Ah well, a few years ago, I never thought you could do this type of thing with a cell phone, so I have faith that the brilliant developers will be able to figure this out in time. Here I have an app with pretty good tone, and iReal Book with it's limitless library and great playback feature, perfect for a portable solution but no way for the two to communicate with each other. If I could do that I would have the best portable practice solution around! I have tried all the portable Tascam mp3 trainers but the tones are just bad, and it's a hassle importing jam tracks, especially ones made from BIAB. It would be nice to be able to load up a song from iReal Book or better yet be able to play both at the same time. I've been really enjoying IK Multimedia's Amplitude for iPhone and it has the ability to import 50 songs in mp3 format, so I've loaded those up with backing tracks to jam over. If I wanted to plug into this and that and chain myself to more gear, I would stick to what I have been doing. However, I envisioned this as a standalone practice solution. In that situation, I play out of my normal amp. I've used it successfully as backing tracks for a guitar jam I host at my house, by plugging it into my computer's audio interface. iReal Book was a godsend for me as it practically gave me what I enjoyed in BIAB on a small portable device. I already have Band In A Box along wiith Line 6 Ampfarm as well as all the PA, mixers, and amps I've collected over the years. The thing is, I've been working hard to create a totally standalone headphone practice solution. Other than that, I love the app! I've plugged it into my practice amp (not exactly mobile) and it sounds great! Even better than BIAB which has latency/stuttering problems on my old dog computer. I already understand the concerns about battery drain, but I know how to watch my battery meter. I'm hoping that some solutions are found, either from Apple or the 3rd party app developers to accomodate this. I was hoping I'd have something portable to sit on the porch, by the fireplace, or for travel. I can already play along with BIAB on my computer and Line 6 interface. Like I said, that was a real dissappointment to me as I was really hoping to jam over iRealbook without hooking up further gadgets, defeating the mobile aspect I intended. The same scenarion happens when you open Amplitube first, then launch iRealbook. All the phones resources are used to run the foreground app, Amplitube. However, once Amplitube launches, iRealbook goes into a "suspend" mode and stops playing. ![]() I'll have iRealbook playing a chart, which continues to play as I use the multi-tasking function to launch Amplitube. Only problem is, you cannot multi-task to run both the iRealbook and Amplitube at the same time. AmpKit LiNK HD Features Preamp input gain control Pro-quality high-definition preamp with ultra low-noise Pro-quality 24-bit A/D converter 44. For that, I picked up Ampltube for iPhone which is a pretty good amp sim. AmpKit LiNK HD was specifically designed to provide solutions for the iPhone platform. You will need some kind of amp simulator app to get a processed sound. iRig is just an interface to hook a guitar into the iPhone. I love portable solutions for guitar practice. Regarding the iRig, that's the first thing I bought when I picked up a new iPhone.
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