PocketAmp - Guitar Amp Effects app for iPhone and iPad
4.6 (
6016 ratings )
Music
Entertainment
Developer: POCKETLABWORKS, Inc.
4.99 USD
Current version: 2.1.2, last update: 6 years agoFirst release : 14 Aug 2010
App size: 31.82 Mb
PocketAmp is the best guitar amp app for practicing with your iTunes music, supporting Pitch Shift and Slow Downer for learning!
* 4 amps, 4 cabs, and 7 great effects
* Built-in music player for your iTUNES MUSIC
* Time Stretch and Pitch Shift your iTunes music
* universal full screen support
* true stereo modulation effects
* low latency DSP processing, with very short delay
INSTRUMENT ADAPTER IS REQUIRED.
REVIEWS:
Gear Diary, "Dial in just about any electric guitar sound with precision and with no latency issues. The ability to play along with my music is a feature that keeps me coming back over and over to practice."
Bass Musician Magazine, "PocketAmp REALLY got this one right. PocketAmp gives you access to your ENTIRE iPod library and offers the ability to fast forward, rewind and pause."
ProMusicApps, "Given the wide app support for the iRiffPort Digital Audio Guitar Connection, and the high quality sound it produces, this is a must for guitarists working in the app world."
Blog du mac, "A Marvel to be used without moderation".
FEATURES:
* Clean, Blues, Rock, Metal Amps
* Silverface, Tweed, Classic, and Metal Cabs
* Gain, Volume, Noise Gate
* Treble, Middle, Bass
* Reverb, Echo, Tremolo
* Stereo Chorus, Flanger, and Rotary
* Chromatic Guitar Tuner
* Background Audio mode
* Three quick presets, unlimited named presets
* iTunes music play along with Pitch Shift and Slow Down
Pros and cons of PocketAmp - Guitar Amp Effects app for iPhone and iPad
PocketAmp - Guitar Amp Effects app good for
Choose your song, plug your guitar and ROCK ! Works transparently with your iTunes library. You can modify the pitch, the speed of the backing track and set your guitar to various amps, cabinets and effects. Really cool. Known glitches have been addressed by the developers team, that also provide excellent customer support. Great app to Rock with just your guitar and your iPhone/iPad. I recommend :)
As of this writing, this is the only amp simulator of which Im aware that permits native access to the iPads internal iPod music library. (Other apps either skip this feature, or require you to separately copy music on a file-by-file basis.) In my opinion, this feature alone make PocketAmp a must-have.
Im using this software with the iRig adapter. The guitar amp models seem usable for practice, though admittedly, Ive been using it for electric bass and only briefly tried it with a Strat. The developer is very helpful and quick to respond, and this give me great hope that PocketAmp will just keep getting better and better.
Pocket amp is a simple app with tons of potential. The key component of this app is non other than the function for playing along your iPod library. I just wish there was more presets. Im sure it will get better overtime. If you dont want to spend a bunch for a complicated amp simulator, pocket amp is the way to go.
I purchased Pocket amp about 6 months ago. After trying many other guitar amp APPs for the iPhone I decided on Pocket amp because I love the sound and tonal quality it gave to my guitar. I have stopped using my regular amp and now run Pocket amp through amplified speakers. Great sound with lots of effects.
The developer seems to really care about customer feedback and is very quick to respond to your communications.
Give it a try, its the best guitar amp APP out there!
love it. use it for practice and gigs. 1 touch presets for ease of change and name description make for fast on the fly change.
This app is a must have for all guitar players! Whether you are a metalhead or someone inclined towards lighter tones this app has that for you. At first I thought this was going to be just an amp simulator (which it is...crank the metal setting!) but it is also a sweet learning tool. You can play along to any song on your iPhone and hone your skills. In my case it was Slayer but I guess other bands are worthy too. This app also features several effects such as delay, reverb, flange, etc. Buy it, plug in and rock out!
Some bad moments
as Im comparing all of the similar apps, Ive noticed that someone from this company has poorly rated all competition. I"m not a fan of that kind of marketing.
Was really looking forward to its simplicity and functionality, but it does not work very well. Running on iPhone 3Gs, 32 gig, latest OS. Lights off ok and can move from screen to screen, but works quite erratically. Have nothing else running which might interfere with its operation. Am going to contact company for help and to report poor performance.
Regarding mentioning other manufacturers - people, people, this not a bad thing. Our country is based on good competitive business. It is a good thing that reviewers compare different products and companies in these types of forums so readers can benefit from others experiences. It helps us to form an opinion of how one product / company stacks up against another. We do this every day in life - from comparing tooth brushes to cars to whatever. I would only recommend that we as readers be fair in our assessments and written reviews, and to give developers the opportunity to "get it righ"t. An important part of any product is how well the company steps up to the plate to resolve customer issues.
I look forward to interfacing with this company and getting this app to work. Stay tuned for my updated review.
100khz
Amp popped and crackled, especially when lots of gain applied. Unable to turn up volume on iTunes when trying to play along. After all the $$ input for the app and the link, well you get what you pay for. Although it is cool to play thru your iPhone is why I gave it any stars at all.
Interface is passable, but the sound quality is really lacking. It is hard to get any significant volume and there is a lot of popping and noise when playing.
The amp sounds great... For a few minutes then starts crackling and popping before shutting the amp and music off. The volume of the music and amp go up and down on their own. I have to shut down the app and go back in where it will work fine...for a few minutes again and then repeats the meltdown all over again. Dont people test anything before releasing their products any more!
I am a pro guitar player but new to IPad apps. I downloaded a few guitar practice apps and found the following pros and cons for this one.
Pros: Guitar tone is better than most competitors right out of the box. True that you are not having to buy a bunch of up-sell add ons to make the guitar sound workable.
Cons: There was a lot of noise from the headphone jack that was not present in other apps. The jam track feature was virtually unusable for me. I could not get it to loop a track off an album and play it back consistently. It got confused and kept returning to the beginning of the album. Highly doubt it is user error. I am a Software Developer as well as a pro musician. The loop seemed to work okay when accessing single songs, but album songs screwed it up - meaning I like to search my iTunes in album mode not song mode.
So on the right track, but room for improvement. Fix the bugs and you will have something.