* I have a piece coming up about IT management, communication and being responsive.
** And another piece about Christmas in August
I read a few weeks ago a review of the amp simulator software AmpliTube by IK Multimedia coming to the iPhone and iPad, the review was quite positive in the overall quality of the amp simulation. I was familiar with the software and I was very curious to try it on my iPad. The price was right, they have a free version and the full app runs around $20 US. Cheaper than flying to the UK to buy a new guitar amp.
To make it work required that I also purchase a special cable to allow me to plug my guitar in to the iPad. There are a couple of such cables on the market and based on the reviews, I chose the iRig unit. The challenge was to actually get the iRig to me here in Eldoret. As will be explained later, I managed to to do that and this morning I was able to briefly test things out.
I'm impressed and pleased overall. It won't replace a full amp, but it is much better than my little Vox amPlug headphone amp and my initial reaction puts it ahead of my Line 6 Pocket POD. I am looking forward to loading up the AmpliTube software on my iPhone for a cool little portable amp.*
* As an add-on, I recently received a Klipsch iGroove powered speaker unit for my iPhone, in concept it is the same as the Bose Sound Dock, but cheaper. The nice thing about the iGroove is the line-in jack on the back of the unit. I can plug in my iPad or my laptop and enjoy much fuller audio than through the small internal speakers. And I am able to send the output from AmpliTube to the iGroove as well giving me the ability to kick up a bit of a racket. Ahhhh, overdrive.
None of this means that I'll forgo buying an amplifier anytime soon, but for now this will keep me occupied.
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