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Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 18 2011, 04:09 AM

I thought I'd start a thread for folks interested in exploring the use of "Mobile" technologies for Music Production. I've been using an Iphone (as it is basically an iPod) and recently an iPad (now with the Alesis Dock) for creating music, sounds, etc. The range of tools is just insane and it's been almost overwhelming trying to get a grip on it. So I thought' I'd start the thread with some pix of a new bit of kit I've been working with. The Alesis Studio Dock.

This piece of gear is a doc for an ipad 1 or 2 and provides XLR / Guitar Jack in / Out (Finally!) So you can record directly using Guitar Rig Mobile or any plugin you like. I've been downloading wads of them and hope to try each in turn. Here are some pics of the Alesis dock. I"m still experimenting with it. More to come!







Posted by: zoom Sep 18 2011, 09:38 AM

Cool! look forward to some info on all this stuff. Looking at getting an Ipad 2 currently. How much did the dock set you back?

Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 19 2011, 02:51 PM

QUOTE (zoom @ Sep 18 2011, 04:38 AM) *
Cool! look forward to some info on all this stuff. Looking at getting an Ipad 2 currently. How much did the dock set you back?


The Alesis IPad Doc is about $200 US. So less in Euro. A couple hundred bux to turn the ipad in to a usable studio instrument/tool seems an honest value. Midi/XlR Out/In Video Out, etc. It's just handy!

Here is a link with info/video. The vid shows using it for full blown mobile production. Have not tried that yet though.

http://www.alesis.com/iodock


Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Sep 19 2011, 03:30 PM

Damn ,great gadget and very affordable price smile.gif ! thanks Todd !

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 19 2011, 04:59 PM

Awesome! I didn't know that this type of equipment exists.. thanks Todd!

Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 19 2011, 11:08 PM

QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Sep 19 2011, 11:59 AM) *
Awesome! I didn't know that this type of equipment exists.. thanks Todd!


It was new to me too. smile.gif I was a bit suprised to find it but I'm really impressed with it.

QUOTE (Sinisa Cekic @ Sep 19 2011, 10:30 AM) *
Damn ,great gadget and very affordable price smile.gif ! thanks Todd !


The list price is nearly $400 US but everyone is selling them for $200 US. It's a killer device and the sound quality is really quite good. I'll upload a sample.


http://www.alesis.com/iodock


Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 20 2011, 05:40 AM

AMPKIT+ for (iPad and iPhone)

INFO @
http://agilepartners.com/apps/ampkit/gear/


I have been experimenting with an APP called AMPKIT for iPad and iPhone. I'm just shocked how good it is for a "Mobile" App. The tone is Impressive. I honestly think it might work for a live gig. You can download it for FREE from the apple store if you have an iOS device. Here are a couple of recordings on stock patches. I read about ALEX SKOLNICK using it for warming up backstage at gigs and thought I'd try it. It RAWKS.

 Ipad_MetalTone_Test_Ampkit.mp3 ( 602.59K ) : 208


Second tone on the way....


Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 20 2011, 06:37 AM

QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Sep 20 2011, 12:40 AM) *
AMPKIT+ for (iPad and iPhone)

INFO @
http://agilepartners.com/apps/ampkit/gear/


I have been experimenting with an APP called AMPKIT for iPad and iPhone. I'm just shocked how good it is for a "Mobile" App. The tone is Impressive. I honestly think it might work for a live gig. You can download it for FREE from the apple store if you have an iOS device. Here are a couple of recordings on stock patches. I read about ALEX SKOLNICK using it for warming up backstage at gigs and thought I'd try it. It RAWKS.

 Ipad_MetalTone_Test_Ampkit.mp3 ( 602.59K ) : 208


Second tone on the way....


Here is a clean tone (chorus, Delay, etc. I just bought the Digital Delay, each Pedal in software is like $5 U.S.) .
 AmpkitClean.mp3 ( 1.26MB ) : 218

Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 20 2011, 01:02 PM

QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Sep 20 2011, 01:37 AM) *
Here is a clean tone (chorus, Delay, etc. I just bought the Digital Delay, each Pedal in software is like $5 U.S.) .
 AmpkitClean.mp3 ( 1.26MB ) : 218



VERY SPIFF APP! (LICK OF THE DAY!) Free.

A handy mobile app with a fresh lick every day. Found it on the same site I found AMPKIT.

http://agilepartners.com/apps/lickoftheday/


Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 20 2011, 06:58 PM

QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Sep 20 2011, 01:37 AM) *
Here is a clean tone (chorus, Delay, etc. I just bought the Digital Delay, each Pedal in software is like $5 U.S.) .
 AmpkitClean.mp3 ( 1.26MB ) : 218


Here is another AMP KIT for ipad tone I"m working on. This one with Octaver. Very THICK.

 THICK_CRUNCH.mp3 ( 950.03K ) : 197




Here is a link to the AmpKit Group on soundcloud. Lots of folks making crazy tones.

http://soundcloud.com/groups/ampkit#

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Sep 26 2011, 10:02 PM

Very interesting piece of kit Todd, and not costing that much either. Thanks for sharing this smile.gif

Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 28 2011, 04:58 PM

QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Sep 26 2011, 05:02 PM) *
Very interesting piece of kit Todd, and not costing that much either. Thanks for sharing this smile.gif


More to come wink.gif I also tried an app called iShred Live which is similar to AMP KIT. It's pretty amazing that a device this small can serve as multi track recorder/amp emulator/etc. all wrapped up in one.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Oct 2 2011, 12:48 PM

Did they create some online store or something? This is where the real money is. I noticed that you can buy models online, so this is the right move. IK Multimedia is doing the same thing now with Amplitube 3.

Posted by: Todd Simpson Oct 14 2011, 08:01 PM

QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Oct 2 2011, 07:48 AM) *
Did they create some online store or something? This is where the real money is. I noticed that you can buy models online, so this is the right move. IK Multimedia is doing the same thing now with Amplitube 3.


Yup smile.gif Lots of software vendors are realizing that "Ala Carte" letting folks by just the bits they want. The new AMPLITUDE 3 is FREE! For the base software with a couple of amps/pedals, then it's pay as you go. Here is a link to download the free version.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/amplitubefree/download/

Here is a pic of the "store front"







Posted by: Todd Simpson Oct 19 2011, 02:46 PM

How about this, REAPER on iPad! : ) It's running on my my laptop with an app the makes the ipad in to a second monitor. So it also makes REAPER a "touch" app. You just tap the screen to record, play, change level. Pretty cool!


Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Oct 20 2011, 06:29 PM

Awesome feature Todd! smile.gif

Posted by: Gary Oct 22 2011, 03:50 AM

I just bought an Ipad 2 for my kids.. was wondering what kind of goodies were availble for modeling / recording. I was also wondering if the processor could keep up with the demand and not be a latency laggard.

I was just checking out the Alesis IO dock the other day in new Sweetwater Catalog.. looks nice and simple.

I will be watching so please keep posting smile.gif

Thanks Todd,
Gary

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Oct 26 2011, 07:18 PM

Yeah more demos of these interesting hardware addons would be great man! smile.gif

Posted by: Todd Simpson Nov 12 2011, 02:56 AM

Back through some of the posts above to see what we've covered so far with the Alesis Dock. It's AWESOME! More to come.

QUOTE (Gary @ Oct 21 2011, 09:50 PM) *
I just bought an Ipad 2 for my kids.. was wondering what kind of goodies were availble for modeling / recording. I was also wondering if the processor could keep up with the demand and not be a latency laggard.

I was just checking out the Alesis IO dock the other day in new Sweetwater Catalog.. looks nice and simple.

I will be watching so please keep posting smile.gif

Thanks Todd,
Gary


Posted by: Todd Simpson Nov 12 2011, 02:56 AM

Back through some of the posts above to see what we've covered so far with the Alesis Dock. It's AWESOME! More to come.

QUOTE (Gary @ Oct 21 2011, 09:50 PM) *
I just bought an Ipad 2 for my kids.. was wondering what kind of goodies were availble for modeling / recording. I was also wondering if the processor could keep up with the demand and not be a latency laggard.

I was just checking out the Alesis IO dock the other day in new Sweetwater Catalog.. looks nice and simple.

I will be watching so please keep posting smile.gif

Thanks Todd,
Gary


Posted by: Todd Simpson May 16 2012, 12:31 AM

I'm going to do a full review of the TASCAM iXZ portable iOS Recording Interface. Here are some pix.




Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Sep 2 2012, 09:02 PM

Hey Todd, great stuff man smile.gif If I'm ever getting an Ipad, these things just might come in handy!

Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 3 2012, 06:01 AM

PICKING YOUR WEAPON: GETTING STARTED FOR UNDER $50 WITH ipad/ipod/iphone MUSIC CREATION!

(I posted this in another thread but realized it should go here and I"m going to add pix and vids)

The iRig is a good way to go and works with the Free AMplitude plugin as most other apps as well. Under $50 for the hardware!

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irig/


The Peavy ampkit is another way to go for about the same price!

http://peavey.com/products/recording/ampkitlink/



And POSITIVE GRID has their own interface for a bit less.

http://www.positivegrid.com/jamup-plug/



Don't forget the handy little Tascam iXz! I have one of these and it's killer smile.gif SUPPORTS XLR INPUT For microphones or any other XLR cable based input as a bonus! It;s the most flexible for around the same $50 price point.

http://tascam.com/product/ixz/


These are compatible with IPOD, iPHONE, and IPAD. So for about fifty euro/dollars, your ready to jump in to mobile music production smile.gif I'm gonna have to make a post about this!

Todd

Posted by: Todd Simpson Jan 24 2013, 04:21 AM

I started this post as a reply to Cosmin when I saw him asking which Delay pedal to buy. But it seems better suited for the iPad/iPod/iPhone thread smile.gif
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VIRTUAL STOMP BOXES AND iOS

If you have an iPhone/iPod/iPad, you can get the IK STOMP BOX which is a very versatile device indeed. You can load any FX you'd like on it and it can become one of dozens of possible fx boxes and acts just like a stomp box smile.gif It uses your iOS device as it's brains so the device must remain connected though.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigstomp/




OR!!!!!!

The Digitech iSTOMP!!!! Which does all processing in the PEDAL ITSELF so you download your stomp box to the pedal and then you don't need to bring your iphone/pod. The pedal is actually programmed and behaves like a standard pedal. The IK device needs to be connected to an iphone/ipod since it's just an interface really wink.gif

http://www.digitech.com/en-US/products/istomp



Posted by: Todd Simpson Jun 26 2014, 12:47 AM

Here is a KILLER web site with wads of resources for iOS music recording/production smile.gif

http://www.ipadmusic.com/apps/daws-for-ipad/

here is a vid about the AURIA app for iPad. AMAZINGLY powerful, 48 tracks!!



Here is a vid all about getting going with mobile music production.


Posted by: Todd Simpson Mar 23 2018, 08:38 PM

Here is a link to the very spiff ZOOM IQ7 PROFESSIONAL RECORDING MIC that works with IPAD/IPOD/IPHONE to give you pro quality recording on the go or anywhere you need it. It's a pro quality mic that connects to your IOS device via lightning connector. It turns your ios device in to a powerful recording solution.

https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/IOS_Sound_Recording



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