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@dindude
Hi
Had to come back to this thread regarding the ipad route as you and some others mentioned above.
I'm just thinking costs as I would have to fork out for the Ipad? Is it feasible or would it prove more costly? I don't know how cheap you can get a reliable ipad. New ones are a tad dear.
Cheers.
@Bellycaster
It certainly makes a lot more sense if you have an ipad already. If you have to stump up for one then not so much (justed checked on ebay and second hand prices are quite high, looking at least £200 for an ipad 2!), although once you have one there is no going back, they are superb, my home laptop has not been switched on in 6 months.
Once you're in it's pretty cheap, £2.99 to buy Garage Band app (last time I checked), then an interface, a budget of £100 gets you a very good choice.
All of my recording for The Fretboard challenges are done on an ipad, and I also mike up the amp too, rather than using sims, as you suggested.
Did you say you have an iphone? If you do I would recommend trying something on there first (I think Garage Band is available for the iphone) - the screen may seem a bit small, but for basic stuff you can get away with it.
Buy a cheap-ish guitar input-only interface for £40 (you will need to use amp sims), then you're up and running. Progress to better interface/ipad if the bug bites.
Cheers @dindude
Knowing me, I will probably get tempted to go that route and think "sod the money". I will take in all the options on here so I am armed for when I go into the guitar store which would be Richtone in my City. I'd want them to demo me something if they want my cash.
I'm going down South on Friday so on the way back the next week I could detour into a Guitar Guitar(most likely Birmingham) too.
I've tried PC recording several times and with a moderate rig it's always shite. Particularly if you want to use amp modelling rather than mixing an amp then you're always pissing about with latency and getting no music made. With the iPad you just plug the cables in, load up whichever apps you want and hit Go.
@stickyfiddle
Cheers.
Did you mean latency is a problem when using amp modelling on software and not when you use your own amp or a problem with both?
Or is latency generally a problem with Laptop recording in general?
@stickyfiddle
Ok, mate, cheers. I'll look into all my options, but I do have the bug now.
@PolarityMan
Thanks for the tip, I would like to be "futureproofed" for want of a better word. I might like the idea of recording more than one instrument eventually.