
However, it seems clear that IK has abandoned Android support. Technically speaking, you can download the AmpliTube app to your Android device and connect to the Pro I/O if you spend $30 extra to get the necessary microUSB cable. SoftwareĪndroid users should forget about the Pro I/O. It's hard to believe IK Multimedia crammed so much functionality into such a small box. It's really easy to hold and use one-handed. You can't quite tote it around in your pocket, but it's small and light enough to stick in a gig bag, backpack, or briefcase. The Pro I/O is really compact, measuring about 5 by 1.73 by 1.37 inches. The I/O may be smaller than the Duo, but it actually has more features. The iRig Pro I/O looks as though IK Multimedia took its larger Pro Duo, which we reviewed last year, and chopped it in half. Paired with IK Multimedia's various apps, the Pro I/O lets you turn any space into a recording studio on the go. The iRig Pro I/O from IK Multimedia is a portable adapter that accommodates guitars, basses, keyboards, microphones, and even MIDI gear.

In order to do that with quality, you need an in-between device that converts the analog signals from your instrument to the digital signals needed by your iPhone. You're better off connecting your guitar or microphone to the iPhone. Then I can set the length of the rectangle to set the length of the note and/or I can change its position to alter the timing.īecause I have never used samplers or synths I don't know whether this method is a standard way of doing things and therefore so obvious that it is never mentioned in the product reviews or, alternatively, if it is a unique feature which is not included if it is not mentioned in a review of a product's features.As good as Apple's devices are at recording audio on their own, the internal mics can only do so much.

In doing so, I can easily score on paper a lead trumpet part for example, add block harmony for 3 other trumpets and then tell the app how and when to play it by simply tapping the screen and putting a little coloured rectangle on the screen at the point at which I want the app to play the note.

Put simply, I am just trying to find something akin to the Smart Instruments in Garage Band but with better sounds and more of them. Control via a guitar interface is not what I want either. I looked at Thumbjam but it seems more to be for live performance.
