VocaLive is designed to work with the iRig mic. Since I can’t demonstrate these apps, we’ll move on to voice, and since we’re already talking about ik Multimedia, let’s take a look at… I’m sure there are plenty of others out there.
IVOXEL VOCALIVE PRO
Two other contenders are JamUp Pro from Positive Grid and StompBox from 4Pockets. Again, since I’m not a guitarist I haven’t purchased this app, will just have to refer you to their website. You can purchase various effects modules, similar to the foot peddles in Garage Band. In addition to Garage Band, iK Multimedia makes its own amp app called Amplitube. You can also add up to four effects peddles, with everything from reverb to distortion effects. You would have to use an input device such as the iRig adapter, but once you’re connected you can select from a wide range of amp styles. One of the performance modules in Garage Band is a guitar amp. Since I’m not a guitarist, I can’t really offer sound clips by way of demonstration, but will just have a few screen caps, starting with our old friend… We’ll start with some of the apps that mimic the performance peddles guitarists use, then move on from there. Once you’ve got a way to get decent sounds into the device, you’re ready to start adding effects. Of these two, the adapter is probably the most versatile, since you can plug other microphones or just about any other type of signal into it. Street price for the mic is about $60, and $40 for the adapter, so you’re looking at about $100 for ways to get sound into your device. As with the mic, there is a way to plug in headphones or line out. Instead of a microphone, you can plug in a 1/4 inch stereo plug from a keyboard or guitar.
IVOXEL VOCALIVE PATCH
However, it’s plug does have a headphone out port so that you can patch sounds out of the iPad into a recorder or other device. As a mic there is nothing particularly special about it. IK Multimedia makes two products designed specifically for the iOS environment. However, if you want to input from another sound source, or have a higher quality of sound, you’re going to need a different input device. There is the built-in mike on both the iPad and iPhone, and that works well if you’re just goofing around. I’m not sure how it would work in a studio setting, though.īefore we get started we need to look at ways of getting sound INTO the iOS device. If you’re doing a jam session or just practicing, these are great. The portability of the device makes it a great alternative if you needs some quick effects and don’t want to lug all your gear with you. Rack-mounted effects are still important in studio work, but most of those effects can now be found on performance devices themselves, such as keyboards, etc.Įffects apps for iOS seem to look more like performance level devices, and this makes sense. Now a whole range of effects peddles can be found. These were usually geared toward guitarists, and included the Fuzz, WahWah, Flanger, and distortion peddles. There were rack-mounted devices that controlled EQ, compression, reverb, delay, etc. This could be as basic as adding reverberation to make it sound like your in a large auditorium instead of a small recording studio, or as complex as auto-tuning, looping, or otherwise radically altering the sound.Įffects devices typically took two forms. The phrase “effects processor” is a catch-all term that refers to just about any way that sound is manipulated before its amplified, recorded, etc. This time we’re going to take a look at the devices as effects processors. So far we’ve looked at iOS devices as digital audio workstations, notation readers and scorers, and as musical synthesizers.
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