christmas gift and he didn't have an amp. So this worked just fine.
Published 5 days ago by Ryan Cruey
4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good!
the sound has been great... tried it on the iPad, not on the iphone yet... the only thing i would like it to do, but haven't really looked into it, is to play along to pandora or... Read more
Published 5 days ago by A. Cavallo
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome little thing
I love it there is no other word to describe this little awesome thing, you get the almost all sounds you want for just $40
Published 10 days ago by MetalleriUM
5.0 out of 5 stars My dad loves it!!!
I bought this for my dad. He isn't very tech-y at all but he was able to use this very easily and he absolutely loved it!!!! All of the different options are pretty cool. Read more
Published 13 days ago by A. Waito
5.0 out of 5 stars Works just fine
This is a great product for playing your electric guitar through your iPod. Works as described and as far as I can tell will keep me jamming for years to come. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Theodore Van Rooy
5.0 out of 5 stars love it
i love this product. no problems at all . i would recommend it to anyone . jamup is a great app to use with it !!!!!
Published 18 days ago by Royce Richardson
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I was looking for
The first one I purchased seemed to have broken for some reason. I filed for a replacement and was provided with UPS shipping back. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Richard Broxson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good product
AmpliTube app not worth it. You need to buy more to get full use of it. Irig itself is what I expected.
Published 22 days ago by C. Knudsen
5.0 out of 5 stars IK Multimedia AmpliTube iRig
I purchased this for my son. I have no idea what it is for but my son is very happy with it.
Published 1 month ago by Farmboy
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