Hello and welcome people to Epic Tutorials review for the iRig HD digital guitar interface
by IK Multimedia, you just heard it in action running through Garageband on iPad accompanied
by my full arsenal of bad guitar faces — tutorial to follow — now this retails for about $100
US dollars from the US Apple Store but if you want a good deal check it out on Amazon
below, there is a link below for only $90, now let's get into the unboxing which will
be followed by our review.
The packaging is pretty nice and easy to open without tearing and inside the box you get
the iRig HD which is plastic but has a nice rubbery texture to it.
You also get a 30-pin connector for older iOS devices, a USB cable so you can hook this
up to a computer as well as a lightning connector for new iPhone's and iPad's which is really
nice.
You also get some paperwork including a registration card, quick start user guide and an IK Multimedia
product catalogue.
Now the first thing I noticed when I picked up the iRig HD is how light it is, yet despite
this, it still feels pretty rugged and has a really nice rubbery finish to it and feels
well made and easy to grip.
It has a 7 pin connector at the top and a 1/4 inch guitar input at the bottom.
Both feel solid and well made.
On the side you have a gain wheel which is tucked away which means once you have set
your levels you won't accidentally keep changing them, which is ideal for live performance
but can be a little fiddly if you are constantly trying to make changes.
When you first connect it to your iOS device the LED on the front will be dark blue.
This means that it is connected.
When you launch an app that support audio in from the digital input it will turn bright
blue indicating it is active.
The green light indicates that audio is being received from your guitar but is too low,
and for the best results it should alternate between green and orange on picking.
For demonstration purposes I will use Garageband for iOS because the iRig HD will work with
any app that supports audio from the 30-pin or lightning connector and it is not limited
to Amplitube alone making this a really versatile product.
The iRig HD features 24bit analogue to digital conversion and it does a beautiful job of
reproducing your guitar's natural tone from clean sounds all the way to high gain distortion.
Overall it's hard to fault the iRig HD by IK Multimedia and for $90 this is an essential
tool for mobile guitarists who want to get the highest quality audio possible so they
can take advantage of that in amp modelling apps like Garageband and IK's own Amplitube.
We give this an EPIC 4.5/5.
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