The new hardware and app allow guitarists to connect an electric guitar to their iPhone or iPad, which is designed to give them the sounds they’d get if they were playing from a variety of guitar amplifiers, speakers and effects including distortion, chorus and reverb.
The free app includes collections of 64 models of guitar gear including amps, cabinets, stompboxes and rack effects. Users can mix and match the models to build a vvariety of tones, which can then be saved as presets. Also included with the app, free of any in-app purchase, are 10,000 presets created by artists, Line 6 and other guitar players.
Unlike competing analog adaptors that plug into an iOS device’s headphone jack, Mobile In digital input plugs into the 30-pin connector on the bottom of the iOS device. Mobile In supports up to 24-bit/48 kHz digital audio. The Guitar input features 110 dB dynamic range. The stereo Line input, which is suited for sending keyboard audio or any other standard mono or stereo line-level audio source to your iPhone or iPad, has 98 dB dynamic range. Mobile In is the perfect digital input adaptor for use with any CoreAudio guitar apps including GarageBand® for iPad.
Mobile In includes a 6-foot guitar cable. Mobile POD is a free download from the App StoreSM. Mobile In and Mobile POD are made for iPhone 4, iPad 2 and iPad.
Pricing & Availability:
Mobile In and Mobile POD ship Fall 2011. MSRP $79.99
Learn more about Mobile In and Mobile POD at line6.com/mobilein.
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