If you've ever left a cell phone near a radio or speaker you've probably heard the weird electronic buzzes that sometimes filter through. I first installed it on my iPhone 3GS but yo need to set the phone in what's called "airplane mode" to cut down on noise. A seven out of ten for tone given that I'm using my phone to model amps. Overall I'd rate it a solid eight out of ten for usefulness and tweakability. I hope this gives you guys an idea of what to expect from this app. I used the app on my iPhone 3GS but didn't like the fact you need to switch to airplane mode to cut back on noise so I moved everything over to my 1st generation iPod Touch where that's not an issue. I used a Tom Anderson Classic, an ancient pair of Sony MDR-V600 headphones, and my army of bizarre picks. Okay so that's my first day review of AmpKit+. I need to check Agile's website to find an answer about the multi-tracking as one of the things the app would be great for is fast arranging or building multiple harmonies in a hurry. There's some basic instructions on how to navigate, buy gear, and record, but nothing terribly in depth. This does highlight one major annoyance, no manual. You can record a track, play it back while recording a second track but your tracks aren't combined in any way that I've found. I haven't figured out if AmpKit has the ability to do simple multi-tracking. If you want to share your recording there's also the option for emailing it or uploading to SoundCloud.you do need an account on SoundCloud fwiw. You can re-amp your recordings as well so if you want to hear what things sound like with a different rig it's as simple as selecting the rig in question. The basics are easy enough, press the record button to start, play, press it again to stop. I'm still working on figuring out the recording functions. Right now I'm at about a sixty perfect success rate when scrolling pedals. It requires a very light touch in the right place. One things that stuck out as a repeating headache.if you have more then three pedals you'll need to scroll from left to right to access them, this is hard to do without bringing up the details page by accident. Depending on what the item is you can tweak as much or as little as you want. To change or adjust an item you simply touch it which brings up that item's details page. One of the reasons I went with the Peavey/AmpKit was that the app was developed by Agile who also make the Guitar Tool Kit which I've been using for a year. The app is very easy to navigate with a layout that makes sense. I appreciate their attempt to make things as genuine as possible but we're talking about virtual amps on your iPhone.you should be able to jack the gain into surreal territory without causing the dogs undue distress. On high gain settings you need to be careful as the unit will squeal and feedback like a real life rig.in my opinion a bit to much like a real rig. The clean tones can be a little quacky and plastic feeling but overall it's easy to dial in a satisfying tone without much effort. Sound and tone wise I'm impressed with the quality of everything. I've already bought a few amps (cabinets are included but you can also buy them separately) and pedals.some things like the D-Delay are a must as there's no good delay effect otherwise. Buying everything would put the overall cost of the app at or around a hundred bucks.which I'm guessing the guys Agile are hoping for knowing most guitarists suffer from GAS. I'm not sure how I feel about having to spend twenty dollars on an app then still have the option to spend anywhere from a buck (for microphones) to six dollars (for some of the amps and pedals). They also show you the presets you can't access yet if you're lacking a particular piece of gear. There's a long list of presets as well but I haven't dug to deeply in them yet as I was more interested in building a rig. I haven't played around with the mics to much but you have a choice of positions between on and off-axis. The plus comes with a Workhorse 57 and a Germann 87. There are also some options for microphones. The Lone Flanger (they call it an original pedal design) The pedals included with the plus version are. With the plus version you get the following amps.Īll the amps are 'heads' allowing you to mix and match from a variety of cabs, from 4x10, 4x12, 2x12, and 1x12. First impressions were good although I got some loud pops when I moved the iLink box.I switched to a different cable and the problem went away.
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