Choose your effects by easily from a drop down menu for each FX channel. The brilliant graphics in the app are a joy to look at and use.ĪmpliTube for iPad gives you the ability to overlay 4 sound effects (the iPhone version handles 3 only) running one Amphead and mic combo. You also have buttons for getting to Presets, Tools, Songs, Setup, Add Gear and Account on the bottom of the screen. The iPad version of Amplitube is divided up 4 effects pads on top and 1 amplifier/mic combo on the bottom in landscape view. Create an account with the IK Multimedia site to register your app and get an additional Distortion sound effect for free. Once you open the app on your iPad, you get a few messages about setting up for first time users.

Now that you’re all hooked up it’s time to play with AmpliTube.

Just find some plain headphones, or you can also connect iRig to amplified speakers for live performance. You can use the white Apple headphones but don’t use iPhone headphones, since the microphone in those will pick up feedback. From there connect a headphone to the output jack on iRig to hear the sound.

Plug your guitar/bass into the iRig, and the iRig to your iPad. Once you get your hands on iRig, download the AmpliTube iPad app and open it up. You can order the iRig device from the IK Multimedia web store or buy it from a local Guitar Center store. Then store your sounds in one of 36 presets and play along to your favorite songs. Mix a total of four effects like Overdrive, Delay and Flanger simultaneously, 5 amp each with 5 cabinets, to create your very own unique sound in-real time as you play. AmpliTube for iPad gives you 11 stompbox style effects. Combining software and hardware using your iPad and electric guitar or bass, you can now jam away in the privacy of your own headphones anywhere you like. AmpliTube for iPad is an iPad app that when connected with the iRig device (sold seperately) turns your iPad into a guitar effects processor that can in real time rigs sounds and effects from a variety of Stomps, Amps, Cabinets, and Mics. IK Multimedia has spawned another stunning new iPad app packed with a stack of 25 speaker cabs and 11 classic guitar effects.

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