I had all of the additional gear available to me for the review, and I was hard pressed to find a sound I couldn't match with AmpLink. You can duplicate existing presets and save your edits, or you can build a new set from scratch. They make a great starting point for finding a sound, and the effects are easy to tweak individually. These range from Snappy Acoustic to Nu Metal Valve King, with plenty of blues, funk and decades of rock history between. Depending on the pedals you have in your arsenal, AmpKit will offer you preset combinations of amps and effects. Whereas the AmpliTube software limited you to three pedals and custom amp settings, you can have as many of the available pedals as you want in an AmpKit setup. Most pedals are around $3 and range up to $6.99. All of the additional gear can be purchased from within the app. Compared to buying the actual hardware to achieve these sounds, of course, it's a tidy savings. It looks like buying the AmpKit+ bundle saves you 50 percent off of buying the gear individually. AmpKit+ is available for $19.99, and includes four amps, two mics and, eight pedals. The free AmpKit app starts, of course, with a metronome and tuner, which are both well done, and it includes a dual-channel amp, two mics, and two pedals. The software on the iPhone is where the party really starts. The extra power gives you added volume on the output, as well as more advanced noise-canceling options.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. Unlike the iRig, it requires two AA batteries, but after daily use for two weeks, I haven't killed the batteries that came with the unit. It gives you a quarter-inch line-in for your instrument, an eighth-inch output to go to headphones, mixer, speakers, etc., and it has an eighth-inch male jack to plug into your iPhone (no iPad app available yet, but the hardware works if you don't mind pixel-doubling the app). The hardware (US$39.99) is pretty simple. That being said, click "Read More" for my thoughts on the AmpKit/LiNK setup. I don't doubt that it would perform well on both counts, but I haven't battle-tested it. I'll tell you up front that I'm not currently gigging, so I can't attest to the road durability of this hardware, or the actual feasibility of using it onstage. I received a review unit of the AmpKit LiNK this month, though, and for the last couple of weeks, it's been the mainstay of my practice sessions. I pre-ordered the iRig, and I loved it from the moment I got it in the mail and plugged my guitar into it (I did unbox it first). Matt Tinsley recently reviewed the iRig and AmpliTube combination that also became available recently. It's loud, it's lightweight, and it's an extremely flexible (and relatively inexpensive) alternative to a floor full of pedals. That said, I do not recommend it for anyone else, because it always remains a risk, and you'd be smart and safest to turn the tubes off.Peavey and Agile Partners have just introduced AmpKit and AmpKit LiNK, an iPhone-based hardware/app combo that takes portable guitar and bass effects to a new level. If I had a fully enclosed integrated of modest power from the likes of Leben or Audio Note, I would not worry too much about leaving that on either. Not to mention when you simply forget to turn the gear off. Small signal tubes, fully enclosed - like in preamps - I personally have no problems leaving on. Over the years I have gotten to know and trust my equipment to a point that allows me to leave some gear on, go run errands or what not, and come back to listen - without too much paranoia. At the same time, there are amps on ebay that I would not leave without supervision for 5 minutes. After that it worked fine another five years in a friend's home, and was not too bad out of spec. I know of one McIntosh MC225 that was in continuous service in a radio station, on 24/7, for over fifteen years, with only breaks for tube changes and yearly checkups. There are amps that have been known to run for years without a problem, and run fairly hot. All about the layout, build quality, the circuit, operating points, environmental conditions, etc. Click to expand.It's impossible to generalize like this.
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