Back in February of 2012 I bought a thing called a Jam that let me plug my guitar, or microphone into my iPad. I’ve been using the hell out of it since April and in the last week it’s started acting kinda screwy. I found myself at the Apple store in Salem, NH yesterday so I bought a replacement.
It’s called a Sonic Port and it’s made by Line 6.
The package mentioned that it can be used with a Line 6 Pod app. Oh the memories! Prior to figuring out GarageBand I used a Line 6 Pod for all of my recordings. All of those failed RPMs that I did on my ADAT used the Pod. Even that 2012 RPM I did on the iPad used it (only because I hadn’t taken the time to check into the amplifier simulations built into GarageBand). Most importantly, the Pod app interfaces with GarageBand the way the Amplitube apps do.
I hooked in and checked it out tonight. The 50/90 song currently known as Song #14 was written and recorded on it.
I’m a little cheesed to see that it lacks an overdrive pedal. What’s the deal with that? Anyway, earlier this morning I noodled together Song #13 using the midi guitar sound built into GarageBand. When I recorded the real guitars tonight I figured I’d stay on the guitar app theme so I used the Amplitube Fender app. Just for schnitzengiggles.
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