The iPad is used for many things beyond work and games. It can be a great tool for artistic creation and music. In this case, we want to suggest a few iPad accessories for guitar. Its Connectors, pedals y pedalboards that will serve to control the distortion of your guitar or bass from iPad so you can rehearse new sensations or even use it for concerts.
iRig by IK Multimedia
The iRig is a interface which allows you to connect your guitar to your iPad, connects through a Jack port to your tablet and then to the guitar through a Jack input. Then you can control thanks to its free application AmpliTube. All together it allows you from a 4-pedal pedalboard, amp head, amp, microphone, and 4 tracks to record. The good thing is that it not only works with the iPad but with iPhone and iPod Touch
The sound you generate is monitored from the headphone outlet that it incorporates. The good thing is that the Amplitube application is also in other special versions with fender pedals, Fender Amp, and a paid one with pedals and amps chosen by Slash, Amplitube Slash for iPad, which cost 11 euros each.
The iRig costs 19,99 euros at Amazon.com.
iRig Stomp by IK Multimedia
It is the same as the iRig but with a real pedal. It also has a huge knob to increase the gain. Besides this it has some advantages. The first is that it uses its battery circuit to prevent noise or fog from seeping through when we use large amplifiers, especially when recording. The second is that you can integrate it with another traditional pedalboard and with any type of amplifier for live performances, thanks to its jack output. It is very compact and just the right size to be easy to carry and at the same time useful for foot operation.
The applications you can use are the same as in iRig. See what Slash is capable of with this juicer and Amplitube Slash.
It can be purchased at specialty music stores for a price of EUR 46.
Digitech iStomp
This pedal goes one step further than the ones we've seen before. Digitech has developed a whole pedal set, up to 34 that you can include in your iStomp from any iOS device, including the iPad, after purchasing them on your Stomp shop. It is a pedal that already has manual adjustments, up to four controls in roulette, to adjust the distortion of the pedal to your liking. It is connected by a special DSC cable designed in collaboration with Apple. From the Stom Shop you can not only buy pedals but they are stored and then you can choose to load it into iStomp. The good news is that iStomp works without the iOS device, which actually becomes a pedal bag. It has two jack in outputs and two jack out outputs so you can connect it to amplifiers or other pedalboards.
Another cool thing is that they sell stickers to personalize the device.
It is a bit expensive, but it is the one that receives the best reviews. Costs 144 euros in online stores like this one.
Griffin StompBox
Designed especially for iPad although it works with all iOS devices. Is a full-fledged pedalboard with four pedals that works with many guitar effects applications such as JamUpPro XT and iShred Live. It is connected by a special cable, GuitarConnect Cable, with three terminations: one for the pedalboard, one for the iPad and one for you to listen to through headphones. With an output jack port it can be connected to other expression pedals such as wah-wah and thus enhances the performance.
You can assign each pedal a different effect and then adjust it or directly change it from your iPad. Jamup is the application they recommend the most to get the most out of the Stompbox and it has a free version, jam up lite, to start messing around.
Its price is reasonable, 75 euros in online stores.