iRig vs Peavey AmpKit

Post by **Doog** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:48 pm

Hey guys, anyone had direct experience with both of these iDevice guitar input doohickeys?

I've had the free Amplitube app for ages (on my old borrowed Touch 3G, and now my own new Touch 4G) and figured I'd finally put it to use by dropping a bit of coin on an interface.

I know the Peavey is powered to eliminate crosstalk and general interference-based nastiness; is the iRig noisy in comparison?

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:59 pm

amplitube is far superior an less noisie, since the new version came out.

I only have the peavey input thing, it's suppose to be better, there's a youtube video that seams to prove that. And it's cheaper.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:52 am

i find my irig/amplitude can get noisy depending on what else is on in the room at the same time. at the moment I'm limited to daytime playing as all the dimmers in our house cause havoc with it, which defeats the purpose for me now as I bought it for practicing in the evening. I asked their support if they could help and they said maybe the next release might have a patch to sort it out as test showed it wasn't the rig itself.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:21 am

Cheers guys, I kinda wish that video actually had some genuine content rather than piss-poor camera audio filmed from a distance.

I may just go for the Peavey and hope for the best; it's only a few quid more expensive than the iRig, and I'll mainly be using it for HEAVY ROCK DISTORTION so wouldn't wanna take my chances with a passive interface if they're that susceptible to interference.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:57 pm

I never had any feedback problems with the peavey, and most of my playing is done with some kind of fuzz on...

Post by **Mike** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:40 pm

Huge fan of iRig, but have no experience of the Peavey. No problems in terms of noise or interference for me in multiple scenarios

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:23 pm

iRig runs great on iPad and no noise issues except for simulated amp noise. I was using the full version Amplitube on iPad with iRig. Played well with my pedalboard as well. No experience with Peavey yet. I hope to get an iPad 2 and the Fender Amplitube to test in the near future.

fostewi · Post by **fostewi** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:35 pm

taylornutt wrote:iRig runs great on iPad and no noise issues except for simulated amp noise. I was using the full version Amplitube on iPad with iRig. Played well with my pedalboard as well. No experience with Peavey yet. I hope to get an iPad 2 and the Fender Amplitube to test in the near future.

Have you downloaded grageband on your iPad yet and tried iRig? I have iRig and Amplitude full (+Fender) on my iPhone but am thinking of getting an iPad and think I would go with Garageband because of the ability to use so many other sounds for recording (e.g. make your own drums!) and lopping, etc. with the recorder. On my Mac, I do find the Line 6 amp/pedals models (using Toneport UX1) superior to Garageband but GB on the iPad looks incredibly useful. However, when I tried iRig on my mac there was quite a bit of feedback unless I turned the volume down pretty low.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:43 pm

As I went into in another thread, I was sent the Peavey because the irig was out of stock, I went back and forth about sending in back and asking for what I'd ordered but in the end, as much out of laziness than anything, stuck with the Peavey. It worked fine not a problem, but recently died on me, I've only had it a 3 or 4 months and didn't use it heavily.

This may will be an isolated case and doesn't really tell you anything, but when i get round the replacing it I'll definitely go for the irig. I'm pretty sure I saw one in Mapplin the other day which a bonus over internet ordering.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:19 pm

fostewi wrote:
taylornutt wrote:iRig runs great on iPad and no noise issues except for simulated amp noise. I was using the full version Amplitube on iPad with iRig. Played well with my pedalboard as well. No experience with Peavey yet. I hope to get an iPad 2 and the Fender Amplitube to test in the near future.
Have you downloaded grageband on your iPad yet and tried iRig? I have iRig and Amplitude full (+Fender) on my iPhone but am thinking of getting an iPad and think I would go with Garageband because of the ability to use so many other sounds for recording (e.g. make your own drums!) and lopping, etc. with the recorder. On my Mac, I do find the Line 6 amp/pedals models (using Toneport UX1) superior to Garageband but GB on the iPad looks incredibly useful. However, when I tried iRig on my mac there was quite a bit of feedback unless I turned the volume down pretty low.

I borrowed the iPad from a family member, so I don't have it right now. I do plan to get it once I get it back or get my own.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:22 am

I was all set to buy the iRig thing for 40$, until I read the the fine print, it is really 60$ for the hardware plus the software. Still not a whole lot but more than I can spend right now.