Re: [Harp-L] iPad apps

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Hale wrote:
<I'm planning to buy an iPad soon, and want to know what apps you have seen
<that greatly benefit the performing harp player?

Digitech offers a piece of hardware that you can drop an iPad into--the ipad is basically enclosed by the hardware--to create a more or less infinitely configurable multiFX rig.  There are a lot of virtual effects processors on tap, and you can order them in any sequence you like. The hardware has all the external connections, hand and foot controls, etc. built into it.  Check out their site at Digitech.com.  This is well beyond what you asked for (big dif between an iPad app and a piece of hardware that costs around $700) but it's also a very cool setup, and it will help protect your iPad on stage.  See digitech.com.

IK Multimedia offers a Guitar Rig app for the iPad.  Guitar Rig is one of the leading computer based amp modelers, and the iPad version is essentially the same. If you've already got the iPad, it's the least expensive way to get a pro-grade (meaning great sounding, reliable, and flexible) amp modeling and FX rig.  IK multimedia also offers audio interfaces for the iPad, which means you can run it onstage as your multiFX.  See IKMultimedia.com.

I know there are killer recording apps available for iPad, but I don't know what they are, so I'll stop here.  I did see a piece in Recording magazine this month about a 48-track DAW running on the iPad that sells for $60. That's probably the high end for recording apps on the iPad.  The reviewer thought it was pretty great.

Regards, Richard Hunter 


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