Category: Guitar Software

GuitarJack Model 2 iOS Guitar Input

Sonoma Wire Works has introduced the GuitarJack Model 2 audio interface, designed to connect a wide range of instruments, microphones, and other audio hardware to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch via 1/4 inch instrument and 1/8 inch stereo mic/line inputs. GuitarJack Model 2 offers stereo recording, simultaneous voice and instrument recording, 60 dB of … Continue reading “GuitarJack Model 2 iOS Guitar Input”

Guitar Jack 2Sonoma Wire Works has introduced the GuitarJack Model 2 audio interface, designed to connect a wide range of instruments, microphones, and other audio hardware to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch via 1/4 inch instrument and 1/8 inch stereo mic/line inputs.

GuitarJack Model 2 offers stereo recording, simultaneous voice and instrument recording, 60 dB of continuous level control, configurable Pad, Lo-Z and Hi-Z modes, and increased drive for headphones. GuitarJack Model 2 is compatible with iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPad, and iPod touch (2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation).

FourTrack, StudioTrack, TaylorEQ and the new GuitarTone App include the GuitarJack control panel, where users can select an input and set the input/recording level. GuitarJack also provides a input/output solution for third party amp models, tuners and recording apps.

Features:

  • 1/4 inch (6.5 mm) instrument input – nickel-plated solid brass Switchcraft (10,000 MTBF) jack
  • 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) stereo mic/line input – (no phantom power is provided)
  • 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) stereo headphone/line output with increased drive for headphones
  • Dock connector designed for use without removing most cases
  • Sleek and rugged aluminum shell

GuitarJack Software Features: (Control Panel Included in FourTrack, StudioTrack, TaylorEQ and GuitarTone)

  • Level Control:
    • 60 dB of continuous level control
  • Input Modes:
    • Instrument (1/4 inch) – mono – Pad, Lo-Z or Hi-Z mode
    • Mic/Line (1/8 inch) – mono, dual-mono or stereo – Pad, Normal or Boost mode
    • Both inputs – Mic/Line input on left channel and Instrument on right channel

Included Software:

  • GuitarTone and TaylorEQ are available for free from the App Store on on iPad, iPhone or iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/
  • Additional Amps and Effects ($19.99 value) enabled in GuitarTone, FourTrack and StudioTrack Apps while GuitarJack is connected

GuitarJack Model 2 is expected to ship in 4-6 weeks and can be ordered now for $149.

GuitarTone Turns Your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad Into A Virtual Guitar Amp

Sonoma Wire Works has released GuitarTone, a new software guitar rig for iOS GuitarTone includes three free amps and three free effects, with additional tones available for $9.99 per 12-pack. GuitarTone Features: 3 free effects: Phaser, Drive+ and Va-Room 3 free amps: ’60 Slant, Custom and Tweed Blues More amps and effects: 12 more amps … Continue reading “GuitarTone Turns Your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad Into A Virtual Guitar Amp”

Sonoma Wire Works has released GuitarTone, a new software guitar rig for iOS

GuitarTone includes three free amps and three free effects, with additional tones available for $9.99 per 12-pack.

GuitarTone Features:

  • 3 free effects: Phaser, Drive+ and Va-Room
  • 3 free amps: ’60 Slant, Custom and Tweed Blues
  • More amps and effects: 12 more amps and 12 more effects are free while GuitarJack is connected, or $9.99 per 12-pack
  • Each AmpPack includes several amp styles inspired by iconic and boutique gear: See sonomawireworks.com for which amps inspired these tones
  • Each PedalPack includes a variety of effects: Modulators, Wahs, Distortions, Tools and Time Stretchers
  • Every cabinet has four microphone options: Dynamic, Condensor, Ribbon, and Precision mics can be used with any amp
  • Amp and effect presets: Dozens of hand-crafted presets are included, making it easy to find the tone you need
  • Hundreds of amp, cab, pedal, and mic combinations: Arrange, adjust, and save favorites as unique presets
  • Pre and post effects: Drag one or more effects into an effects chain before or after the amp

Add-On Packs:

  • AmpPack 1: 12 amps for $9.99 or free while GuitarJack is connected (55, ’60, Straight, Black Deluxe, Boost 30, Brilliant 15, Brit Blues, Closed Back Slant, Deviator, Nickeltone 84/64, One-off, Pedal Steel and Tweed Twin)
  • AmpPack 2: 12 amps for $9.99 (100 Slant, 100 Straight, San Antone, Classic Blues, Closed Back, Gambler, Meister, Nickeltone 64/84?, Rootbeer 30, Snakeskin, Tweed Deluxe and Tweed Prince)
  • PedalPack 1: 12 effects for $9.99 or free while GuitarJack is connected (12AX7, Autowah, Chorus, Classic Wah, Compressor, Delay, Funk Wah, Reverb, Scoop, Treble +, Uranium Fuzz and Vibrato)
  • PedalPack 2: 12 effects for $9.99 (Bass Autowah, BP Sweep, HP Sweep, LP Sweep, Parametric EQ, Pocketavia, Smooth OD, Warped Flange, Tape Delay, Tremelo, Triode and Chrome Wah)

Requirements:

  • iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation)
  • iOS 4.2 or later

GuitarTone is available now in the App Store as a free download.

Two Free Ways To Get More Out Of The Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth

The Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth is a deep pedal. So deep, that it can be fiddly to try and edit, using just the on-board controls. Fortunately, there are a couple of free solutions that should make working with the Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth a lot easier. First up, there’s an iPad template for TouchOSC (shown … Continue reading “Two Free Ways To Get More Out Of The Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth”

The Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth is a deep pedal. So deep, that it can be fiddly to try and edit, using just the on-board controls.

Fortunately, there are a couple of free solutions that should make working with the Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth a lot easier.

First up, there’s an iPad template for TouchOSC (shown above), created by Marc Benigni:

Many sliders have been replaced with banks of buttons, which I have found to be much more usable.  (They light up when you touch them – neato! – but they don’t persist to represent current state.)  I’ve taken the opportunity to replace a lot of “lawsuit-aware” labels with real descriptions, for instance LIPS becomes Dano 56-U3 and so on.  This is a little more “fun” for me as a guitar geek, and moreover, it’s called out a lot of functionality that I didn’t even know was there.  Embarrassingly, I didn’t realize that MA-28 etc were acoustic guitars; I thought they were mics or pickups I’d never heard of!  So it’s been good to embed some of the documentation right into the UI.

There are pro’s and cons, though.  I’m using a lot more screen space, which itself is both a pro and a con.  And I’m using a lot more memory with this increased control count.  This makes pages load a little slower, and could even result in more TouchOSC crashes.  Oddly, I noticed that labels have OSC command strings, but they don’t actually respond to touch.  So every button is a label imposed over a push button, doubling the control count.

Details are available in the VGuitar forums.

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Ultimate Guitar Tuner For iPhone

Ultimate Guitar has released a new guitar tuning tool for the iPhone – Ultimate Guitar Tuner. Ultimate Guitar Tuner costs $1.99 and turns your phone into a digital guitar tuner. The Chromatic Tuner features an accurate display for fast reliable tuning, and a library of alternate tuning settings. The ‘Brain Tuner’ plays rich string sounds … Continue reading “Ultimate Guitar Tuner For iPhone”

Ultimate Guitar has released a new guitar tuning tool for the iPhone – Ultimate Guitar Tuner.

Ultimate Guitar Tuner costs $1.99 and turns your phone into a digital guitar tuner.

The Chromatic Tuner features an accurate display for fast reliable tuning, and a library of alternate tuning settings. The ‘Brain Tuner’ plays rich string sounds for all the tuning options, so you can tune by ear, if you prefer.

Features:

  • Improved pitch detection algorithm
  • Alternate tunings
  • Adjustable microphone sensitivity
  • Mic level display
  • Switch between linear and non-linear tuning scales
  • Fine-tuning range increased
  • Orchestral tuning

It’s available in the App Store.

AmpKit 1.2 In Action – Here’s What’s New


Man About Town: Luke Tours London with AmpKit 1.2 was uploaded by: agilepartners
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Here’s a quick demo of AmpKit 1.2 for iPad. All the audio you hear was produced by AmpKit 1.2 and AmpKit LiNK.

AmpKit 1.2 is a big release, featuring tone and simulation improvements – including: dual-stage amp simulation, convolution-based cabinet simulation, adaptive input compensation, an upgraded Noise Gate, and solo and mix output shaping

New gear includes:

  • Budda Superdrive 30 Series II.
  • Fargen Olde 800, Super Collider and Hot Mod Baby Blues amps.
  • Rocktron Zombie Rectified Distortion and Cottonmouth Fuzz effects.
  • Sonic Edge J&J Overdrive and Tumbleweed Clean Boost & Compression effects.
  • Two great new models of classic high-gain amps, the Sultan Rack 88 and the Uber Xtreme 101.

via agilepartners

iRig Review & Amplitube Review


iRig Review & Amplitube review and Demo was uploaded by: luismacintosh
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This video offers a review and demo of IK Multimedia’s iRig and Amplitube.

The iRig cable is an adapter that allows you to connect you guitar to your iOS device like an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. The iRig from IKMultimedia.com retails for $40.

IK Multimedia offers two apps that work with the iRig. One is the free version and the other is the full paid version for $19.99.

New iPad Guitar Tab Editor, Progression

Notion Music has introduced Progression, a guitar tab editor for your iPad. Progression gives you the ability to write, edit, and playback guitar tablature or regular notation using real audio samples. Progression comes with acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and bass guitar. You can even select to add additional instruments such as classical guitar, acoustic fingerstyle guitar, … Continue reading “New iPad Guitar Tab Editor, Progression”

iPad guitar tab editor

Notion Music has introduced Progression, a guitar tab editor for your iPad.

Progression gives you the ability to write, edit, and playback guitar tablature or regular notation using real audio samples. Progression comes with acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and bass guitar. You can even select to add additional instruments such as classical guitar, acoustic fingerstyle guitar, mandolin, and banjo.

Features:

  • Enter, edit, and playback tab, notation, or both
  • Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, and Bass Guitar samples included (add additional instruments such as Classical Guitar, Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, Mandolin, and Banjo)
  • Search for tabs online
  • Open NOTION files
  • Open Guitar Pro files (versions 3-5)
  • Clean and intuitive user interface
  • Interactive 24-fret guitar fretboard for fast entry
  • Quick and simple selection palette
  • Distortion and reverb effects
  • Full audio mixer
  • Convenient file sharing
  • Full-range of guitar functions and articulations including: bends, vibrato, slides, hammer on, pull off, mutes, whammy bar techniques, bass slap, harmonics, and more…
  • Drag and drop cursor option
  • Insert text
  • Quick “Undo” and “Redo” functions
  • Chord and melody modes
  • Easy delete and erase capabilities
  • Help Files
  • Enter and edit title and composer information
  • In-App Purchases to add more instruments and gear
  • Free scales and exercises included

Progression sells for $4.99. If you’ve tried it, leave a comment and let us know what you think of it!

Free Distortion Plugin For Windows

Distorque has released a free distortion plugin for Windows, based on the MXR Distortion +. Here’s the structure of the whole effect: Input attenuator -> Input HPF -> Pickup simulation LPF -> Op amp gain -> Op amp HPF -> Op amp bandwidth LPF -> Upsampler -> Op amp clipper -> Output HPF -> Output … Continue reading “Free Distortion Plugin For Windows”

Free distortion plugin for Windows

Distorque has released a free distortion plugin for Windows, based on the MXR Distortion +.

Here’s the structure of the whole effect:
Input attenuator -> Input HPF -> Pickup simulation LPF -> Op amp gain -> Op amp HPF -> Op amp bandwidth LPF -> Upsampler -> Op amp clipper -> Output HPF -> Output LPF -> Output attenuator -> Diode clipping emulation -> Downsampler -> Volume

Details and download are here.

Amplitube 3 Review (Guitar & Bass Amp Simulator)

DSP Project’s Rupert Brown takes a look at IK Multimedia’s Amplitube 3 guitar and bass amp simulator: Amplitube 3 by IK Multimedia is a guitar and bass cabinet simulator I have had for awhile now. But what would a guy who cant play guitar out of a paper bag want with a guitar rig plugin? … Continue reading “Amplitube 3 Review (Guitar & Bass Amp Simulator)”

DSP Project’s Rupert Brown takes a look at IK Multimedia’s Amplitube 3 guitar and bass amp simulator:

Amplitube 3 by IK Multimedia is a guitar and bass cabinet simulator I have had for awhile now. But what would a guy who cant play guitar out of a paper bag want with a guitar rig plugin?

Well it turns out you don’t need to rock an axe to find a lot of useful applications for this bad boy.

In this review / tutorial I will walk you through the interface and give you demos of my application. You guys have asked for more audio samples in previous reviews so this time I will let you have a good listen for yourself, demonstrating 1000 presets (almost).

via DSPProject