iRig 2 review in 2020 - recording into GarageBand
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- This video will help you decide if the IK Multimedia iRig 2 is still worth a buy at it's low price in 2020.
Since its release, phones have lost the headphone jack.
Does that make a difference when using this iRig 2? Watch and we'll discuss how it works, whats apps to use with it and whether it can be used on newer devices with dongles or missing headphone jacks.
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(January 2022 ) Just used the iRig2 with amplitube on an iPad. Works great.
Hi, does it work if we have a bluetooth headphone? will the smartphone conduct the sound thew?
@@SpaceMurloc14
Hi Eliot,
I haven't tried that
@@SpaceMurloc14 depends what headphones cuz some have a little bit of delay that just comes with Bluetooth
@@kanyelover335the Irig hd 2 has Bluetooth?
@@rine413 no bro i was talking about Bluetooth headphones
Great tutorial! I had many doubts about its sound and now they are all clear. Thank you
I was searching how to record loops from my samplers to my iPhone using iRig2.
This vid was of tremendous help. Ty Sir
This video really was educating. The clarity I need. Thanks!
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Great tutorial! Clear, simple, to the point and provided the info I was looking for. Great to see a tutorial-review that is well recorded, well paced and well done. Thanks!
Awesome, thank you!
That was great! Now I can try mine, and expect success.
Subscribed! Thanks for the info. Just got one of these and you've already been more helpful then the instructions that came with it lol
+Real Talk Hey there! Thanks for being here! that's great to hear and glad to help!
See you at the next video!
Lol what instructions they were jack shit
great informative video man. Really thankful for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much for this video, bought one from Sweetwater right after watching it.
+Edgardo Hernandez I appreciate you taking time out of your day to watch this! glad it helped!
I agree I still use my in 2023 can’t go wrong 🤘🏼
Found your channel via the Facebook iPad Musician group. Subscribing to see your future videos. Stay safe, man.
+# SEONN I appreciate you taking time out of your day to watch this! thanks for the sub!
Great..I am going to buy..Your Presentation very good. And useful 👍
Thanks so much for this upload. I have an ipad air 2 I've had for a number of years, I also got a good deal on Bias FX in the recent sale so I'm keen on checking out guitar connection options - I think the iRig2 will be perfect.
Thanks for the help!
Great day brother thanks so much for this quick Demo i just bought my Irig2 today December 10,2020
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Bro im going to buy this in May 2021 😂 🙏
Great mic, thx for your video.❤
THANKS MAN GOOD REVIEW 🤘
+jose ramirez Hey there, Thanks for being here! If you liked what you saw, give me a like and subscribe too, it means alot!
See you at the next video!
Nice! Tks for the video!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing, this will definitely improve my recording. Stay safe & see you...
Thanks! Stay safe out there
Figured you were from Canada by the accent. You're a beauty thanks for the vid. Subbed
Thanks.. enjoyed the vid. Keep up the good work! Peace.. ( :
Just aquired my first six string electric guitar since last messing around with a bass, some forty plus years ago.
Waiting for an iRig 2 to arrive tomorrow and found your video the most helpfull one for me.
Can't wait to get going.
Miss those all analogue concerts I saw in the 70s though!
Thanks
+Der Vampir that's awesome! what kind of electric did you grab? also, I appreciate you taking time out of your day to watch this
@@DarkRoastRecording The guitar kind of grabbed me, as I found it dumped in a skip! It was in great condition and a friend restrung it for me. It's a red Strat copy, but not a Squire. Not sure whether it has been custom-built as there is no branding at all on the guitar?
+Der Vampir regardless, it was a good find sounds like! have fun playing it!
I have a subscription to Ultimate Guitar which incidentally now has branched to singing as well. When it comes to using an android device With an Irig2 or irig2hd it has quite a bit of latency and that's even using a Samsung with professional sound. However,I have used it on an I phone and was impressed with the latency disappearing.ive never had any success with the amplitude series on any cellphone or computer but I use the Tone bridge app from ultimate guitar ,and that app is free for me and I absolutely love it being able to get the tones I want without having a bunchnofnmoneybtied into effects pedals and delays etc. So I run my guitar into tonebridge on my iPhone and then atraightway from the ŵ1
Thank you for sharing and review..
Thanks for watching!
Nice! Thank you! Subcribed!
+Ryan Billy I appreciate you taking time out of your day to watch this Ryan Billy
I just picked one up for $12 at a pawn shop. Good video brother, subscribed
it works with the first Irig the old one , and I have an Ipod v8 thanks to you I know what apps to use
Thanks for watching, glad to help!
Thanks for the video. There is no Adda in the device though. It's a passive analog device. Hence the price.
Thank you!!!
Thanks Man. How you made this video , we can hear the effects you was listening in your headphones? Tha k you. Because is important to go stream , audience listen these effects. Tha k you again.
thank you. wish me luck
Something else you could do to make it sound more full is pan the tracks left and right
Line 6 amp have built in I rig!!
For those who don’t know line 6 A with the capability of plugging in your iPhone or android device will allow you to record through GarageBand as if you were using a I-RIG and you can charge your phone at the same time.
well explained, no loss of time:) i just bought this hoping it would work using the regular camera app on iphone xr, and it does. now my signal comes from a looper (headphones out), not a guitar or bass, and i'm trying to figure whats the best gain setting. seems to me the best is all the way up, while making sure the sent signal is not too strong and does not saturate...would you confirm this?
That’s awesome, and yes i would test it out, turning the gain up on the irig and lowering the input signal in the daw is usually good practice
Great Video! Was thinking about purchasing. Can you capture audio from the irig2 while doing video??
Hey Dark! Is there any latency with iRig + Garage B. when connecting headphones to iOs device via Bluetooth?
Just subscribed, thanks for the video!!! I have a question, does it works with Pro Tools as if it was a conventional interface, such as the Scarlett 2i2???
Hey, thanks for the sub! No, the iRig 2 will nto work like an interface as it is not digital and uses no drivers. It's just sending an analog signal output, nothing more.
I was looking to get one of these for my iPad Pro and band practice. I’ve been using BIAS AMP 2 and FX 2 for my practices and it works great. Only issue is that I have to lug around my only interface which is a Roland Rubix22. The product is great but the only issue is bringing it around with me back and forth between home and band.
My question is, would the iRig do a decent job for live processing? Since I’m using an amp sim for my tone I need next to no latency. I don’t care for quality so much (besides, I’m running my other interface in to my iPad at 44.1k)
Hope that wasn’t too long of a comment 😆
Thanks!
No worries my man, I would say if you're going for lowest latency on an iPad, you may want to try finding the iRig HD 2 as its a USB connection instead of using the headphone jack. But really, test it out first with the irig 2 if you have it, if not go for the HD 2. I did a video demoing that as well here czcams.com/video/js-hYkJwTq8/video.html.
That said, the irig 2 in this vid doesnt give any real latency either, on Android devices is a totally different story.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi man, awsome video
I'm using this on bandlab and I can't here any distortion or fx until after I've recorded it
Do you know anyway around this?
Thanks so much dude I just got guitar tabs pro and I’m checking out what I should use with the Tonebridge app so I’m trying to see what to use for on stage at my church. Would you recommend it for that?
you could use it for that for sure. :D
@@DarkRoastRecording you think it would be good for acoustic?
Hi, enjoyed the Video. Quick question... can you use the 1/4” out to Amp to feed a small powered speaker and will it match what you are hearing in the headphones.
Specially if using Garage Band to practice against recorded backing tracks.
For some reason the original headphone Jack on the original IRig will only power Headphones?
Thanks
John
That’s right. It will send the audio to anything amp or powered speaker. If you set the switch to fx, it will send what you hear headphones after being processed on the device, “thru” will send the signal before any app processing
Hi, thanks for the video.
I wanted to know if iRig can be connected to the PC to be able to listen to the bass or guitar on the PC while listening to other things. Type metronome or pieces of music to play on.
Thank you.
I dont think you could do that because it doesnt act like an interface with configurable outputs unfortunately
I have this glitch on my iPhone where I get the full mix in my headphones but as soon as I unplug it and play it through my speaker the solo (the middle guitar) disappears. Any idea why it does that
iRig UA is meant to be used with Android or windows, hence the A at the end. Now they bundled up Android/Mac on iRig Pro and discontinued UA. I'm an Android user, I have a 1st edition and the UA and still have an old iPhone to use with the iRig as it sounds better with lot less interference.
I appreciate you taking time out of your day to watch this @nunoreis2155
Could you also add a microphone to it if you want to sing along with your guitar playing? Or would you have to go back and do that later on a separate track? I’m looking for a device such as this where I can plug two microphones into it.
You could do separate tracks, but not 2 at once since this is only a single input. Ideally though you would want a USB interface with 2 channel inputs with phantom power option in case you need that depending on the mic you use. for best cheap interfaces, look for BandLab Link Digital or a Behringer UMC22
Is it possible to connect an acoustic guitar (it has a piezo pickup in it) with MacBook Pro and Boss rc-1 via iRig2...without having latency? Great video! :)
Should work with little to no latency.
I there. I have an iRig2 (and it still works with the AmpliTube app). I’d like to be able to use wireless headphones, but it seems that because of the latency it won’t work. Think it would work if I go wired through a mixer and connect to it via Bluetooth?
Thanks for watching!! Irig2 will only work with AmpliTube in iOS devices, not android.
Regarding the headphones, anytime you add a wireless device, you will be extending the latency. You could try it and see if it’s good, you might be ok, but it’s trial and error
Will this be operable to use my Shure SM7b mic for Xbox coming from the Apollo twin mk2?
Will this work just as a mixer for guitar and my phone's music?
this is just what i need. can i plug a stereo jack from an effects unit into it?
Thanks for watching! Absolutely you can
Also I forgot to ask, do you know if the HD2 model is compatible with amplitude on Android as well as IOS? Thanks again
+Gabriel Notti hey man, thanks for watching! I have not tested the HD2 model so I couldn't speak on it from my use, but I have heard it's pretty good with almost no latency, due to the on board processing. I think the android version of amplitude is only good with the UA model now, but check IK MULTIMEDIA'S site and it should say there for sure.
Hey champ, great video, very helpful. Just wondering on your opinion between the Irig 2 and the Irig hd2. Have you tried the irig HD2?
Do you have a video on it? Do you think it's worth paying the difference between them? I live in Australia and with delivery, the irig HD2 model is around US$ 120 and the Irig 2 model is around US$ 70. Cheers mate, thanks for your help
I got an Irig2 yesterday and can't t get the thing to work on my galaxys10 phone I plug my guitar in and get nothing also done t care much for volume know hard to turn . Been fooling around with it for a couple hours might be sending it back I can't t get it to work.
+Alan Wilson with new phones, you'll need to use the headphone dongle to USB-C connector, but it won't work with amplitude in android. you have to use an app like "Deplike" or "tonebridge". try those and see if it works before returning it
@@DarkRoastRecording im alegally blind guitarist so how tf this thing work? God is alien
Does the output coming from the 1/4 inch jack of irig have the effects that we put in the garageband? Can I use irig and garageband instead of a guitar processor?
Yes you can, just set the switch to “fx” and it will send the garageband processed signal out the amp output in the irig
Everything we’ve done has been thru an Irig. Guitar - pedals - peavey bass head - irig - gb
Thanks, goon info, I was wondering does it work with MacBooks as well or only with mobile devices and monoural?
It does work with macbooks, but I would strongly encourage purchasing an Audio interface like the focusrite Scarlett Solo or Arturia MiniFuse instead, they will provide many more features for a few more dollars. The irig is really meant to be used with mobile devices.
With your amp you can turn on and off distortion right? And also you can record on Spire rightc
Yes you can do that on your amp as well. You can use them together to get really cool sounds, experiment with it.
I don’t know about Spire as i haven’t tried it yet, but i assume it will work just fine as the irig is just sending an audio signal to the app
I'm thinking about getting this but not entirely sure if it'll work with my DAW, FL Studio.
+lucifer it'll work with any DAW because it's just an analog interface. just load any audio track in your DAW and select the input you have the iRig 2 plugged into. but honestly, if you have a digital interface, there's tracking no need for the irig2 as any interface will take a line input from a guitar regardless
get the irig hd 2
Hello sir, i want to buy it..but may i know if acoustic guitar with build in amp sounds good on irig2? Would you recommend?
It will work with acoustic guitars that have pickups or sound hole pickups as its just an analog audio signal path. Thanks for watching!!
Subscribed! Just wondering if it’s applicable for audio recording
+Miss Zoey thanks for the sub! for audio recording, it just depends on what you may be recording and what mic you have. it's good enough for any line signal like a guitar, bass, keyboard, etc. I good idea with this would be to connect the instrument to a preamp first, the the preamp to the iRig to maximise the signal quality.
Important question, can you plug the adapter into a laptop
Is there anyway whilst being plugged into AmpliTube via IRig2 to then use another app (CZcams, Solo etc) at the same time? I.e whenever I minimise the screen on iPad it instantly cuts off the sound through Aplitube with headphones plugged in. Seems to be a major flaw of AmpliTube!
have you tried to plug it on an amp? does it have any hum problem?
I have tried that and it has a little hum, but that can be eliminated with a good noise gate pedal. Thanks for watching!
Instead of headphones could you instead plug up a speaker? Like use the IPad/MacBook as a head and a speaker as a cabinet?
+Michael Hillman thanks from r watching! please sub if you haven't already.
you could do that, but your speakers would have to be powered or you would need a pre amp between the iRig and the cab to amplify the sound to the cab/speaker
Jean Claude? .. JK nice video, thanks !
Yes! Thank you!
Will this work on the GarageBand app on my iPhone? I’ve been recording bass and guitar tracks by just setting my phone against the speaker of my amp. Recording one instrument at a time it sounds fine but together it sounds horrible (bass and guitar)
Edit: I bought this device, but when I record guitars, through my headphones it sounds great, but when I listen to the recording it sounds like it’s coming from a flip phone from 2006. Any suggestions?
I have found a delay when I Bluetooth out to an external speaker instead of speakers.
I'm getting really bad latency with the HD2 into windows 10 recording in Bandlab ..any suggestions
Hello i have a 2021 iPad Pro and id like to register an ik hd 2 and dont have an iPhone im wondering how to register without being tech savy. Thank you for at least reading this so much more happing to express.
I’m able to use the AmpliTube app with my iRig 2. I just get a lot of noise that I have no idea how to get rid of. Might be the new iPad UBC connection requiring a USB-C hub
It’s possible, if the noise present with s noise gate pedal in high? If so it may just be too loud coming into the irig, bad cable or a loud pickup. I guess just check the things you can to troubleshoot, switch cables, guitars off possible, etc.
Could you use an electric bass with the I - Rig 2?
I'm deciding to get an Irig, is the difference in price of Irig HD2 vs Irig 2 worth the premium?
I would say it’s worth it as the HD offers a cleaner sound, but depending on what you are doing with it, that may not matter. For recording it may matter, for just jamming it wouldn’t
@@DarkRoastRecording I’m recording black metal so quality is my last concern. I’m just curious if I can record electronic drums directly to the app as well using the guitar input.
Great review but i dont have the Garage Band neither Cubase ect..
Does it have its own software?
Thanks for watching! It does have its own app only for iOS called Amplitube. There are many add-on you can get as well. that said, if you are using an iOS device, you will have Garageband on it, or you just need to download it for free from the App Store. if you are using an Android device, you could use Cubase or Bandlab on Android to record tracks.
Hi, how can I use GarageBand and I rig 2 with Zoom H6 . Please help me.
is this good to record direct video and audio in the regular iphone camera app?
yes
The fishman loudbox amp don’t have a headphone out jack could I use the irig2 so could use headphones ?
I’ve installed an active pickup in my acoustic guitar, can I directly plug it into this interface to do recording
Yes you can, 100%
I was wondering.....what are the alternatives to iRig; specifically for live use??? I want to jump into using my iPad as an Fx processor, however I don't want to drag a big boxy audio interface (like focusrite or presonus or others) around.
irig works well for live performances i think?
if you're trying to keep it mobile n tiny, the Go Guitar Pro from TC Helicon is good, also the iRig HD2 sounds great. both small and would work great for a few extra $$
@@DarkRoastRecording WOW!! I didn’t know TC Helicon had an audio interface. The challenge is I want both Audio and MIDI. The MIDI is used to change patches /presets and things. I use Xtone by XSonic…..but sadly (and perhaps not surprisingly) the foot switches trigger a MIDI message on release rather than press.
hey, does this one work on macbook air ?
Would it work with garageband on a macbook?
Can I do this with a console?
Hi, thanks v much for the video, I’ve linked my guitar up exactly as shown but can’t get any input into GarageBand Sam I doing something really stupid wrong? Thanks for any help
Do you have another device you choose test with to see if it's the headphone jack giving the issue? Like a laptop or phone?
I tried connecting a iRig2 to an iPhone with a lightning port but garageband won't see any input.
I am using an audio jack to lightning adapter. It's a compatible one which used Bluetooth to work, it's not the original Apple one. Is that the reason why it doesn't work? Do I need to get the original Apple audio jack to lightning adapter?
Thank a lot
I only have a Yamaha piano so that I can write the lyrics from my tablet.
I really enjoyed using headset with microphone from Ez Voice because I love singing.
So you are saying Amplitude cant come through android USB-C? is this because the device doesn't have the 1/8 head phone? and if it did (such as a galaxy s10) you would be ok? Are there competitive products for android that you have tried?
+Gary Kelly hey man! it's not the usb-c causing the problem, it's that IK Multimedia changed the app to only support the iRig UA device. The app tries to pair with the iRig but can't because it's not compatible anymore. TC Helicon GO Guitar Pro is a great alternative
How is the sound quality of that compared to something like a Focusrite Scarlett?
The scarlett is better, as in it does the AD/DA conversion and has actual preamps that are decent for the price. This is meant as a mobile solution, light weight easy to carry around
Esse dispositivo funciona bem com o Amplitube 5 no computador????????
I get feedback with irig2 for some reason. Should've just bought some basic external usb sound card instead. (i'm using a macbook)
Make sure you aren’t using headphones/earbuds with an inline mic - this seems to be the source of the feedback. Solved my issues! Good luck!
does your irig2 has hissing, buzzing sound upon connecting it to garageband? even you turn all the knobs of amp into "0"? thanks..
mine does not have any buzzing unless I have some pedals or amp turned on. What you could do is use Deplike app as an audio effect within GB and use the built in Noisegate pedal to take out the buzz. if that doesn't work it may be a bad headphone jack on the device itself.
Anyone tried irig 2 using a wireless guitar connection? Any major feed back noise with it?
Thanks
You know its funny. I search for iRig option, because my Blackstar AMP sounds like shit when I try to connect it directly to my macbook. And I don't have a good mic nor the ability to play loud from amp to a mic, so I hope this will do the job.
Blackstar sucks or maybe i just cant use it
So when it says looking for Amplitude , can you get past that bit? Wont it get stuck? And stop you from using it?
You can't get past that in an android device. It's looking for connection with irig ua. That's why I recommend using deplike instead
Can I use this to pull audio from a Tascam tape deck and record it onto garage band on the iPhone?
Im sure that would work yes
Could you do an update mine no longer works on garage band…
Can it be used in the newest version of logic pro x?
+Timmothie Ortega logic will studio need to use an audio driver installed on your Mac, the iRig 2 has no audio drivers so you would need to connect it to something to get it into logic anyway. if you spent the cash on logic pro x, spend another 100 on a cheap audio interface, Behringer and Steinberg have a few options.
I found a iphone speaker converter (dongle ) that finally works - and i see the sound coming thru on garage band - but i cannot hear my guitar in the back feed - it still sounds unplugged - do you think it might be my amp cord?
it could be, double check that you have the monitoring turned on for that track you are playing on as well.
I have an acoustic guitar, will it work if i connect it to a soundhole pickup??
Yes it will
Is there a way to record into Audacity with PC? I've been trying but can't get it to work
PC doesn't like to use built in mic setting for recording. It would be best to use a USB interface like a behringer UMC22, Focusrite Scarlet Solo, or Bandlab Link Digital
How does it work to use pedals with the iRig? can I connect a distortion pedal before the iRig without burning it?
Thanks for watching! Ive done it and it didn't hurt anything, but it may depend on the type of distortion pedal you're using.
When I use this I’m getting input from both my bass and internal iPhone speaker. How can I turn off my internal iPhone speaker? It’s really messing with quality.
Try JamUp pro app, works great with iRig 2.😊
does that work on android?
Jam up is not available for Android, just iOS
Can it work if I have my guitar going through several pedals BEFORE going through the iRig and into my iPad?
absolutely can work that way.