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Loopy App for iPhone & iPad Usage + Mini Review

Loopy (iPhone & iPad – $8 / iPhone only – $4) completely dominates the looper market on iOS. This super solid, feature packed looper has provided for more usage, fun, and musical ideas than all of my previous hardware combined. Thanks to MIDI support, you can connect foot MIDI controllers like the Behringer FCB1010 and control Loopy with your feet while playing a physical instrument – and thanks to Core Audio you can connect HQ, class compliant, audio interfaces. The most exciting feature however is Audiobus computability, allowing you to send other apps into Loopy, or process Loopy through other apps. Whether you’re a guitarist looking for a looper to practice with on the go, a beatboxer, or an electronic musician working on a track, Loopy’s got you covered.

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The iPhone as a Guitar Pedal

I got an email from a reader today sharing that they’re using their iPhone running JamUp Pro, as a guitar pedal…

“I’ve got my strat going into the iRiffPort on my iPhone running JamUp, and that output going into my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe – it’s been great to be able to experiment with so many different pedals on the cheap, and these JamUp simulations are shockingly close!!!”

All the more reason something like this would be super awesome. Route your iPhone in-between physical amps and pedals and be able to stomp activate it’s effects… If such a pedal existed, with high quality IO, MIDI support for assigning controls to effects inside of the apps, and support for multiple audio processing apps, I’d probably buy it in a heartbeat.

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Video: Audiobus + SoundPrism + Sunrizer + JamUp Pro XT + ThumbJam

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Some nice SoundPrism shredding using Audiobus, Sunrizer, and JamUp Pro!

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Audiobus on the Audiobus - A Tasty Pixel
SoundPrism (now $7.99 from $15.99) on the SoundPrism Pro - Audanika GmbH
Sunrizer Sunrizer synth - BeepStreet
JamUp Pro (now $9.99 from $19.99) JamUp Pro XT - Positive Grid LLC

Share your JamUp Pro XT Bass tones on SoundCloud

A new SoundCloud group for sharing your JamUp Pro XT bass tones!

Don’t forget to send your tracks to the iOS Musician SoundCloud group too!

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JamUp Pro XT for iOS Guitar tone demos with Sonoma Wire Works GuitarJack 2 + Experience with the GuitarJack

Everything was recorded with the Sonoma Wire Works GuitarJack 2 and JamUp Pro XT, which is a fantastic amp and effects simulation app – the best available on iOS in my opinion. All of the amps and pedals used in these demos come with the app – they’re not unlocked by in app purchases – although the IAPs are worth the extra money. I’ve purchased the bass and effects packs ($9.99 each), both of which sound great and have been loads of fun to experiment with.

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The GuitarJack 2 sounds great and is extremely durable, but the interface plugs directly into your iDevice – i.e. there’s no cable in-between it and the dock. This makes it pretty hard to get a ‘dock safe’ connection because a bulky guitar cable’s tugging on the same thing that’s plugged into your device. Sonoma Wire Works sells a dockXtender which helps, but it’s cable is also pretty stiff. CDM put up a post confirming the GuitarJack 2′s compatability with the iPhone 5 via the ‘Lightning’ adapter, so if you’ve got an iPhone 5 this is probably your best bet for making the GuitarJack ‘dock safe.’ I don’t own an iPhone 5 or the adapter, but based on the cables used for Apple’s USB adapters, the Lightning adapter’s is most likely very similar.

Other iOS interfaces, like the Apogee Jam, come as separate units that you connect with a provided cable, but don’t offer simultaneous 1/8″ and 1/4″ (the 1/4″ is stereo) recording. Furthermore, the GuitarJack 2 costs $50 more than the Apogee Jam, but does unlock a bunch of gear in their free app when you plug it into your iDevice.

GuitarJack Specs: Input level control with 60 dB gain + 12 dB pad, Lo-Z and Hi-Z modes. More here.

Gibson SG Classic & Tweed Bassman


Gibson SG Classic & AC Boost amp & MOD Tremolo pedal


Fender Stratocaster & Black Duo & RVB reverb pedal


Gibson SG Classic & Stomp Tube Driver Pedal & Plexiglas amp


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JamUp Pro XT Auria IAP

Wow. JamUp Pro XT will be available, inside Auria. This could be the start of something! We might start seeing more apps appear as IAPs inside of Auria. It might seem pointless with Audiobus on the way, but having an app as a VST, inside Auria would get everything on the same screen. You can even edit mixer and VST settings while VSTs are open. The Audiobus connection pannel does provide for quick app switching, but having everything on the same screen just sounds better. That’s what I’d prefer anyway…

Of course this won’t compete with Audiobus, as there’s an Audiobus SDK for devs to implement it into their own apps to use with many others, opening up all kinds of possibilities, but for JamUp and any others that we might see, Auria IAPs could be pretty useful.

More info on Positive Grid’s website..

Share your thoughts on the forum: Auria IAPs for apps that already exist?

JamUp Pro XT for iPhone and iPad (currently $9.99 from $19.99) on the JamUp Pro XT - Positive Grid LLC
Auria for iPad on the Auria - WaveMachine Labs, Inc.

JamUp Pro XT and Alesis AmpDock: A match made in heaven

The Alesis AmpDock is easily the most sophisticated iOS guitar interface on the market. You’ve got knobs, a separate pedal board, all sorts of ins and outs, MIDI DIN, but best of all, the pedals and knobs are assignable to presets and knobs inside JamUp Pro XT! You can set up knobs in the virtual amps and pedals to be controlled by the physical ones on the AmpDock, and have pedal board trigger different presets… that’s perfect for live use!

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