Playing Bass and learning songs on iPad

[513rocks.com]

I need help and Mods if this is the wrong spot for this, please move it.
I just got an iPad and was wondering if you can plug your bass into the iPad to learn songs? I can't remember the name but I saw a dock on Sweetwater that you plugg ur bass in. It says it works great with garage band but was wondering if I could use it to practice along with music on my iPad, YouTube, iTunes, just off the net in general. I have a Korg Pandora Mini but would like to see if I could do the same thing with iPad.
Thanx Y'all

 

[513rocks.com]

Griffin StudioConnect is what I saw @ Sweetwater

 

[Malak the Mad]

See if this fits your bill;

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irig/

I bought one in case I want to plug into and practice through my iPhone. That and I grabbed the free version of AmpliTude. It lets me pull songs from my phone's library, converts them into a format that allows you to play them back as fast or slow as you like without distorting the pitch (I'm assuming a .wav file…they're on the large-ish side).

 

[513rocks.com]

Bump

 

[Skeeter1]

You will get much better sound quality if you use a interface that uses the 30 pin? connector like the Apogee Jam. there are others but I tossed the irig when I got the Jam. Also here is the IOS threa with more information than you may want on the subject.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=941283

 

[Baird6869]

The iRig is cheap and basically disposable. I have one and it is fine for learning songs, basic recording, etc.

Likely a good introduction to playing thru your iPad though. I think it is $30-ish.

+1 on Amplitube too. The free version will get you up and running/recording and is pretty cool.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Love my Apogee Jam. No hum, great sound. Would work for exactly what you want.

 

[thorski]

Jamup works for me.

Nice affordable amp and effects packs, too

 

[joegrant413]

I use Apogee Jam and jamup. I also recommend Anytune Pro, which I just discovered. It appears to be a great way to slow down, loop, and change the key of music that you want to learn.

Cheers, Joe