iRig hands-on with MacFormat

[furQ]

2:49 songs like 'Eighties' by Killing Joke? ;)

[mumalandra]

Can I use iRig with the video recording on the iphone 4 or 4s? it seems like it only works for audio with the applications

[TonyTransformed]

very cool, I'm going to buy an iRig myself.

[Hermes2112]

@fuzzynavel100 actually amplitube does have a feature to import your songs on your iPod library so you can play along. just slide the top section and on the right side you will find a "Song" tab, tap there and you will see at the bottom "add song"

[ArielRU65]

Love it

[DWH1T93]

how are you hooked up to the mac? and how are you recording the bass?

[1nV1nC1Bl3BaLaM]

Amplink is better and not so expensive

[pomssi1]

@Rainman18 Did you bother to read the title?

[awesomeandyanderson]

Does iRig work with Garage band on the ipad?

[RealRocker100]

How are you connecting the iPhone/iRig to the computer. I cant seem to figure it out. I have the same computer that you're using. Please help!

[deepseventeen]

can we connect irig to mac??

[Rainman18]

Umm, could you spend more than 15 minutes before reviewing a product.. I end up being uninformed and you end up looking like an idiot.

[SpiderDude420]

Quite posh set up that is!

[ENDVash]

lol come as you are ftw

[50cliber]

hardware dongle lol u goofball

[DistortedV12]

Dude. If your that serious about recording, just purchase the Amplitube Software. I'm sure iRig is just for playing around and allowing for you to hear what your guitar sounds like.

[crazicaddstudios]

nirvana ftw

[syurjevic]

This looks great!

I'm currently connecting my guitar directly through the line-in jack in my black MacBook. It works but there's a lot of buzz!

In this video you are splitting the irig's earphone jack in two; one for your earphones and the other into GarageBand! I wonder how GarageBand is handling that input. Does it detect it as an electric guitar? If you output a clear guitar sound can you apply an effect or an amp simulation? Can you tweak amplitube to output a clear unamplified guitar signa

[chesterbe76]

@MacFormatUK

how can i connect the irig cable with my mac?

[estebanmorientes]

This is quite nerdy :)

[bonfirejovi]

does it have drumtracks/ jamtracks that you can jam along to or can i download from apple or something?

[tick602]

@basketballer 3333 You need an interface to plug your instruments into the Mac.I use/suggest Line 6 ux2.It comes with a ton of effects/recording sodtware,about $160.

[9MinamiKe6]

3:27

New E-Mail! Haha.

Thanks for this video. This one made me buy one myself. Sounds like you're a Nirvana fan, too. Thanks again

[buscemi2000]

@fuzzynavel100 with version 2 now you can directly import from your iTunes library on the device!

[MacFormatUK]

@fuzzynavel100 Hmm.. you can always run the iPod app in the background playing whatever music you like from your iPod library?

[sincoseis]

whats on the back of your chair? that metal thing? is it a coat hanger?

[MacFormatUK]

@sincoseis It is, indeed, a coat hanger :)

[artwel123]

Do you have any ipads you don't want?.. or anything realy, a mac? cheers

[mpurek]

Great video man thanks a lot ! :)

[neverbeenachamp]

can this be used so that we can get the audio in & out from the MacBook Pro? since the MBP only has 1 audio as in/out..

[MacFormatUK]

@neverbeenachamp I believe so - the iMac has the same audio input, as a MacBook Pro, I believe. Both have:

"Audio line in minijack (digital/analog)

Audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog)"

[zuuutNet]

@neverbeenachamp Just tested: YES, it works.

[mathieuemi666]

@neverbeenachamp Yeah that's a shame MBP only has one jack for in and out, I never understood that...

I have to use a USB soundcard (BTW you *must* have this kind of thing to do serious recording)

[TheAngelofdeath95]

Sorry my friend, but how much it costs only the adapter to attack my guitar to my iphone?

[ElectricMan5]

Can I use this to plug into a blackberry? I have a roland rp80 modeler pedal, and i want to record on my blackberry... well, my main question is, can i plug my guitar into a pedal board, then run the pedalboard into the irig? or will the signal be too strong? i assume it'd like cut the signal down on it's own? this is the best adapter i can find for plugging a guitar into a phone, but i dont know if it can do what i want...

[RapperErik]

where do you bought it

[RapperErik]

where do you bought it

[jiggajesse]

why demo this with a bass?

[clemmings1]

i see that your a nirvana fan.nice man.keep it up.

[nelsonseccofilho]

OMG! estou passando mau aqui, quero isso logo!

[jimityjimity]

nice one, thanks for that Graham :)

[jimityjimity]

Hey Graham, cool demo, thanks! What's the name of the riff that you play initially? Cheers :)

[MacFormatUK]

@jimityjimity It's my 'sort-of-version-of' "If you want me to stay" Sly and the Family Stone. :)

[dmonks40]

i want your job...

[basketballer3333]

Hey nice video but i was just wondering can you just use the irig to play directly into a mac? Because the mac advertises all these awesome effects you can get for garageband when plugging in an electric guitar but i couldn't find a device to do that. So basically can i just plug my guitar into the irig, then the other end into the mac and work?

[MacFormatUK]

@basketballer3333 Good question, so I just tried it - no joy. Doesn't work plug directly into the iMac's line-in or plugged into a USB microphone either (which is weird since I've plugged my guitar into a USB microphone with a simple guitar lead/3.5 headphone jack convertor before and it worked just fine.

[MacFormatUK]

@MacFormatUK Part 2: To be fair the product says it only works with iPod touch/iPhone/iPad on the box. They make another solution for Macs.

Graham Barlow, editor, MacFormat

[MacFormatUK]

@basketballer3333 b.t.w. I recorded the sound from the iRig in my video by plugging it into a USB microphone that came with a headset, then into the Mac.

Graham

[paulyuk6]

To record directly into a Mac you would need IK's equivalent product, StealthPlug or the bigger StealthPedal. This would give you the interface plus the AmpliTube software for your Mac (or PC) plus recording software.

[tukangcritic]

Great video

But can i use this Live plug it to big Amps or is it going to destroy the iphone ?

or i need another device to plug in in to before connect it to the big Amps

[MacFormatUK]

@tukangcritic There's a headphone jack output on the iRig - you can plug that into anything that will accept it as a source.

Graham Barlow, editor, MacFormat.

[impoid]

first time ive heard janes addiction being used in a demo..very cool

[MacFormatUK]

@impoid One of my favourite bands!

Graham Barlow, editor, MacFormat

[GordonCharlton]

At 3:29 Graham Barlow's iMac gets mail. I thought it was me!!! I paused the video, checked my inbox, and nothing there. Rewound the video a bit, started playing and more mail arrived. Still nothing in my inbox. Then I realised it was on the video. D'oh.

[MacFormatUK]

@GordonCharlton Sorry, Gordon! Actually, I think it's mail arriving on my iPhone. I ought to have turned mail checking to manual before I plugged the iRig in and set it to record.

Christopher Phin, deputy editor

[GordonCharlton]

@MacFormatUK No problem - it didn't spoil my enjoyment of your demo. I'm still waiting to hear how it performs with line-level instruments though - if it's good with them I want one for my theremin!

[MacFormatUK]

@GordonCharlton Forgive my lack of musical instrument knowledge, but I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "line-level instruments". It's designed specifically for guitar and bass...

Graham Barlow, editor, MacFormat

[GordonCharlton]

@MacFormatUK Hi Graham. You know how you need to feed your guitar signal through a pre-amp before you can plug it into the line-in socket on your MacBook because otherwise it's too quiet. Most synths and theremins don't need that -- the signal level is already a lot higher than a guitar.

The blurb for the iRig does mention briefly that its good for line level instruments, but claims like that don't always work in practice. I may have to route it through an expression pedal. We shall see...

[macmus98]

@GordonCharlton Thanks for the explanation Gordon!

[squarezeroone]

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